Lay the Favorite

20122012
RR
1h 34min

Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson, and Rebecca Hall in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Beth, a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, falls in Dink, a sports gambler who swoons for her as she proves to be something of a gambling prodigy, earning the initial ire of Dink's wife, Tulip.

Comedy Drama Romance

Ex-private dancer Beth aspires to be a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, when she falls in with Dink, a sports gambler. Sparks fly as she proves to be something of a gambling prodigy--much to the ire of Dink's wife, Tulip.Ex-private dancer Beth aspires to be a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, when she falls in with Dink, a sports gambler. Sparks fly as she proves to be something of a gambling prodigy--much to the ire of Dink's wife, Tulip.Ex-private dancer Beth aspires to be a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, when she falls in with Dink, a sports gambler. Sparks fly as she proves to be something of a gambling prodigy--much to the ire of Dink's wife, Tulip.Ex-private dancer Beth aspires to be a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, when she falls in with Dink, a sports gambler. Sparks fly as she proves to be something of a gambling prodigy--much to the ire of Dink's wife, Tulip.Ex-private dancer Beth aspires to be a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, when she falls in with Dink, a sports gambler. Sparks fly as she proves to be something of a gambling prodigy--much to the ire of Dink's wife, Tulip.

Director
- Stephen Frears
Writers
- D.V. DeVincentis
- Beth Raymer
Stars

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Rebecca Hall in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Rebecca Hall in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Joshua Jackson and Rebecca Hall in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Catherine Zeta-Jones in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Bruce Willis in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Bruce Willis, Vince Vaughn, Stephen Frears, and Rebecca Hall in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Bruce Willis and Stephen Frears in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Vince Vaughn and Rebecca Hall in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Vince Vaughn in Lay the Favorite (2012)

Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall in Lay the Favorite (2012)

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Beth, who lap dances to make ends meet, leaves Florida for Las Vegas hoping to be a cocktail waitress. She meets two women who introduce her to Dink, a gambler with a system. He hires her - she's good with numbers - and she promptly falls for him, even though he's married to a woman who seems to do nothing but spend his money. Beth tries to entice Dink whose wife, Tulip, tells him to choose; he does and promptly goes on a losing streak. The repercussions of his choice play out with a heavy gambler who has a parole officer, a cheesy bookmaker in Curaçao, Beth's desire to keep a friend out of prison, and help from an unlikely source. —<jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Taglines
- How far can a losing shot take you?
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language throughout, some sexual content, brief drug use, and nudity
Parents guide

Trivia
Justin Timberlake was considered for Rosie, but Vince Vaughn was cast.

Goofs
At the end when Reedmore is at the foul line there is supposedly no time left on the clock (according to a graphic put up in the movie) yet there are players standing on either side of the lane. If there really was no time left on the clock the players would be at their benches since there would be no need to get a possible rebound.

Quotes
Customer: You should be scared. It's a healthy reaction to a big ass gun like that.

Connections
Featured in Projector: Lay the Favorite (2012)

Soundtracks
Unskinny Bop
Written by C.C. DeVille (as Johannesson), Bobby Dall (as Kuykendall), Bret Michaels (as Sychak), Rikki Rockett (as Ream)
Performed by Poison

Top review

3/10

This movie was awful.

I'm generally a fan of comedies, and tend to prefer intelligent comedies to most dramas. Lay The Favorite wasn't funny, it wasn't entertaining and it felt so scattered that it was hard to follow any of the character's motivations. This felt like one of those movies where they just wanted to have a bunch of named stars so they could have fun on set. If the movie was allowed to be slightly slower or if they allowed the movie to be slightly longer it might have been able to gain footing but in it's current state by the time you've figured out why someone is doing something they're already four moves ahead of that. If you just want to see southern women depicted as ditsy sex objects and older men that wear Hawaiian shirts and gamble then this movie is for you.

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Thirdmango
Feb 5, 2012

Is this film based on a novel?

Budget
- $26,350,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $20,998
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,998
- Dec 9, 2012
Gross worldwide
- $1,577,272

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
- 1h 34min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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