Philip Baker Hall and John C Reilly star in Paul Thomas Anderson's feature debut as gamblers—one a professional, the other...
Philip Baker Hall and John C Reilly star in Paul Thomas Anderson's feature debut as gamblers—one a professional, the other a broke loser hoping to learn the tricks of the trade. It all seems to be going well until a cocktail waitress (Gwyneth Paltrow) walks into their lives. Co-stars Samuel L Jackson and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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82 %51 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
83 %12,070 reviewsAudience score rating
"Gamblers live for the moment - for the next bet, the one that will take them over the top - and this gilt-edged noir contraption is an enjoyable wallow in life-is-a-craps-table existentialism."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"It's done with such intelligence and feeling, and such a brilliant cast, that it grips our attention from first shuffle to last bet."
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune"Although it tries to be clever, knowing and gritty, Hard Eight is never more than boring."
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Total Film
Total Film"This first feature by writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is impressive for its lean and unblemished storytelling, but even more so for its performances."
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader"Just a soupcon of livelier drama would have improved the proceedings considerably."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineHard Eight | Details
- Rating
- R,
- Runtime
- 102
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
