Ersbel Oraph This is very much like the script for The Fighter. Sure, that was about a has been, and this one is about a never has been. To mess things up the gambling is added on top.The acting is superb. The naturalism is excellent. It clearly diverts from the Hollywood rigid standard. And the small gestures do make a big difference in delivering the act. Yet the camera is annoying. Swanberg is trying to make the viewer part of the scene. The camera is just a human witness moving around. But he has to work hard on that. Because the result is pretty close to sea sickness.Like The Fighter, the main character is down on his luck. And his annoying brother is helping him at a price. The problem is the price is not too high so why is the main character refusing the help in the first place? By half time the story becomes shaky: is it about a gambler down on his luck or is it about a recovering gambler. In the end we get to know that is the latter, but that is simply because the script said so.And after that it is getting worse and out of scriptwriter's control. Although predictable, the criminal getting early is just there to hasten the closure. And the closure is magical simply because there is no other way to have a happy end. Which is corny the way it was set up.Yet the final is the worse. The script simply cuts to: and than the angel or whatever saw the guy had clean intentions and the angel gave him luck. Which is absurd, but the only way to get a happy end to a bleak story. But the guy wants more, after all he is a gambler. But god gives him a heart attack to take him out. The heart attack is so badly inserted into the script it might just well be inserted while filming. So for half a scene I though the guys went out without the money, simply because the black coat would look the same as the bag.And the rest? There is no rest. He does well. He starts eating his veggies and rests a lot more. And? What about the criminal inserted at the beginning that hastened the meandering and by the time pointless love story plot? How about a big house paid by a sole registered nurse wage? Will his lawnmower man money help? The time is up, the curtain is down and the story is left headless.The acting is good. The small details in camera, minus the shaking, are good. Yet in the end The Fighter is an excellent movie and Win It All is a fail.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch

spencergrande6 A solid bit of gambling obsession lite. It's an on-the-surface appealing mix of normal Swanberg character driven talk as plot mixed with a more conventional plot about bottoming out in order to be saved from self- destruction by way of addiction. However, neither of those things elevates the other, and what you have is a pleasing diversion with a solid main performance from Jake Johnson. And what can only count as coup for film in the age of the streaming -- this film premiered on Netflix yet it was shot on 16mm (presumably it will never be shown that way?) but because Swanberg opted for 16 over 35 the grain shows all over the screen and constantly reminds you of its origins.

scootermatoon Jake Johnson (nerd from Jurassic World) plays an lazy degenerate with just enough likable charisma for me not to shut this off in the fist four minutes. A down on his luck addicted gambler is asked to hold a bag of dirty money while some dude does time. Take a wild guess what happens next? The gambling lows aren't low enough, would like to see this character suffer more. Jake's brother played by Joe Lo Truglio (Wet Hot American Summer/ The State) hits on all levels, would like him to be in more stuff like this, gave it a nice spark. The female lead was hot. It was good enough for me not to cancel my Netflix subscription. Happy Monday. ; ) Scooter

armenkn This is kind of a movie that you would't remember any thing about it right after watched it whatsoever. Nothing impressive, no casting, no directing, no cinematography, absolute nothing, emptiness, void! I rarely watch Netflix sponsored movies or shows and after this terrible experience, I decided that even those rare incidences would definitely drop to zero. This is for Joe Swanberg, please stop making movies, you may have some other talents in some other line of businesses. Go explore the world, start from scratch, try something else, I'm sure you will be way much successful in anything else but directing a movie, I'm sure you will, anything, just try it! Thank you.