Early P.T. Anderson movie with a very solid performance from Philip Baker Hall. Philip Seymour Hoffman is wonderful in a brief cameo. The script meanders, though, failing to build any compelling trajectory.
Shades of the greatness to come, but really just pretty good.
This review of Hard Eight (1997) was written by Anthony C on 05 Nov 2008.
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