Deal

2008
PG-13
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

Burt Reynolds, Shannon Elizabeth, and Bret Harrison in Deal (2008)

As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.

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As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.

Director
- Gil Cates Jr.
Writers
- Gil Cates Jr.
- Marc Weinstock
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Gil Cates Jr.
Writers
- Gil Cates Jr.
- Marc Weinstock
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Ben Thomas
(as Brandon Olive)

Jennifer Tilly

Karen 'Razor' Jones

Jon Eyez

Mike 'Double Diamond' Jackson
(as Jon 'JT' Eyes)

JD Evermore

Tex Button
(as J.D. Evermore)

Mike Sexton

Self
(as Michael Sexton)

Vincent Van Patten

Self

Phil Laak

Self

Antonio Esfandiari

Self

Courtney Friel

Self

Scott Lazar

Self

Isabelle Mercier

Self

Director
- Gil Cates Jr.
Writers
- Gil Cates Jr.
- Marc Weinstock
All cast & crew
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Trivia
For the film's climax, the World Poker Tour (2003) set was shipped to New Orleans for filming.

Goofs
To allow Tommy to win, Alex folds his cards without showing. This is not legal in any WPT (or WSOP) tournament, because at least one player was all-in. In an all-in situation, all participating players are required to show their hands at showdown. Under tournament rules, Alex would have been forced to show his hand, and since he would then be known to have the winning hand, would either be forced to take 1st place or be disqualified from any winnings at all for collusion.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Iron Man/Deception/Baby Mama/Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay/Deal/Zombie Strippers (2008)

Soundtracks
Fool Me Again
Written by Jesse Davey Wanbdi & Mato Nanji
Performed by Indigenous
Courtesy of Vanguard Records

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Featured review

3/10

It looks like ANOTHER ad for a poker conglomerate

Another dud poker film.

Why? Two main reasons; firstly, it does not look and feel like film. The script is really lazy: where was the REAL education, where was something we haven't seen a thousand times before. It is no way and at no time touches the heart and soul of the game. Plus it just looks and feels like a TV made movie: there is no attempt to use film to compliment the story, the grading, lighting, editing etc; are some of the most unoriginal I've seen for a while (And don't get me started on Reynold's hairpiece).

And secondly, and for my money this is incredibly off putting the whole film reeks of being an ad for a poker company and its site - there is just no integrity, and not enough fun, excitement, or film here.

The positives are the chemistry between the leads is good and that makes it just viewable for a really lazy beer and pizza night...

But it's really just 90 minutes of regurgitated slick willy crap.

Hugely disappointing, the best thing about this was the trailer....