"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…

“…has more ludicrous plot developments than an entire season of soap opera, which would be OK if this were a farce.

“The 1980s are alive but not very well in Never Back Down…

“… a movie of ideas first and foremost, albeit ideas that are brilliantly framed.”