Review of House of Games (1987) by Karem C — 04 Jan 2017
Mamet's first film is one of his very best. Lindsay Crouse is a celebrity psychiatrist who is drawn into the world of con man Joe Mantegna when one of her patients is threatened by him due to a gambling debt.
She is drawn in and becomes his confederate in a series of cons ... or does she? There's multiple levels of deception happening in this film, but the beauty of it is that despite it being a skilled exercise in misdirection, the cons are not the real point of the film.
The film is really about what Crouse learns about herself during the course of the film, and even that isn't exactly what it appears to be.
This review of House of Games (1987) was written by Karem C on 04 Jan 2017.
House of Games has generally received positive reviews.
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