THE GRAND is a Royal Flush!!!

| Nov 6, 2019

A typically uneven fake documentary...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 8, 2012

Decided that sticking to the formula was more important than letting something organic or crazy happen.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 19, 2009

A collection of sketches does not add up to a drama in this case

| Original Score: 3/10 | Sep 19, 2008

For every scene that goes nowhere -- and there are more than a few -- there's some comedy gold lurking around the corner.

| Original Score: B | Sep 2, 2008

THE GRAND has it's funny moments, and there were some things that I laughed hard at, but it's 104 minutes, which is much too long to be consistently funny.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 8, 2008

The year's big dramatic gambling hit, 21, is all plot, no personality; The Grand, a comedy that follows six contenders into the finals of a poker tournament, is all personality, no plot. I'll take personality.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Apr 11, 2008

The Grand gambles on its cast's improv chops but comes up only with a pair of sevens.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 11, 2008

Without Cheryl Hines or Chris Parnell, The Grand would be a fast fold.

| Apr 10, 2008

Just showing us what ex-sitcom stars and Bavarian directors do in their spare time isn't quite enough to justify The Grand, which does for poker what Best in Show did for dogs while completely avoiding any jokes about poker-playing canines.

| Apr 10, 2008

There's nothing under the surface of the comedy, although it's rarely less than amusing and frequently hilarious.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 9, 2008

The new film The Grand should have been called Werner Herzog Steals the Show because that's precisely what he does in this mockumentary about a poker tournament.

Full Review | Apr 7, 2008

One-eyed Jack Faro's chances aren't assured but low odds amusement is yours for the buy-in. Satire has been dealt better hands with less bluff.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 6, 2008

Worth a gamble.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 4, 2008

There may be too many cooks here, too many 온라인카지노추천 stars trying to make an impression in a relatively high-profile independent film, but they connect just often enough to leave you smiling.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 4, 2008

You eventually get the feeling that the actors are riffing mainly for each other. Their attitude is, 'We're talented, trust us, we know how to be funny,' but in the end, it's mostly just a bluff.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 4, 2008

There are small pleasures, but not many. It especially underwhelms when you consider how Penn seemed to have found a new paradigm for this now-hoary comic form.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 4, 2008

There's enough good material in the first act to almost merit a recommendation, but, like a poker player who just stops getting dealt the cards he needs, the film runs out of chips long before the credits roll.

| Apr 4, 2008

[Director Zak] Penn eases into the candid style and subdued rhythms of the mockumentary with a breezy confidence.

| Original Score: B | Apr 3, 2008

It's hard to believe that a lineup so stellar could generate so few laughs, but there it is.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 3, 2008