Through it all, Hoffman plays Mahowny with no glamor or glitz, but with a type of studied vacuousness that's chilling.

| Jan 20, 2022

There's not much to root for one way or another, not much tension across the film's admirably tight runtime.

| Mar 29, 2021

The drama is a narrow, one-way street. And Hoffman is no Russell Crowe or Leonardo DiCaprio. He's just a brilliant American actor playing a repressed Canadian with a weakness for numbers.

| Oct 11, 2019

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

what was fascinating character study becomes banal and unconvincing cautionary tale

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 3, 2005

...a movie that rejects the pyrotechnics, glamour and spectacle-mongering of mainstream Hollywood yet manages to engage, connect and transfix.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jan 29, 2005

Watching Hoffman completely give himself over to his addiction is pretty draining. Although the film has a subtext ... it's basically a ride down to the bottom with an addict.

| Apr 30, 2004

The flick's absolutely worth seeing for Hoffman's performance alone, but there's also enough Casino / Heist goodness to keep you entertained.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 31, 2004

Atmospheric and never flashy, and yet capable of moments of unbearable tension and an almost overpowering sense of paranoia.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 16, 2004

Hoffman, sempre um ator interessante, oferece uma atuao digna dos grandes nomes da 7 Arte, como Brando, De Niro e Sean Penn.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 19, 2004

This is the fascinating thing about the movie, how Mahowny marches off to his doom, totally distracted from his fate by the thrill of gambling.

| Original Score: B | Jan 17, 2004

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 3, 2003

Philip Seymour Hoffman is like a stack of pure Inca gold in the world of thespian addicts - a world I dwell happily in...

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 1, 2003

Surprisingly upbeat story based, in part, on the real-life adventures of gambling addict Brian Moloney. While it's interesting, it's seldom affecting.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 26, 2003

You can bet on Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 16, 2003

Whether or not you think of gambling as a vice, you can bet on Owning Mahowny.

Full Review | Sep 12, 2003

A stark and revealing film that's as moving as it is disquieting.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 6, 2003

Hoffman makes it impossible for us not to watch and not to enjoy it all on some subliminal level.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 5, 2003

...this human car wreck methodically spins itself out with agonizing inevitability...that the film is also quite funny is an unexpected bonus.

Full Review | Aug 20, 2003

This film felt more like a Canadian '온라인카지노추천 Movie of the Week' than anything.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 15, 2003