The Gambler

The Gambler (1997)

  • 14% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (547 ratings)

This British-Dutch-Hungarian biographical drama combines incidents from the life of novelist Feodor Dostoyevsky with a dramatization of his short novel The Gambler. The character of Polina in the novel was based by Dostoyevsky on Polina Suslova, his 1862-63 lover. In the tradition of Dennis Potter,… More

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
Károly Makk
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Aug 4, 1997 Wide
On DVD
Mar 26, 2002
Legacy Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    There seems to be a lot missing in this shortened telling of the story within a story for it to be more than moderately effective.

  • Gil Jawetz, DVDTalk.com

    2001: A Space Travesty is, other than its great title, as lame and unfunny as you can get.

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    Makes little to no sense at all

  • Daniel Eagan, Film Journal International

    A polished but superficial period drama that fails to illuminate what could have been an involving story.

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