Very fun for the first two thirds, then the ending is a bit too drawn out and full of the less entertaining kind of implausibility.
Obviously a big movie for “nepo baby” discourse, with Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid’s son in the lead and Jack Nicholson’s son as the antagonist. I am not bothered by this whole thing, and I wonder if sports fans in general tend to be chill about it, because while there are occasionally cases of true…
*Rob Bryden as Michael Caine voice* I can't go fast, because Ryan Gosling walks … very … very … slowly.
Poker scenes in film, ranked:
High card: Maverick/Casino Royale
Pair: The Cincinnati Kid
Two Pair: California Split
Three of a Kind: Rounders (climactic scene)
Straight: Tombstone
Flush: Rounders (municipal workers scene)
Full House: **Cool Hand Luke**
Four of a Kind: The Sting
Straight Flush: Rounders (first scene)
Royal Flush: House of Games
*You forget how insane the score and sound design are. The reason the romantic comedy parody works so well is that without the sinister wall of sound, a lot of what you’re looking at could mean almost anything.
*I previously didn’t pick up how Duvall plays Wendy as uneducated, with an inferiority complex. Her desire to placate not only Jack but also the doctor who sees Danny at the beginning comes partly from that; by contrast, she’s willing to ask incisive questions…
