This movie deserves a higher rating than it's received here. It isn't anything particularly heavy, and maybe the poker world is a bit tedious for a full-length film, but I though the ending was really beautiful, about youth deferring to an elder who has taught them everything. It's a story about personal relationships meaning more than winning. The climax is delivered in an engaging dramatic way that revolves around the drama of a poker finale.
In that way, this movie actually became a sort of classic Hollywood parable, and since I'm a fan of Burt Reynolds, I was perfectly OK with that homage.
In that way, this movie actually became a sort of classic Hollywood parable, and since I'm a fan of Burt Reynolds, I was perfectly OK with that homage.