I don’t get the bad reviews this was a great mockumentary 4.3

Surprisingly not funny, at times irritating

first watch last evening. glad i picked this one while surfing through Netflix offerings. lighthearted and enjoyable.

I really appreciated this comedy mostly for the fact that the entire thing is improv, which makes the comedy/jokes hit differently, which worked really well. If you enjoy mockumentaries, I would definitely recommend this film to you

This movie is hilarious. Ray Ramano plays a Michael-Scott-esque character masterfully. Sure, the humor is stupid- but so is it stupid in beloved shows like "The Office" or "Parks & Recreation". I couldn't believe it scored so low here. I've never disagreed with a rating on this site until now! I would say it at LEAST deserves like 70%! Personally, I give it 5 stars in hopes to boost the rating at all. Truly goofy, silly movie with multiple laugh-out-loud moments. Crude language but most movies have that these days anyway. Woody Harrelson is great & believable in this role. & while the cast is full of caricatures & exagerrated personalities (as the aforementioned beloved 온라인카지노추천 shows that are critically acclaimed do,) they are acted VERY well by the cast. Great movie, don't believe the 40% rating!

Perfectly acceptable little picture with a stellar cast. Fun, quirky and grounded.

This is awesome this is a Hillarious mockumentary of the World Series of poker I found this movie to be humorous intelligent and very Funny fans of poker should see this film Grade A-

A VERY funny mockumentary in the great Christopher Guest tradition. Even appearing was a Christopher Guest alumn, Michael McKean. Along with a host of other favs; David Cross (featured in Guest's "Waiting for Guffman"), Cheryl Hines (oo-lala!), Judy Greer (my hot Jewish princess!), Chris Parnell (whose character was strangely very reminiscent of the one he played in the hilarious "Evil Alien Conquerors"), Richard Kind (how often does he play a dentist?), Hank Azaria (Moe, Wiggum and Apu, Comic Book Guy, etc), Jason Alexander, Dennis Farina, etc. You get the idea, I am tired of typing. Watch it.

Funny but just seems like a Christopher Guest poker movie. I didn't see Zak Penn's other mockumentary "Incident At Loch Ness" but I hear that's a stronger movie. Nothing away from him, I think he's great screenwriter. With mockumentories or fake documentaries are either hit or miss. This one's just in the middle. There are some funny moments this movie. Chris Parnell is down right hysterical in this and the other cast-members give great improvised performances. I don't know, maybe I'm not into poker and gambling to really get into it but it's worth a watch. If you like "The Office" or Christopher Guest movies than you'll like this.

A very likable cast but this one just doesn't come together.

Nifty little mockumentary set in the poker world. Thanks to full blown improv comedy it comes off refreshing and unpredictable. The cast works well together and we get a lot of cameos from other comedians as well as professional poker players. Some of the laughs work great while others ehhh not so much. If you're looking for something inspiringly different go and see it.

So... Zak... Uh, buddy... Dude, the film's not really funny. Lacking the heart and hilarity of Christopher Guest. I think the star power kinda hurt it cause not everyone here is good... <.<

The Grand (Zak Penn, 2007) It is damned tough to make a good movie about poker. Many have tried since the poker boom hit. None have succeeded; the only truly great poker movie, Rounders, was made five years before that. But that doesn't stop folks from trying, and let's be honestâ"while a poker player is going to be able to comment on the ridiculousness of the final hands in movies like The Cincinnati Kid, Maverick, or (the worst case of poker egregiousness in history, to date) Casino Royale, maybe the general public won't notice. Or, at least, that's what I'm figuring the writers of these movies say to themselves when trying to pitch themselves on writing scenes that require one's suspension of disbelief to stretch farther than the Overseas Highway. The Grand's isn't quite that bad, but the errors that plague the movie's poker are of the even-more-egregious variety, and Penn and co-writer Matt Bierman decided to try to pair the poker movie (already an ill-fated venture) with the improv comedy movie. That as much of it succeeds as it does is a minor miracle. Plot: One Eyed Jack Faro (Woody Harrelson) is the wastrel son of a casino owner who finds himself in desperate need of cash to save the family legacy, which a robber baron (Michael McKean) wants to buy and turn into a million-dollar-per-night hotel/entertainment extravaganza. Thus, he does what any enterprising young man in need of cash would doâ"enter a major poker tournament that will win him enough money to pay off the casino's debts, as long as he can outlast such poker-playing lights as Deuce Fairbanks (Dennis Farina), Linie Schwartzman (The Ugly Truth's Cheryl Hines), Fred Marsh (Ray Romano), Yakov Achmed (Jason Alexander), Reggie Marshall (Mike Epps), and the mysterious player known only as The German (Werner Herzog in a rare trip in front of the camera), along with a few other guys you may have heard of like Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Laak, Phil Hellmuth... When the movie stays on point, it's quick, it's funny, and as long as the writers aren't attempting poker analysis, it's reasonably intelligent. The poker profiles, a la the WSOP filler material on ESPN, range from the amusing (Ray Romano's skit) to the downright hilarious (every time the Schwartzmans are onscreen). Michael McKean, as usual, is gold every time he gets in front of a camera. And then there are the downsides, which start with every time the movie attempts to show poker being played. I'm amazed Phil Gordon, who plays the poker commentator announcing the tournament for 온라인카지노추천, didn't smack people upside the head with the script for all the stupidity they send spewing out of his mouth. The improv comedy bits... well, some of them work (see previous bit about the Scwartzmans), but most fall flat; the only other character who really works 100% of the time is The German, and that's because Herzog plays him straight, with an air of menace that does not fit at all with this movie, and yet it works. Which should be an indicator right there that something is failing, but somehow it didn't raise any alarm bells. Short answer: if you're in the mood for a poker movie and you've watched everything else on the subject you own, give this a go. The parts that work make it worth your time, and hey, it's a helluva lot better than Lucky You. ** Â 1/2

Funny stuff!! If you play poker or know anyone that does, this is a must see!

Plays like a Christopher Guest mockumentary (it's not), filled with a great cast of characters. Perfect for a rainy afternoon, if you're looking for something that will deliver in entertainment value, without requiring too much brain power commitment from those watching.

It felt as if they were trying to achieve a "Best in Show" type movie, but it didn't get there for me. The cast was very talented and there were some funny scenes, but it was just kind of stagnant.

weird lil movie.. only got it cause we're poker fans...

hilarious mockumentary about a Vegas poker tournament

This documentary style shoot was reminiscent of Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, This is Spinal Tap and Best in Show. I got some BIG laughs out of it. Each character was sick and twisted in some sort of way (ahhh humanity) and I loved seeing all the character building. There were loads of improvisation being skillfully accomplished. FABULOUS CASTING! Any time I get to see Michael McKean at work is a good time for me! It blows my mind that he once played Lenny (of Lenny and Squiggy) in the 온라인카지노추천 show Laverne and Shirley!

I love a good chunk of the comedians in this, but I can't say I thought it was as successful as it should've been. It isn't entirely lacking in laughs, but it feels average a good chunk of the time. Maybe I'm just not the target audience for gambling and poker jokes. I wouldn't say it is completely unsuccessful, but it isn't laugh out hilarious as much as it could've been.