Poolhall Junkies

This movie has some of the worst acting and disjointed writing that you will ever see. The basic plot is that Johnny Doyle could have been a pro pool player but was kept down by Joe and now his confidence was shattered against the good player. This gets contradicted many times in the movie because he has major confidence in himself and is always telling everyone that he is the best. I couldn't tell if they were supposed to be funny but his brother and his brothers friends were funny they were so bad. None of them could act, they tried to give them clever coffee shop dialogue like in Swingers but it was just stupid and very immature. I am not sure what age these guys were supposed to be they looked like they were in their 30's but talked about living with their parents being virgins and other high school type conversations. When one of the friend went on the road it was supposed to be a big deal but they did nothing with it and later he was back with no explanation and all the money he left with. In another stupid piece of writing Johnny had to win at pool to get the money to bail his brother out of jail so to get the money to bet he got Christopher Walken too back him. They ended up betting way more than the bail so why didn't he just get the money for the bail and not risk losing it in pool. Also it shows again that Hollywood writers don't really know what bail is, they seem to think it is buying your way out of jail and then everything will be ok. The worst part of this movie were the 'clever' hustles that they did for example i bet i can tell you where you got your shoes. These were little tricks that you learn in about grade 6, even the one in the bar with the shooters and 2 beers, I find it hard to believe any adult would fall for these hustles. This movie is the best example of a writer that thinks he is cool and hip and can write that way and clearly is not and can not.