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21

  • 20082008
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 3m
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Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Jim Sturgess, and Aaron Yoo in 21 (2008)
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Inspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.Inspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.Inspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.
IMDb RATING
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255K
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    • Robert Luketic
    • Peter Steinfeld(screenplay)
    • Allan Loeb(screenplay)
    • Ben Mezrich(book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions")
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    • Jim Sturgess
    • Kate Bosworth
    • Kevin Spacey
    • Robert Luketic
    • Peter Steinfeld(screenplay)
    • Allan Loeb(screenplay)
    • Ben Mezrich(book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions")
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    • Jim Sturgess
    • Kate Bosworth
    • Kevin Spacey
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    Jim Sturgess
    Jim Sturgess
    • Ben
    Kate Bosworth
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    • Jill
    Kevin Spacey
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    • Micky Rosa
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    • Choi
    Liza Lapira
    Liza Lapira
    • Kianna
    Jacob Pitts
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    • Cole Williams
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    • Ellen Campbell
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    • Bob Phillips
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    Frank Patton III
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    • (as Frank Patton)
    Steven Richard Vezina
    • Red Rock Dealer
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      • Robert Luketic
      • Peter Steinfeld(screenplay)
      • Allan Loeb(screenplay)
      • Ben Mezrich(book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions")
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    • Trivia
      Although set in the then-present day, i.e. 2007/8, the film is based on teams active between 1979 and 1994. And at one point, more than 80 players were on the original MIT team.
    • Goofs
      Why didn't Ben keep his winnings in a safe deposit box? He can add more whenever he wants and it would be safe from everybody, particularly Micky.
    • Quotes

      [Cole Williams confronts Micky for the first time again]

      Ben Campbell: [narrating, when we see Micky tied up in the basement of the casino] I had a 1590 on my SAT. I got a 44 on my MCATs. And I have a 4.0 GPA from MIT. I thought I had my life mapped out. But then I remembered what my Nonlinear Equations professor once told me, always account for variable change.

      Cole Williams: [Cole Williams walks out of the shadows] Hello, Micky.

      Micky Rosa: Look, I got money in Boston. A hundred grand. I'll give it to you. If you just let me walk away. I'll walk away.

      Cole Williams: I don't want your money, Micky. I don't need it. But I know someone who might be interested. He's good with numbers, too. He works for the IRS.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Drillbit Taylor/The Hammer/Sleepwalking/The Grand/Under the Same Moon (2008)
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      Written by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser

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    7/10
    Entertaining but very cliché.
    21 is worth seeing on a restless Friday or Saturday night with friends, but it isn't anything more than that. The film features nice performances from actors Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne, as well as nice entries from the lesser known ensemble.

    However, it doesn't take a film expert to notice some of the more...awful lines. "That's is impressive software."...come on, seriously? Just bad writing.

    And the flow of the plot is painfully cliché, up until the end where things are admittedly pretty unpredictable. The ending was unexpected, but it worked and made up for earlier plot points that were predictable.

    "21" is entertaining, that's it. Nothing more, nothing less.
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    • Release date
      • March 28, 2008 (United States)
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      • Caesars Palace - 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Relativity Media
      • Trigger Street Productions
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    • 2 hours 3 minutes
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