Al Pacino is perhaps the greatest and most gifted, living talent in the movies. And he is great in this movie about the sports betting industry.
The problem is that we've seen this Pacino storyline all before. In The Devil's Advocate, The Recruit, and even somewhat in Any Given Sunday. Pacino playing the "coach", the wise "mentor" who sinfully draws the rookie into a business using the unsuspecting rook to promote the mentor's own dastardly deeds. In this case, the rookie is Matthew McConaughey who looks like a geekish greaser when he slicks back his hair to show everyone that he's in the sports betting business. Brandon (McConaughey) tells Walter (Pacino) that he hit 12 out of 12 football games. So, the gig is on...
Although, Ebert and Roeper gave the movie Two Thumbs Up based on Pacino's performance, many other critics weren't as kind...
17% rating from Rottentomatoes...
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/two_for_the_money/
And Two For The Money came in fourth at this week box office with an $8.4M take.
If you like Pacino, go see this movie for his performance. Otherwise. wait for the video or skip it.
The problem is that we've seen this Pacino storyline all before. In The Devil's Advocate, The Recruit, and even somewhat in Any Given Sunday. Pacino playing the "coach", the wise "mentor" who sinfully draws the rookie into a business using the unsuspecting rook to promote the mentor's own dastardly deeds. In this case, the rookie is Matthew McConaughey who looks like a geekish greaser when he slicks back his hair to show everyone that he's in the sports betting business. Brandon (McConaughey) tells Walter (Pacino) that he hit 12 out of 12 football games. So, the gig is on...
Although, Ebert and Roeper gave the movie Two Thumbs Up based on Pacino's performance, many other critics weren't as kind...
17% rating from Rottentomatoes...
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/two_for_the_money/
And Two For The Money came in fourth at this week box office with an $8.4M take.
If you like Pacino, go see this movie for his performance. Otherwise. wait for the video or skip it.
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