dgoodh
Y'know, I saw this listed on one of the Showtime channels, and I like poker so I thought I'd give it a glance...Oh man... Look, I'm not one normally to go as far off the deep end in coming down on a film as a lot of people do, but really, All In deserves every bit of blasting that it's getting here (except of course for all of those suspicious gushing posts at the start). This felt to me like it was written by a 14-year old who likes poker but also wanted to make his socio-political "statement" without having any sort of life experience there to make such a statement. This could've been fun if there was some sort of high camp value to it (like say what Showgirls has) but it just takes itself too damn seriously.Dominique Swain is never once convincing that she has these poker "skills" (seeming more of an embarrassment to anyone that's ever studied the game) and often times, especially during one of her emotional rants, she comes off as grating more than anything else. I thought it was nice to see both Michael Madsen and Lou Gossett, Jr. here, though it's clear that they're cashing a check, they at least still have some credibility to their parts. Not so with the rest of the cast, especially our cartoonish doctors and the Saved By The Bell-lite medical students.But then still you have to contend with the poor pacing and the extremely clumsy way of shooting this, there's never any tension here, and never any excitement. this one's both an embarrassment as a poker movie and even as schlocky soap opera... 1/10 and that's being generous...
tjcush3-1
Someone obviously thought this was a good way to exploit the poker craze. I have given it a lot of consideration, and this may the worst film I have ever seen. There must have been panic in the editing room as they came to the realization that this was a huge stinker. Michael Madsen and Louis Gosset would be well served to pool their resources and have it pulled off the market. Why is it bad? The production quality is 1970's game show quality at best. The plot lines , both major and minor, bring to mind the kind of stuff you would usually find in soft core pornography. The soundtrack is made of the worst collection of B sides I've ever heard....It just goes on and on.
image_lover
I think Dominique Swain is totally hot. She is also an awesome actress. Madson is totally great in the movie. I would love to see another movie with Swain and Madsen. It would be cool. James Russo played such an evil guy. I would love to see him do a comedy. Does anyone know if Dominique Swain has a boyfriend? Some Hollywood guy ought to scoop her up. I think she's hot. I think the movie was great. I liked Ace's friends in the movie too. They gave it a young feel to the movie. Lou Gosset was totally out of sight. He is great in this movie. He's great in every movie. All In has something for everyone. Hot girls for the guys. Good looking guys for the girls. I guess. I'm not into guys. I do like the hot girls in this movie though. Keep up the great work Dominique. You're totally hot.
BleuBlanceEtRouge
I recommend this movie to anyone that enjoyed the movie of the week about the alcoholic mother or the secretly bulimic high school girl. I kept looking for the Lifetime logo on the bottom corner of the screen. I'm with the other guy that thinks all the other voters are crazy. I am almost positive that these people were part of the production and really hoped that IMDb readers would watch the movie. I watched this on The Movie Channel last night. There is no way this played in any theater. The only thing cheesier than this movie is the set (Hollywood Park Casino). This is Madsen's second bad poker movie, I believe. He was in Tilt as well on ESPN, I think. I welcome any comments to the contrary. Poker player? Med student? Who cares?
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