Lay the Favorite

Lay the Favorite (2012)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 93% want to see it
    (46 ratings)

Beth Raymer leaves her dancing job at a Florida strip club to become a Las Vegas cocktail waitress. Not exactly an ideal career choice, but her borderline-ditzy personality doesn't give her many options. In walks Dink, a professional sports bettor who sees through her bubbly exterior and offers her… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By
Stephen Frears
Written By
Beth Raymer
Genres
Drama, Comedy

Critic Reviews

  • William Goss, Film.com

    Not just an utterly tepid comedy, but possibly the most lifeless film in Frears' generally acclaimed oeuvre.

  • Justin Chang, Variety

    Frivolous fun at best, archly affected tedium at worst.

  • Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

    Those of us who still venerate Frears as a pioneer of British indie cinema in the '80s pine for him to have higher goals than a ditzy true-crime romp, but maybe that's our problem rather than his.

  • Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

    Like a loud guest at a party who's amusing for a while, until you just have to escape to the next room.

  • Michael Nordine, Film Threat

    Hardly the film anyone familiar with Frears's better work would want or expect, but that isn't to say it's entirely without merit.

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