21

The screen version of the blackjack caper is fun but gambles away intrigue

When the makers of the blackjack drama “21” stepped up to the table to place their bets, they opted to play it safe.
In this extremely loose adaptation of Ben Mezrich's nonfiction tome "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions," screenwriters Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb have buffed down the story's rougher edges into a Hollywood fairy tale. What might have been a complex story dealing with greed and high-stakes betrayal among the young intellectual elite in America's gaming playground is instead treated as a slick, glossy romp -- one young man's wacky escapades in procuring tuition for Harvard Medical School. [...]

di Kevin Crust, articolo completo (2996 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 28 marzo 2008