The Grand

Poker Faces

The actors certainly look as if they’re having a good time, and if you’re in the right mood, you might too. A disposable, moderately humorous distraction directed by Zak Penn from an idea he cooked up with Matt Bierman, “The Grand” is a strenuously faked, digital-video documentary about the ins and outs, heavy bets and close calls that take place during a high-stakes Las Vegas poker game. In truth, it’s an overcrowded party to which the rest of us have been only grudgingly invited, a would-be laugh-in with various funny types — notably Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines and Richard Kind — and a whole lot of slapdash filler. [...]

di Manohla Dargis, articolo completo (1578 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 21 marzo 2008