21 isn’t pretentious, exactly, but it’s damn close, and in trying to whip up a melodramatic morality tale the film becomes an increasingly flabby slog.
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This review of 21 (2008) was written by Michael Phillips and published by Chicago Tribune on 02 Jul 2012.
21 has generally received positive reviews.
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