Review of 21 (2008) by Dian Maya L — 09 Mar 2010
The film, with its stylized, dazzling surfaces and twisted, noirish alternately hip and moody atmosphere, does impress with its central stormy romance. Namely this society's obsessive love-hate relationship with money, and how the desperate need to possess it can summon our worst instincts, and in the process corrupt and destroy people.
There's also a message of sorts in the story, amid all the murky machinations and blackjack hustling, and it's that gambling makes a mess of your life. So just, well, deal with it.
This review of 21 (2008) was written by Dian Maya L on 09 Mar 2010.
21 has generally received positive reviews.
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