Pluskylang Great Film overall

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

movie reviews This is movie is OK..... it is a bit dated even for 1998 with a too straight focused--no nuanced sexual world in this thing; and the casino seediness is overdone and obvious read other reviews. So a need to suspend disbelief.If you have an hour or so to kill this really is not bad. There are a couple twists which work.I saw it in 99 about when it came out but didn't remember a thing except that I vaguely disliked it.... Unfortunately, when you use Netflix streaming you learn to lower your standards since the biggest chore is finding something good.RECOMMEND

stephen-scott83 Croupier is an excellent icy-cool noir film. The movie has a David Mamet feel to it. I really enjoyed this movie, but the last 30 minutes left me a bit bewildered. Clive Owen is fantastic as the calm and cool Jack Manfred. A struggling writer, Jack takes up an offer from his seemingly estranged relationship with his bizarre dad to interview at a Casino for a Croupier job. Jack gets the job to the consternation of his girlfriend, Marion, who seems to be bi-polar. The requisite cast of delicious characters at the casino elevates Jack's coolness factor as he narrates in the 3rd person throughout the movie - to great effect. Croupier is a classic character study. The ethics & rules that Jack has placed upon him thru his employer get strained and blurred. The robbery scene was very disjointed and confusing - what happened? The death of Marion left more questions than answers and the revelation that Jack's dad was in fact behind the casino robbery was not developed enough. The movie flows so neatly and clean, I think it could have gone another 10 - 15 minutes with more development of the loose ends.

TwoCrude I suppose I didn't see the same ending as many other reviewers.One gent wrote this: 'It's not the worst ending I've ever seen in a movie but I can't help feeling cheated by the last twenty minutes which sees an unlikely plot twist of Jack visiting a morgue along with some unlikely dialogue with a policeman . We're also treated to Jack having a telephone conversation which does seem ridiculous almost as though the screenwriter didn't know how to finish off the screenplay along with a faintly ridiculous final scene.'I agree. This film deserved a much better finale than it has. It pretty much ruined the movie for me.Last... is Marion's character bipolar? Or something? I guess I did miss that, as her mood swings were wider than the English Channel.

nemoinis01 I enjoyed watching this but it wasn't anything fantastic. The main character is flat and a bit too two dimensional, not much of a person. That was the thing most wrong with this for me. The scenes in the casino seem believable and are interesting. The small insights into people other than our hero are sort of interesting and compelling, but we don't get to explore them. In a way, that leaves it lacking human interest but it adds some mystery. It's got an exciting denouement that isn't ruined by piles of equally over-the-top violence. Other than that, the plot was good and it kept moving along. The acting was good, the characters mostly believable (except the main). It was fine for a lazy Friday night with a bottle of wine.