Two for the Money Reviews



  • Two for the Money
    • Genre : Drama, Thriller, Comedy
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : R
    • Duration : 122 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : 20
    • Studio : Universal Pictures
    • Official Site : http://www.twoforthemoney.net/
    • Reviews Rate : 
      Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.

    • Readers Rate : 
      4 of 5

Movie Reviews

  • What starts out as a somewhat compelling look at the world of sports betting, a $200 billion a year industry, turns into a run-of-the-mill, feel-good drama.
    2 of 4 by Brian Marder [Hollywood ]
  • thuds along blazing a peculiar trail of plot non-sequitors
    by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews ]
  • this one fell flat.
    3 of 5 by Andrew Casertano [The Cinema Source ]
  • starts out as strongly and finishes as weakly
    2.5 of 4 by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
  • rolls and tumbles over itself so blithely
    2.5 of 4 by Gene Seymour [Newsday ]
  • operates less as a morality tale than as both an insider look at the billion-dollar world of sports wagering and a squishy tale of fathers and sons
    2 of 4 by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine ]
  • not only is it overwrought, it's flabby
    1.5 of 4 by Pam Grady [Reel ]
  • is too long by about 20 minutes, and takes itself too seriously near the end.
    3 of 4 by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News ]
  • Gilroy's script can't find a thematic thread to make the rags-to-riches-to-rags plot feel relevant
    by James C. Taylor [L.A. Weekly ]
  • for a film that prizes dialogue and relationships over action, it's unusually visceral.
    3 of 4 by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ]
  • falling apart with every additional subplot, every misused actor, and every tectonic shift in the story.
    2 of 5 by Pete Croatto [Filmcritic ]
  • an unstructured mess of a movie
    1.5 of 4 by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it ]
  • a predictable story about the downfall of arrogant and greedy people
    2 of 5 by David Mercier [FilmJudge ]
  • a muddled melodrama
    by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter ]
  • a drama without audience sympathy.
    2 of 4 by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch ]
  • a better-than-expected parable - inspired by actual events - about the power and reach of corruption
    3 of 4 by Mack Bates [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ]
  • 4 of 5 Reviewed by Erik Childress [EFilmCritic ]
  • 3.5 of 5 Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
  • 3.5 of 5 Reviewed by Harper Barnes [St. Louis Post-Dispatch ]
  • 3.5 of 5 Reviewed by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News ]
  • 3 of 5 Reviewed by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Robert K. Elder [Chicago Tribune ]
  • 2.5 of 5 Reviewed by [E! Online ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Barry Paris [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]
  • 2.5 of 5 Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette ]
  • 2 of 4 Reviewed by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle ]
  • 2 of 4 Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City ]
  • 2 of 4 Reviewed by John Monaghan [Detroit Free Press ]
  • 2 of 5 Reviewed by Marjorie Baumgarten [Austin Chronicle ]
  • 2 of 5 Reviewed by Mark Keizer [Boxoffice Magazine ]
  • 1 of 4 Reviewed by James Verniere [Boston Herald ]
  • 1 of 5 Reviewed by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland ]
  • Reviewed by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly ]

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