Nobody hits the jackpot here, certainly not filmmakers Michael and Mark Polish, whose audacious, empathic first film, "Twin Falls Idaho," showed such promise.
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This review of Jackpot (2001) was written by Rita Kempley and published by Washington Post on 08 Sep 2006.
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