Review of 21 (2008) by Tanya P — 13 Aug 2010

Very clever storyline, everyone plays the part perfectly, great script.

This review of 21 (2008) was written by Tanya P on 13 Aug 2010.

21 has generally received positive reviews.

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 02 Jul 2015

The movie's chief audience, consequently, will probably be gullible and young, responding to the cliches only because they haven't seen them…

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By Scraper (152) on 10 Mar 2018

More or less a teen movie about how cool money is and how cool it is to be really, smart, young, attractive, and then also rich…

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By Ryan C (2,517) on 23 Jan 2018

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By Drlowdon (322) on 02 Sep 2016

A decent and relatively entertaining movie with a good cast but its not as clever as it would like to make out and the ending relies to much…

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By Matt G (2,017) on 14 Dec 2015

After watching the trailer, I expected alot from this movie. It delivered, but not as much as I had hoped…

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By Joe Leydon (915) for Variety (12,700) on 10 Jun 2017

Picture shrewdly shuffles together attractive young leads, cagey screen vets and a fantasy-fulfillment scenario in a slickly polished package…

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By 2121 (1) on 09 Nov 2021

21 is a very funny number, and I think that since 9+10 = 21, I'll take the average and give this a 10/10…

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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 22 Mar 2015

The story may be based on real events, but most of it feels patently false…

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By Arthur R (252) on 29 Jul 2017

Good movie…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 03 Jul 2016

A thoroughly ordinary drama of temptation, dubious redemption and easy revenge…

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