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By Blue T (19) on 25 Nov 2012

Officially awkward movie and Bruce Willis doesn't help it get better…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 20 Nov 2012

Frears locks into survival mode to carry on through the cinematic disorganization, resembling a man who knows he's bet on the wrong horse…

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By Demetre R (144) on 14 Nov 2012

I have mixed feelings about this one. Overall this movie had the potential to be much better than it actually was…

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By Héctor Emilio T (1) on 11 Nov 2012

Slow and lifelessly safe - which is ironic for a gambling movie…

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By Robert H (1,967) on 08 Nov 2012

Good movie especially for people who have a knowledge of gambling, who like to place a bet every now and then…

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By Ben C (1,824) on 07 Nov 2012

Am I the only person that actually LIKED the movie? I have not heard one good thing about this movie, but I was still excited for it…

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By Anthony P (714) on 26 Sep 2012

An incohesive effort with poor scripting and the music is noticeably off the mark being too loud and ill timed…

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By Minh M (89) on 08 Aug 2012

S'ils n'y avait ces acteurs-la, LADY VEGAS serait une catastrophe d'hysterie incontrolee par un STEPHEN FREARS qui a juste realise ce projet…

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By Linda B (399) on 08 Aug 2012

S'ils n'y avait ces acteurs-la, LADY VEGAS serait une catastrophe d'hysterie incontrolee par un STEPHEN FREARS qui a juste realise ce projet…

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By Ian S (969) on 02 Jul 2012

I'm generally a fan of comedies, and tend to prefer intelligent comedies to most dramas…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 28 Jun 2012

I can scarcely remember a film where someone as massively-talented as the young British actress Rebecca Hall has clearly worked so hard to…

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By Arvinth K (52) on 26 Jun 2012

When you have a lead character you want to shake and tell to grow up even a stella cast and great acting by the supports isn't going to lead…

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By John S (2,711) on 25 Jun 2012

Never more than the sum of its parts. Some half decent performances but altogether too nice…

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By Simon W (815) on 24 Jun 2012

Slow Monday night so took advantage of the Cineworld pass and saw this...distinctly average but much better than I thought it was going to…

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By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 24 Jun 2012

Rebecca Hall's perky comic turn as the buoyant Beth is a delight, but although Stephen Frear's film bobs along pleasantly enough, he never…

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By Emma P (152) on 23 Jun 2012

Slow paced illogical and humourless gambling film. Unsure if drama or comedy. Give it a miss…

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By Lizi M (3) on 22 Jun 2012

The movie opens with a title card which reads: As luck would have it, this is based on a true story…

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By The Movie W (190) on 22 Jun 2012

The movie opens with a title card which reads: As luck would have it, this is based on a true story…

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By Shaun Munro (472) for What Culture (594) on 22 Jun 2012

Rebecca Hall gets an A-for-effort, but her blinding performance is mostly squandered in this vanilla crime farce…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 21 Jun 2012

You can see the veins standing out on the heads of Rebecca Hall and Catherine Zeta-Jones as they strive to make sense of a script that has…

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