(lots of spoilers) The movies starts off slow, and its intention is to take you on a journey. You see how a few friends start off, then you wander to present time to see Jake Foley (Russel Crowe) as a filthy rich man on a mission.
Overall the movie was mildly entertaining, but I didn't love the fact that even after being 20 minutes into the movie, I had no clue what was happening.
In the middle or more toward the end, it all starts to come together, but even then, I feel like it didn't make a lot of sense. Jake Foley is rich, but every friend but one is deceitful and doing bad, including one friend that is sleeping with his wife and expecting a child with her.
He decides to meet all of them at his home and has a high stakes poker game, and even then, one of the friends is planning on having him robbed by his brother to pay a dept. But he, still leave them all 50 million dollars?
Hey friends, I poisoned you... but not really... I just want you to see how I feel because I'm terminally ill... This movie has more twists than a pretzel, and not in a great way.
So the movie is called Poker Face, but why? The catch line is "everyone has a limit", but whats the limit? Is it having me robbed when I invite you to my house? Is the limit sleeping with and impregnating my wife? Well obviously not, since I still give you all millions of dollars.
It wasn't the acting, it was the writing. Russell Crowe went in with good intentions, but the movie was too hard to follow and frustrated me.
I guess the Poker Face is not a good one.
Overall the movie was mildly entertaining, but I didn't love the fact that even after being 20 minutes into the movie, I had no clue what was happening.
In the middle or more toward the end, it all starts to come together, but even then, I feel like it didn't make a lot of sense. Jake Foley is rich, but every friend but one is deceitful and doing bad, including one friend that is sleeping with his wife and expecting a child with her.
He decides to meet all of them at his home and has a high stakes poker game, and even then, one of the friends is planning on having him robbed by his brother to pay a dept. But he, still leave them all 50 million dollars?
Hey friends, I poisoned you... but not really... I just want you to see how I feel because I'm terminally ill... This movie has more twists than a pretzel, and not in a great way.
So the movie is called Poker Face, but why? The catch line is "everyone has a limit", but whats the limit? Is it having me robbed when I invite you to my house? Is the limit sleeping with and impregnating my wife? Well obviously not, since I still give you all millions of dollars.
It wasn't the acting, it was the writing. Russell Crowe went in with good intentions, but the movie was too hard to follow and frustrated me.
I guess the Poker Face is not a good one.