21 [Deluxe Edition] (2-DVD) PG-13

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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 3 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 22, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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User Ratings: 367,791
Despite being "based on a true story," the script is a loaded deck that plays like a pack of lies. 21 just doesn't add up. Full Review
Maclean's Magazine
Nov 29, 2017
Rating: 2/5 -- A scenario utterly Hollywoodised to death, with barely a movie cliché left untapped by the director and screenwriters. Full Review
Patrick Nabarro
Feb 4, 2019
Rating: 2/5 -- Can't decide whether it's high stakes or high school. Full Review
The List
Nov 3, 2018
Rating: 3.5/5 -- It is the gilded embodiment of the American Dream. Full Review
Sydney Morning Herald
May 16, 2008
Rating: C -- If only director Robert Luketic and screenwriters Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb had not opted for glitz. As filmmakers, they're playing for very low stakes. Full Review
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 18, 2008
Rating: B -- Full of flash and style that makes it one of the more entertaining Vegas films in recent memory. Full Review
Bowling Green Daily News
Oct 28, 2019
Rating: 2/5 -- Too bland, too bright and too long, 21 may talk a big game but it is mainly insipid entertainment. Full Review
Matt's Movie Reviews
Jul 8, 2010

Product Description:

Inspired by a true story, 21 mixes Las Vegas casino wheeling and dealing with college-kid angst: think OCEAN'S ELEVEN via THE PAPER CHASE. Kevin Spacey is crafty MIT professor Micky Rosa, who trains brainiac students to count cards and then flies them out to Vegas to raid the blackjack tables between classes. At first they rake in a bundle, but then catch the unwanted attention of tough-guy security chief, Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne) who wants to prove himself before he's replaced by face recognition software. Super math genius Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) originally joins the ring in order to come up with the $300,000 he needs for tuition money, but he's also gaga over the ring's resident babe, Jill (Kate Bosworth). When he finds out Professor Rosa hasn't been dealing entirely from a straight deck, Ben's high-end shopping spree dreams turn sour (though card counting is not illegal) and the battle of wits is on, no second chances given. Spacey is in his preternaturally calm, morally compromised element, stealing scenes left and right; Fishburne brings the hangdog depth; and everything bubbles over the 24-karat rocks, courtesy of director Robert Luketic (LEGALLY BLONDE). 21 is based on the bestseller BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE by Ben Mezrich.

Description by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Inspired by the true story of MIT students who mastered the art of card counting
and took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Looking for a way to pay for tuition, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) finds himself quietly recruited by MIT's most gifted students in a daring plot to break Vegas. With the help of a brilliant statistics professor (Kevin Spacey) and armed with fake IDs, intelligence and a complicated system of counting cards, Ben and his friends succeed in breaking the impenetrable casinos. Now, his challenge is keeping the numbers straight and staying one step ahead of the casinos before it all spirals out of control.

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  • UPC: 043396214552
  • Shipping Weight: 0.33/lbs (approx)
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