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      The Winner

      R Released Jul 25, 1996 1h 32m Crime Drama List
      17% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 9% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A long lucky streak makes a nice guy (Vincent D'Onofrio) the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend (Rebecca De Mornay), and some guys from New Jersey. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Dec 02 Buy Now

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      Audience Member What a waste of a great cast. The ending is simply bizarre in relation to the rest of the movie. I have a feeling a lot of explainers were left on the cutting room floor. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Directed by Alex Cox, this was initially intended to help him get back into Hollywood after 8 years on a self-imposed blacklist. Even though he was a director for hire on this film, he was to have followed this with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, however when a new score was put on, it killed Cox's chances of a comeback, which is a shame, as there are inklings of what could have been. Phillip (Vincent D'Onofrio) is a small time gambler who has an unbelievable knack for winning a lot, and after a winning streak in Las Vegas which lasted a few weeks, and his winning streak get the attention of a lot of low-lifes, who want Phillip's money. These include lounge singer Louise (Rebecca De Mornay), Phillip's brother Wolf (Michael Madsen), who was once married to Louise, while Louise's new boyfriend Jack (Billy Bob Thornton) also wants a cut of Phillip's winnings, and Las Vegas loan shark Kingman (Delroy Lindo) also wants a piece of the winnings too. Phillip seems to be backed into a corner, but he has his own secret agenda. It's not a perfect film, but it does have a dark and blackly comic sense of irony to some of it's scenarios and scenes, adapted from Wendy Riss's play A Darker Purpose, it does have a theatrical kind of staging to it, but no thanks to it being recut, we only get a slight glimpse of what could have been in Cox's eyes. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a parade of under appreciated talent. Why Alex Cox doesn't have more respect I'll never know. He earns it here, as do Vincent D'Onofrio and Frank Whaley. If you're a fan of any one of these people, then this fantasy noir may be for you. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a such a shame people don't give this film a chance, of course maybe people who hate Michael l Madsen and Rebecca De Mornay have a different opinion, N -E - Way I though It was a cool film specially as I love anthing with Vegas in and specially as this was one of the few films films with Michael in that I had'nt seen, N - E - Way I wasn't dissapointed Rebecca was her usual sexy Mrs Las Vegas sexy self while Madsen was his usual cool badass swaggering self, if you're a girl you'd probably just see this to see Michael with his top off and looking like he's just left a Mr Beefcake competion, if you're a bloke like me then it's for Rebecca's sexy legs, sexy hair need I say more and to learn off one of the masters of coolness that is Michael Madsen Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jun 26, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The brash English filmmaker has made a film about a winner that is a loser. Rated: C Jan 20, 2004 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 2/5 Aug 22, 2003 Full Review Michael Szymanski Zap2it.com Rated: 1/5 Jun 20, 2003 Full Review Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews Rated: 2/10 Apr 9, 2003 Full Review Josh Ralske All Movie Guide Whose The Winner? Rated: 5/10 Jan 12, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A long lucky streak makes a nice guy (Vincent D'Onofrio) the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend (Rebecca De Mornay), and some guys from New Jersey.
      Director
      Alex Cox
      Producer
      Mark Damon, Rebecca De Mornay
      Distributor
      Live Entertainment
      Production Co
      Village Roadshow Pictures, Clipsal Films
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jul 25, 1996, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 1, 2010
      Runtime
      1h 32m
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Dolby
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