"The picture has a real feel for its tortured characters. It starts out navel-gazing and ends up empathetic."

“…deserves three-and-a-half stars for its dazzling opening sequence alone.

“Director Vadim Perelman fetishizes the threat of violence with his caressing camera.

"There is something especially insulting about a very adult movie told in very childish terms."

“It’s quite possible that I still would have been bored out of my mind during Deal even if I cared a lick about poker.

“You’d find more glamour and excitement at the local OTB.

“Strangely, it has come out at once too soon and – for those who have already been stop-lossed – too late.

"How many of us were first introduced to the giddy, gory glory of the movies at a friend’s house?"

“The more rumpled Dennis Quaid has become, the more interesting he’s gotten as an actor…