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Two for the Money (2005)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 4/07

4/07: Having good intentions, Two for the Money is like trying to swallow a pill that refuses to go down my throat.

It's mostly due to D.J. Caruso's x-double minus direction. Devoid of his charismatic personality, Matthew McConaughey gives a wooden performance, preferring to show off his body. On a second thought, maybe it's what the role called for. If that's so, then they made a mistake of casting him.

Al Pacino delivers his usual, and it's nothing new: just the same redundancy. Didn't I see this already in Devil's Advocate? Any Given Sunday? The Recruit? Heat? Donnie Brasco? Whoo...that's a lot of recycled acting there. On the other hand, Rene Russo pulls through well this time, but it doesn't matter.

All in all, filled with uninspired performances and direction, Two for the Money fails to explain how the lead character knows all the stuff without bothering to watch the games.

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