Taking Chances

Taking Chances (2009)

  • 11% of users liked it
    (569 ratings)

This all-star comedy boasts a packed marquee and a meaningful message. Justin Long stars as a history lover who worries that a new casino will destroy his town's legacy. To fight the destruction of the village's history, he pairs with a young woman (Emmanuelle Chriqui), and together they must face… More

R, 1 hr. 39 min.
Directed By
Talmage Cooley
Written By
Annie Nocenti
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 1, 2009 Wide
On DVD
Nov 24, 2009

Critic Reviews

  • Erik Childress, eFilmCritic.com

    Hopefully someday we'll look at Taking Chances as just a flash of a very specific time in our nation's history and we'll be able to laugh at more than just the elements that make it a really solid comedy.

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Featured Audience Ratings

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    CAST: Justin Long, Keir O'Donnell, Rob Corddry, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jimmi Simpson,Phil Reeves, Nick Offerman, Brian Howe, Missi Pyle DIRECTED BY: Talmage Cooley When Chace discovers that an Indian casino is about to be built over the town's historic battlefield, Chase… More

  • Manu G


    Pretty boring! A few parts are funny but they try tooo much to make it funny when it is a wannabe political funny movie lol. When he discovers that an Indian casino is about to be built over the town's historic battlefield, Chase Revere, the self-appointed protector of a small… More

  • Christopher H


    There is very little that could have saved this film. The cast was stacked despite its straight-to-DVD feel and even then, the comedy does not hit the surface as the writers probably want it to. Long can only carry the film so far and events just tend to happen without any real reason… More

  • Deb S


    Justin Long stars as Chase Revere, a small-town manager of a local historical museum who finds out about plans for an Indian casino to be built in town. Right over the site of a Revolutionary battlefield that has claimed its meager place in history and where Chase holds the occasional… More

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