Great Film overall

Don't listen to the negative reviews

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

saw this film the other day on Sky movies. Being a BR fan, thought I would give it a look. First off, it's a shame to see BR looking so rough these days.He has had so much bad plastic surgery these days that he looks pretty dreadful. Why he couldn't have just gotten older gracefully, i will never know. I'm quite certain his rotten looks have reduced his chances of getting decent roles. So this is what plastic Burt has to star in these days, some poorly made Color of Money rip-off.Personally, I don't like or understand Poker, so the card scenes held little interest. Burt's performance was reasonable - he is always capable of turning in a performance in any junk. To be honest, this is not worth the time. If you are interested in watching any Burt Reynolds movies, stick to the seventies, early 80's (and of course Boogie Nights).The obvious movies are deliverance,Smokey,CannonBall but Hustle,The End,Semi-tough,starting over,sharkey's machine,best friends are great examples of why Burt is a legend.

This movie has the feel of a TV movie. There really isn't any suspense or tension. It tries, but never delivers. It's no Rounders. That was a truly awesome poker movie, probably the best I've seen. Deal tries to be for poker what the color of money was for pool and doesn't come close....I didn't think the color of money was all that great either. It's a shame to see Burt Reynolds age like this, he'll always be to me the bandit. He looks pretty good considering his age, but as many of these stars try to preserve their looks they look just that....preserved and unnatural. His skin looks plastic, over stretched, and when he walks, he walks like he's 70, maybe he is. Shannon Eliabeth has such a small part in this movie, they could have chosen any body to play the role. Jennifer Tilly, not sure why she was added, I guess for star content, but her role is so small they could have saved the money. It's not a horrible movie, but I really hoped for more.

Okay, so this is my first shot at this. I was compelled to write because of all the abuse this video is taking. It's not that bad. Actually I enjoyed it. Especially the ending which was a Great One by the way. And also about the comment that poker fans would not like it, actually I think the contrary would be true for the simple fact it IS about POKER and all most nothing else (although Shannon Elizabeth adds a little spice to it). No, other than Burt, there is no actor in this well known to be outstanding but there doesn't need to be. No, it is not Rounders and the comparison wasn't, I don't think, a very good choice. If you want a comparison on how the movie is set up it more closely follows "The Color of Money" as pupil and teacher going off to the big tourney. Anyway, I think poker fans will love it, if for no other reason you get to see almost every big name poker pro in the biz be in a movie. Regardless, you'll LOVE the ending.

Every time now and then we see some new poker related title, what is very understandable with all that "Americas last gold rush" going on all over the place.And every time I hope there will be something decent. But no - except "Rounders" there isn't anything worth your time and money.I am not talking about poker content even (which is truly horrifying in the sense of realities of the game world and poker as such). The story is as good as the baddest chick-flick may go in the terms of straightforward storyline that goes as far as "A man got into train in the city A. Rode for an hour. Got off in the city B. The end". "Donk-flick", if you wish. Acting looks like someone intentionally wanted to make this film as "seconds-grade-project lookalike".Do Hollywood is out of professional actors? The only worst poker movie could be "Lucky You".To sum it up - this movie is good only for one reason - we see Shannon's sexy ass in tight panties for a second. That's all. There's nothing more.