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The Gambler

Play trailer Poster for The Gambler R Released Jun 20, 2003 1h 37m Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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A student (Jodhi May) transcribes Dostoevski's (Michael Gambon) novel, which parallels events in the author's life.

Critics Reviews

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Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 25, 2003 Full Review Peter Stack San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 3/4 Nov 13, 2001 Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 2/5 Nov 13, 2001 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 21, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews There seems to be a lot missing in this shortened telling of the story within a story for it to be more than moderately effective. Rated: C+ Jan 28, 2003 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Makes little to no sense at all Rated: 1.5/5 Mar 27, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This isn't a perfect movie, but it's a treasure. Michael Gambon and Jodhi May are riveting. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Uses a little dramatic license to make it compatible for the big screen, but the story of writing to avoid ruin is very well structured and has a good flow to it. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Fan of Dostoyevsky and Michael Gambon. Great fun... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member I learnt the subtitles, still a GREAT drama, teaching much of human nature Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/29/08 Full Review Audience Member The result is an appalingly bad mishmash of half-finished storylines and odd non-sequiturs. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Károly Makk

Director

Michael Gambon

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Jodhi May

Anna Snitkina

Polly Walker

Polina

Dominic West

Alexei

Luise Rainer

Grandmother

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Movie Info

Synopsis A student (Jodhi May) transcribes Dostoevski's (Michael Gambon) novel, which parallels events in the author's life.
Director
Károly Makk
Producer
Charles Cohen, Marc Vlessing
Screenwriter
Katharine Ogden, Charles Cohen, Nick Dear
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Escape Artists, Franchise Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 20, 2003, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.1K
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Surround