LUCKY YOU(2007)
Drew Barrymore does great in this! Unfortunately she is
not the focal point of the movie!
Eric Bana does ok in this, but I woulda gone with someone
else, say, like Matt Damon or Mel Gibson!! It's actually
a pretty good poker movie about the ups and downs of a
gambleholic! He finally gets into the WOSP main event,
and everything comes down to his hatred for his father!
What really makes this worth watching is the poker stars
who are in this: Sam Fahra, Barry Greenstein, Danial Negreanu,
Phil Hellmuth Jr., Jason Lester, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Erick
Lindgren, Ted Forrest, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Hoyt
Corkins, Antonio Esfandiari, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, Mike
Matusow, Erik Seidel, Mimi Tran et al!!! B
From IMDb.com:
I was pleasantly surprised by this. Expected it to be
your average crime thriller, and it turned to be really
good.
Very clever script, complete with a very surprising twist.
Reminded me of The Usual Suspects. Very witty dialogue
too. - grantss