Review of House of Games (1987) by Anand K — 05 Aug 2015
Why did the guy fill the squirt gun with water? Who can't tell the muzzle of a gun from the muzzle of a squirt gun? Who hands their room key to the desk clerk when he goes out instead of just keeping it on him? What desk clerk immediately forgets someone just putting a key on the desk? Someone cannot have a shard of glass in their hand and not feel it.
People can feel an ant crawling on their hand. People don't talk about a murder they just committed in front of a taxi driver. Genius con men return to the bar the mark knows about to divvy up the loot.
Yeah-no. mamet takes liberties with reality that are story killers.
This review of House of Games (1987) was written by Anand K on 05 Aug 2015.
House of Games has generally received positive reviews.
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