Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison, Shannon Elizabeth

An aging ex-professional card player meets a young hot-shot card player and takes him under his wing to teach him the game. The ex-professional returns to the game in the world series of poker, but in...( read more  read more... ) the finals he faces his new protege.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Gil Cates Jr.

Release Date: April 25, 2008

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DVD Release Date: August 20, 2008

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  • August 16, 2009
    You don't even have to push Play, you just need to take the DVD box in your hands and that's when you can predict the whole plot, the dialogues, the obstacles in the hero's path to triumph, the character "development" and simply every single minute of film. You don't even ...( read more)have to see the movie! Read the synopsis and that's all you need.

    Despite this important flaw (being one of the most predictable, unoriginal movies in the history of filmmaking) and others (like Shannon Elizabeth's nonexistent, unimportant, two-scene character or Burt Reynolds hair dye), the movie is absolutely light and absolutely entertaining.

    Why is this? Well, dear reader: the one and only Bret Harrison, one of the saddest stories in Hollywood (only 3 feature films, a bunch of unsuccessful series, audiences asking for his character in That 70's Show to die after a couple of episodes, being best friends with the utterly more famous Adam Brody) is the lead man who carries this awful, lame mess over his shoulders with such elegance, subtlety, charm and insight, it's almost as if he was starring in a completely different film. His acting range hasn't been put to the test yet, his career is flatlining (even with Reaper's average success) and Heaven knows how's this going to end, but Bret Harrison needs more movies, he needs indie filmmakers to look closely at his body of work and realize he's the next big indie thing. Michael Cera had better move over, the little bitch.

    I'm working my ass off every single day to become a filmmaker, and I'm looking forward to work with my favorite underdog, he just has to wait for me, and if that means more bad movies like this one so he can pay his rent, well, so be it.

    5 stars for Bret's performance, 1 for the movie itself. Let's leave it at 2.
  • September 14, 2008
    Boring.
  • September 13, 2008
    Deal centers around a aging poker player played really good by a ageing Burt Reynolds who never fullfilled his dream of winning the big one and the young kid just out of college he takes under his wing showing him the ins and outs of the poker world that is untill student and tea...( read more)cher go up against each other in a winner take all world series of poker. really good movie worth checking out for those that enjoyed Rounders
  • September 21, 2009
    Another card shark movie...where the aging teacher eventually takes the student to school...in more ways than just cards...it is good whether you like the card game of poker or not...see this it is a good watch!
  • September 19, 2009
    Brazilian portuguese title: Atraídos pela fama
  • July 4, 2009
    ThoughI heard it was lame! I still wanna check it out,
  • May 22, 2009
    no new tricks up his sleeve here seen this all too familiar story
  • April 23, 2009
    There's nothing really interesting int his movie, especially when you don't know a thing about poker.
  • April 19, 2009
    This wasn't too shabby, kinda reminded me of "21" Ending was predictable.
  • February 14, 2009
    The movie was good, I suppose. It didn't suck anyway. I liked the ending, it was predictable.

Critic Reviews


April 25, 2008
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine

Thoroughly predictable in every way including an obvious ending that tries unsuccessfully to bluff the audience, Deal feels fake and trite. full review

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  • nawlinsj
    April 17, 2008
    Wasn't this movie already made back in the late '80's. I believe it was called The Color of Money. This looks like the utmost crap.

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