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| Director
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D.J. Caruso
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| Starring
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Matthew McConaughey
Al Pacino
Rene Russo |
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| The plot of
Two for the Money |
After
suffering a career-ending injury, a former college
football star (McConaughey) aligns himself with
one of the most renown bookies (Pacino) in the
sports-gambling business. |
Two for
the Money Movie Review
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Review by Brian
Lowry:
Hoping to cash in on the conjoined passion for sports
and gambling, "Two for the Money" is a parlay
that doesn't quite pay off. Al PacinoAl Pacino delivers
moments in his showy, textured portrayal of a big-time
"sports adviser," but there are too many nagging
echoes of roles past -- a little "Glengarry Glen
Ross" here, a touch of "The Devil's Advocate""The
Devil's Advocate" there, maybe just a flutter of
"Scent of a Woman." Despite nice touches,
pic meanders in the middle and ends flatly, auguring
a box-office score that looks like a long shot to cover
Universal's bet.Although inspired by a true story, the
production notes concede that the foundation was "expanded,
deepened and embellished," which comes as no surprise,
given this "Wall Street"-like tale of a young
man dazzled by corrupting wealth before the inevitable
skid...more..
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There are several movies
and several movie hairstyles that come to mind while
watching "Two for the Money," a sincere and
sincerely turgid male weepie with Matthew McConaughey,
Al Pacino and Rene Russo. When the film opens, Mr. McConaughey's
character, a hot-shot college quarterback named Brandon
Lang, wears a stringy do that looks as if it first did
time atop Michael McKean's dome in "This Is Spinal
Tap" before being recruited as a mop. Sometime
later, after Mr. McConaughey's character has moved off
the football field to graze the moneyed pastures of
New York, his character acquires the same greasy coif
worn by Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street."That
said, the movie most directly invoked by "Two for
the Money," which concerns the remarkably uninteresting
world of sports betting, is "Jerry Maguire,"
though less for its plot, acting, writing, directing
or assorted hairdos - Tom Cruise's dry look, Cuba Gooding
Jr......More..
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