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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithKim Basinger gives one of her strongest performances in Even Money, a kind of "Crash" fueled by gambling instead of racism.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAn overstructured, overacted indie drama about gambling, addiction, and the sawdusty romanticism of old-time magicians.
- 42Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerAs the gambler who needs his basketball phenom brother to shave points, Whitaker has some expressive scenes, and Roth knows how to make malice gleam. But almost nothing else in this movie does.
- 40VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerStandard-issue directorial approach is perfectly in keeping with a script whose natural berth is on the tube.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe problem with ensemble films, and this one in particular, is that they often flit instead of float between story arcs. With deep lags in momentum, it is this lack of cohesion that nearly cancels out what can be great about ensemble films: the performances.
- The film's subject is not race but gambling, yet the cynical message is the same: We're all pathetic.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsNothing in the movie rings true, least of all its depiction of gambling, both in casinos and in the bookie world that ultimately drives the story.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterOverlong and overstuffed with cliches -- the movie doesn't seem to realize how close it comes to comedy.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenA scare movie about gambling addiction, is as grim and lurid as any in the recent spate of films about the evils of crystal meth.
- 25TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghA high-profile cast can't save this multi-narrative drama about gambling addiction from its wildly uneven tone, which veers from high melodrama to hard-boiled pastiche so overwrought that it's unintentionally funny.