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Mississippi Grind
Description
Gerry is a talented poker player, but his gambling habit is getting the best of him. Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, he teams up with a younger charismatic poker player named Curtis in an attempt to change his luck. As they gamble their way down South toward a legendary high-stakes poker game in New Orleans, the trip's highs and lows unveil the duo's true character and motivation, and an undeniable bond forms between them.
Gerry is a talented poker player, but his gambling habit is getting the best of him. Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, he teams up with a younger charismatic poker player named Curtis in an attempt to change his luck. As they gamble their way down South toward a legendary high-stakes poker game in New Orleans, the trip's highs and lows unveil the duo's true character and motivation, and an undeniable bond forms between them.
Actors:
Justin Lebrun,
Joseph Oliveira,
Jane McNeill,
Joshua Powell,
Travis Dunn,
P.J. Marshall,
Ross P. Cook,
Cheri Williams,
Christina Michelle Williams,
Cheri Jones,
Poland Perkins,
...»
Justin Lebrun
Joseph Oliveira
Jane McNeill
Joshua Powell
Travis Dunn
P.J. Marshall
Ross P. Cook
7 September 1982, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
Cheri Williams
Christina Michelle Williams
Cheri Jones
Poland Perkins
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Ryan Fleck ,
Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck
20 September 1976, Berkeley, California, USA
Anna Boden
Country:
United States
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May 09, 2016
Ben Mendelsohn is amazing as the sick gambler, always willing to sink lower, and also Ryan Reynolds is magnificent and outstanding. [Full review in Spanish]
March 24, 2016
... a meandering road movie through the byways of American characters who populate the card rooms and dice tables and racetracks, and an oddball buddy movie built on a chance encounter and an instant kinship between two losers gambling their lives away.
Philadelphia Inquirer
October 02, 2015
The movie is a snapshot collage of flyover America, but also, perhaps, an homage to the soon-to-be-lost world of brick-and-mortar gambling.
March 02, 2016
Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn floating down the Mississippi River to gamble and have fun. Should be entertaining, right? Well, it's more a grind than any kind of entertainment.
Chicago Sun-Times
October 01, 2015
This is one of the better movies about the gambling culture in recent years.
October 07, 2015
It's as if the Scarecrow and the Tin Man got lost and wandered down the Mississippi River, drinking and gambling and stumbling into and out of various troubles, not worrying about their brains or their hearts, just wishing for a little bit of luck.
October 01, 2015
Mendelsohn manages to make us simultaneously feel sorry for him and hope, against what seem like steep odds, that he somehow succeeds.
October 01, 2015
Even as a road movie this is pretty bland.
May 03, 2016
A loose, funky character study of two guys who can only frame their station as "can't win" and "can't lose," and can't really imagine a life that's anywhere in between.
February 25, 2016
Mississippi Grind provides a venerable acting showcase to a pair of under-appreciated actors, but could have used more impetus in its execution.
October 08, 2015
The actors flaunt craft, the script lays on the folksiness with a trowel, and scenes of local color seem to come straight from a guidebook.
March 13, 2016
Mendelsohn and Reynolds keep us enthralled, waiting to see what the next turn of the cards will reveal.
