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21 April 2000 (USA) moreTagline:
Life's a Gamble morePlot:
An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Clive Owen | ... | Jack Manfred | |
| Nick Reding | ... | Giles Cremorne | |
| Nicholas Ball | ... | Jack Snr. | |
| Alexander Morton | ... | David Reynolds | |
| Barnaby Kay | ... | Car Dealer | |
| Gina McKee | ... | Marion Nell | |
| John Radcliffe | ... | Barber | |
| Sheila Whitfield | ... | Manicurist | |
| David Hamilton | ... | Casino Supervisor | |
| Carol Davis | ... | Table Supervisor | |
| Eddie Osei | ... | West Indian Punter | |
| Doremy Vernon | ... | Woman I | |
| Claudine Carter | ... | Woman II | |
| Ursula Alberts | ... | Madame Claude | |
| Neville Phillips | ... | White Haired Man |
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94 min | Poland:91 minLanguage:
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Iceland:12 | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:13 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Ireland:15 | Poland:15 | Singapore:R(A) | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:UnratedFun Stuff
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Disqualified from the Academy Awards after being shown on Dutch television. moreQuotes:
Lucy: You've been avoiding me.Jack: Have I? What's your name?
Lucy: Lucy.
Jack: So, what do you do, Lucy?
Lucy: I'm a white witch!
Jack: Are you gonna put a spell on me?
Lucy: I might!
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"Croupier" is a British neo-noir. It has a detached character (or even better, two characters) who progressively get involved in a shadowy world from an apparently safe beginning, it has voice-overs, lots of artistic and original swearing, a depressing atmosphere and if you don't feel like lighting a cigarette with a Zippo after the movie is over, you're dead. Clive Owen gives an amazing performance as the croupier of the title, who is very conscious of his split personalities: Jack, a gambler, the writer who works in the casino to pay the bills, and Jake, a croupier, a man who enjoys watching his customers losing all his money and who makes sure he's always dealing the cards. In the end, Jack loses and Jake wins. The message is delivered in the least subtle way possible, Hell, the voice-over is practically an intellectual analysis on the movie's meaning, but it works because Jack/Jake is an amazingly engaging character and because the movie is so well directed. The crime plot, although not surprising in the least, develops itself smoothly and contains lots of unexpected sources of humor. "Croupier" is a very stylish and criminally underrated neo-noir that beats the living crap out of most of recent Hollywood releases centering about a big robbery or con. It might be heavy-handed, but it's conscious of where its strenghts lie, and Wilson is great. Why it's so criminally underrated... I don't have the faintest about.