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This movie was made for it's target audience. IMDB gives it a 7 but I can understand why some people might not enjoy it. It had a low budget feel to it but everything fell in place and I wouldn't change thing about it if the director asked me for my input. I'd give it a 7 but in the sense that I was part of the target audience, not in the same sense as The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the wind or The God Father type 7.
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The story line is a bit far-fetched, but I liked the movie, anyway. The very best part of this movie, was the awesome soundtrack. Get the movie, as it is a great buy for the price.
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I like this movie because of the unique characters and actors who play them. William H. Macy stars as Bernie Lootz, an unlucky guy who has the ability to 'cool' the winning streak of any player just by simply being present. Mario Bello is Bernie's love interest, Natalie Belisario, who happens to change his mood which in turn causes people to win when he's around them. Alec Baldwin plays Shelly Kaplow, the vicious casino boss of the Shangri-La, responsible for Bernie's destroyed kneecap which was done to cure Lootz of a gambling habit years earlier. Additional characters are Bernie's son, Mikey (Shawn Hatosy), Larry Sokolov (Ron Livingston) who plans on changing the Shangri-La, stage singer Buddy Stafford (Paul Sorvino), Mikey's "pregnant" girlfriend Charlene (Estella Warren), Shelly's advisor Nicky Bonnatto (Arthur J. Nascarella), and younger stage singer Johnny Cappella (N*SYNC's Joey Fatone). This movie is funny, intense, and somewhat emotional. Bernie Lootz is constantly proving he's the unluckiest guy in the world. His wife left with their child, his kneecap was destroyed by a casino boss, he then worked for the same man that injured him by "cooling" any winning tables, he finally loves someone but it causes people to win money in the casino, his son appears with a pregnant girlfriend but is later revealed to have stuffed a pillow under her clothes, he agrees to pay Shelly the $150,000 his son was cheating at a game to win (with $3,000 Bernie had given him), Lootz almost lost a game he was playing to earn enough to pay off Shelly, and nearly got shot by a hired gun (MC Gainey). At the right moment, Bernie Lootz was very lucky because a drunk driver had hit the man who was about to shoot him and Natalie. I recommend this movie to anyone who's a fan of William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, and casino-related movies. Before seeing this movie, I never knew of the term "coolers" that are used in Vegas.Read full review
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Great movie for a great price! Took a little while to be delivered, however, was well worth the wait!!
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