Runner Runner

"From the writers of Rounders, but closer in quality to 21, Brad (The Lincoln Lawyer) Furman’s online gaming thriller is a strange beast. There’s nothing glaringly wrong with it, but it’s so glossily mediocre that it’s impossible to recommend to anyone not contemplating a lengthy plane journey."

"Runner Runner’s appeal increases dramatically whenever Affleck enters the frame."

"Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck give their best poker faces but ultimately fail to convince you to gamble your cash away on this limp, unoriginal story of a man out of his depth."

"It feels like a halfhearted bluff and has the stale smell of yesterday's after-shave."

"This is a lazy, trashy film that barely goes through the motions."

"It puts a premium on sleight-of-hand cleverness and glossy style, but it isn't particularly clever or stylish."

"What's actually up onscreen in this vaguely ambitious but tawdry melodrama falls into an in-between no-man's-land that endows it with no distinction whatsoever, a work lacking both style and insight into the netherworld it seeks to reveal."

"However exotic the locations and starry the stars, there’s no escaping this is The Devil’s Advocate of online gambling. Fold."