Even Money 2006

Critics score:
24 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: Um, gambling's bad, mkay? Read more

Ed Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times: The story is scarcely grounded in the mechanics of real-world expression. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Hot on the heels of Lucky You, we have another movie about gambling addiction, and it's even less successful. Read more

Denver Post: Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: An overstructured, overacted indie drama. Read more

Dallas Morning News: Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: If you're looking for entertainment, save your 10 bucks for the lottery. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: Strong performances save this somewhat melodramatic film from sudsing up, at least until the end. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Cleverly plotted, suspensefully structured, professionally acted and tightly written. Read more

Joshua Land, Time Out: Even Money never quite achieves [Crash's] epic badness -- but Kim Basinger's mortifying turn as the struggling writer is hysterical in every sense of the word. Read more

Robert Koehler, Variety: Tethered to the standard multicharacter drama conventions that can be seen most nights on ABC, Even Money hardly delves beneath the surface of its moralistic overview of the sins and ramifications of gambling addiction. Read more

Michelle Orange, Village Voice: The problem with ensemble films, and this one in particular, is that they often flit instead of float between story arcs. Read more