21 (2008)

Réalisateur:

Robert Luketic

Writers (WGA):

Peter Steinfeld (screenplay) and
Allan Loeb (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

28 mars 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever.

Plot:

"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

Plot Keywords:

Casino | Scholarship | Las Vegas Nevada | Clothing Store | Cheating At Cards

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Nothing new, but it's worth the watch

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Ensemble

Jim Sturgess	...	Ben Campbell
Kevin Spacey	...	Prof. Micky Rosa
Kate Bosworth	...	Jill Taylor
Aaron Yoo	...	Choi
Liza Lapira	...	Kianna
Jacob Pitts	...	Jimmy Fisher
Laurence Fishburne	...	Cole Williams
Jack McGee	...	Terry
Josh Gad	...	Miles Connoly
Sam Golzari	...	Cam
Helen Carey	...	Ellen Campbell
Jack Gilpin	...	Bob Phillips
Donna Lows	...	Planet Hollywood Dealer #1
Butch Williams	...	Planet Hollywood Dealer #2
Jeffrey Ma	...	Planet Hollywood Dealer Jeff

Autre(s) titre(s) :

21 - The Movie (USA) (promotional title)
21 (Canada: French title) [fr]
Las Vegas 21 (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence, and sexual content including partial nudity.

Durée:

123 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Classification:

UK:12A | Hong Kong:IIB | New Zealand:M | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia) | Iceland:12 | Greece:K-13 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43290) | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Poland:15 | South Africa:13V | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Ireland:12A | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Canada:G (Québec) | Sweden:11

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

GH Three

Anecdotes:

Boston University students were used as extras in many of the classroom scenes.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: There are multiple errors in Vegas hotel locations - seeming to be in one hotel when the shot from the window makes it clear they are elsewhere, particularly when visiting a suite said to be at the Hard Rock but clearly the view is from a tall Strip hotel. The Hard Rock Hotel is neither.

Guillemet:

Micky Rosa: You are only ever as good to me as the money you make!

Connexions De Film:

References Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Soundtrack:

Young Folks

Nothing new, but it's worth the watch

21 is definitely the major film for the spring time, it has young hot actors, including an incredible academy award winner, Kevin Spacey, and another great actor who's head looks like it grew quite a bit bigger, Lawarence Fishburne. So it has all the key ingredients for a good movie, a decent plot, over all a good combination of actors, and looks like a well put together movie. So I saw it this weekend and I have to say that I was a little disappointed, I think this movie was more for the teenagers, with the actors and the rating, I think it should've been more adult. It was a typical rise and fall story with cliché'd characters. Kevin Spacey, seriously my favorite actor, he's always a dead on hit with every role he takes on, but he seemed to just sleep his way through the film and didn't really care about it. He and new and hot up-comer, Jim Sturgess were not a bad couple on screen, but were not strong enough to hold the story into something original.

Basically we have Ben Campbell who needs $300,000 for Harvard Med. School, he's extremely gifted with numbers, so when his professor, Micky Rosa notices his gifts, he invites Ben with a group of his other students to go to Vegas and play 21. But there is a way to beat the game apparently, by counting cards. Ben promises up and down that it is just for school, but of course when he gets so hot, he takes it way further and ends up making a huge mistake and gets caught with some nasty security guards you don't wanna mess with.

Now 21 has decent enough acting, the movie itself is decent, I didn't mind at all watching it. For the most part, it's the young group of students that keep the movie interesting and keeps your attention. My main problems are for example about the characters Ben and Jill hooking up, I seriously doubt that would happen for real, but for the movie, they want these two hotties to get together at least for the teenage audience's sake. Also supposedly the group says they have to stay on the down low in Vegas so they don't get caught, yet they go around Vegas buying all these new clothes, clubbing, drinking, etc. 21 is worth the watch, but to be honest, if you're reading this, wait for the rental, it's just a regular rise and fall story.

6/10