21 (2008)

Regista:

Robert Luketic

Writers (WGA):

Peter Steinfeld (screenplay) and
Allan Loeb (screenplay) ...

Data di uscita:

28 marzo 2008 (USA)

Genere:

Drama

Slogan:

Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever.

Plot:

"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

Plot Keywords:

Subway | Las Vegas Nevada | Single Mother | Cheating At Cards | Limousine

Premi:

1 win

Recensioni degli utenti:

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner

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Cast

Jim Sturgess	...	Ben Campbell
Kevin Spacey	...	Prof. Micky Rosa
Kate Bosworth	...	Jill Taylor
Aaron Yoo	...	Choi
Liza Lapira	...	Kianna
Jacob Pitts	...	Jimmy Fisher
Laurence Fishburne	...	Cole Williams
Jack McGee	...	Terry
Josh Gad	...	Miles Connoly
Sam Golzari	...	Cam
Helen Carey	...	Ellen Campbell
Jack Gilpin	...	Bob Phillips
Donna Lows	...	Planet Hollywood Dealer #1
Butch Williams	...	Planet Hollywood Dealer #2
Jeffrey Ma	...	Planet Hollywood Dealer Jeff

Alias:

21 - The Movie (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence, and sexual content including partial nudity.

Durata:

123 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Divieti:

Germany:12 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43290) | UK:12A | Sweden:11 | Finland:K-13 | Iceland:12 | Greece:K-13 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | South Africa:13V | Argentina:13 | Ireland:12A | Poland:15 | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | New Zealand:M | Italy:T | Brazil:14 | Canada:G (Québec) | Netherlands:12

Luoghi delle riprese:

Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Michael De Luca Productions

Curiosità:

MIT wouldn't allow filming on its campus, so the movie was actually filmed at Boston University.

Errori:

Continuity: During the first meeting with Ben, the cards that Micky deals alternate from face up, face down, and missing altogether.

Citazioni:

Jill Taylor: [after opening the curtains in Ben's room] Nice undies!

Movie Connections:

Fa riferimento a Heavy Metal (1981)

Colonna sonora:

Time to Pretend

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner

There are many stories about success based on hard-work and perseverance. There have also been many stories about success based on crime and abandonment of the law. Both of these scenarios can make for great movies -- but when a movie like 21 comes out, it's both great AND fresh. 21 is a movie about success based on locking in on a hole in the system, and exploiting it.

Card counting is legal, and anyone able to do so can take the house's edge away in a game of blackjack. That is the basic premise of 21: A team of intelligent students at MIT structure a team to make vast amounts of money at the blackjack table. They have everything down pat, from the counting to the signals to alert of suspicious casino workers (because if you can believe it, casinos don't like to lose money in such high amounts.) The movie portrays the situation stylishly, perfectly blending in montages and effective music when necessary. Add in some Hollywood "embellishment" such as a particularly harsh head of security (Laurence Fishburne), and you have the making of a good movie on your hands.

It is disappointing that the production team felt the need to re-assign the races of the actual MIT Team (of which the majority was Asian), but that's more of an issue of ethics and sociology. Don't let it ruin a perfectly good movie. Aside from this blunder, 21 is an excellent film.