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Rounders
“Trust everyone... But always cut the cards.”
7.0 / 10• 1998• 2h 1m•R• English
DramaCrime
Storyline
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
Cast & Crew
Matt Damon
Mike McDermott
Lead
Edward Norton
Lester 'Worm' Murphy
John Turturro
Joey Knish
Gretchen Mol
Jo
John Malkovich
Teddy KGB
Famke Janssen
Petra
Martin Landau
Abe Petrovsky
Michael Rispoli
Grama
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Dahl's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Rounders is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
