Deal

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Deal

PG-13

Released Apr 25, 2008

1h 28m

Drama

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Tommy Vinson (Burt Reynolds), a former cardsharp, gave up poker years ago when his wife threatened to leave him. Tommy finds a way to get back in the game when he meets Alex Stillman (Bret Harrison), an up-and-coming player who still has a lot to learn. Tommy strikes a bargain with Alex; he will pay the expensive entry fees to major tournaments if Alex will follow Tommy's instructions to the letter. However, a Las Vegas call girl (Shannon Elizabeth) soon threatens their profitable relationship.

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Critics Consensus

Employing multiple cinematic clichés and milking stale performances, Deal proves inadequate for even the lowly regarded poker movie genre.

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

They've got to do something else with these poker movies.

Apr 28, 2008

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Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

Reynolds doesn't convey any of the lightning bolt insouciance that made him arguably the greatest movie star of the '70s and '80s (really) but rather just stands there.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 25, 2008

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Michael Rechtshaffen

The Hollywood Reporter

Success isn't in the cards for this plodding poker drama.

Apr 25, 2008

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

An embarrassingly toothless and endlessly boring story about characters we barely get to know doing things that are more exciting than they make it seem.

Apr 28, 2011

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Dave White

Movies.com

Rated: 0/5

Apr 4, 2011

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Mike Scott

Times-Picayune

As a piece of entertainment, it's like being dealt a pair of twos: You could certainly do worse, but ...

Rated: 2/4

Oct 9, 2009

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bryan b

Unremarkable poker movie with all the clichés you would expect.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Employing multiple cinematic cliches and milking stale performances, "Deal" proves inadequate for even the lowly regarded poker movie genre.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

I'm a fan of poker movies and I go easy on them I liked it it was cheesy it was predictable but it was fun and the poker scenes were decent some of them were good an overall decent film Grade B

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Deal lacks the pace and charm of Rounders, which is a superior sports film. Deal looks and feels low budget which works against it. If it were a poker hand i'd fold no second guessing.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

shallow poker movie...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

It's called Deal. It's a movie about Texas Hold'em. Big surprise. The movie was good, I suppose. It didn't suck anyway. I liked the ending, it was predictable - but it was the ending I wanted so all was right with the world. ;)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Synopsis

Tommy Vinson (Burt Reynolds), a former cardsharp, gave up poker years ago when his wife threatened to leave him. Tommy finds a way to get back in the game when he meets Alex Stillman (Bret Harrison), an up-and-coming player who still has a lot to learn. Tommy strikes a bargain with Alex; he will pay the expensive entry fees to major tournaments if Alex will follow Tommy's instructions to the letter. However, a Las Vegas call girl (Shannon Elizabeth) soon threatens their profitable relationship.

Director: Gil Cates Jr.
Producer: Marc Weinstock, Michael Arata, Steve Austin
Screenwriter: Gil Cates Jr., Marc Weinstock
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Seven Arts Pictures, TAG Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language|Brief Drug Use)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 25, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.2K
Runtime: 1h 28m

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