House of Games (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 42 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: May 14, 2019
- Originally Released: 1987
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Lindsay Crouse & Joe Mantegna | |
Performer: | Lilia Skala, Mike Nussbaum, Ricky Jay, J.T. Walsh, Meshach Taylor & William H. Macy | |
Directed by | David Mamet | |
Edited by | Trudy Ship | |
Screenplay by | David Mamet | |
Story by | David Mamet & Jonathan Katz | |
Produced by | Michael Hausman | |
Director of Photography: | Juan Ruiz Anchía |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B- --
What intrigues is the con games themselves, as Mamet's film explores with a certain joyous streak of mischief some of the tricks of the trade.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
...Writer David Mamet's first trip behind the camera as director is entertaining good fun, an American film noir with Hitchcockian touches...
Variety
Rating: 4/5 --
Playwright David Mamet's directorial debut is a cardsharp con game full of tricks.
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Netflix
...Mamet's dialogue starts with the plain red bricks of reality, and mortars them into walls that are slightly askew...
Chicago Sun-Times
With a parlor-trick plot and neon-lit cinematography right out of Edward Hopper's NIGHTHAWKS, GAMES is a con within a con within a con. -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: B --
A conceptual film about con artists, Mamet's feature debut is a deadpan, deviously comic melodrama that proceeds with twists and reversals and builds like a poker game in which the stakes are higher and higher.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 5/5 --
A top-notch psychological thriller about sexual politics, trust and betrayal.
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Spirituality and Practice
Product Description:
David Mamet's directorial debut finds him exploring his abiding interest in deception and inviting his audience to be prepared for endless twists and turns. The film is a character study of Dr. Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse), a psychiatrist and best-selling author specializing in addictive behavior. During a therapy session, she discovers that a patient owes a $25,000 gambling debt. When she becomes involved on her patient's behalf, she enters an underworld populated with fascinating characters. Dr. Ford is both strong and vulnerable, and Crouse exploits this ambiguity in a powerful central performance. Joe Mantegna is also a presence as underworld denizen Mike. The strong overall acting and well-crafted plot pleased critics and proved to be at the heart of Mamet's future filmmaking successes.
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- Sales Rank: 79,766
- UPC: 715515229616
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