Film Review - Inés Galmán

21 blackjack

21 blackjack is an American film of drama directed by Robert Luketic in 2008, the story is based on the book Bringing Down the House of Ben Mezrich and the main character is starred by Jim Sturgess. Other actors are Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, among other. All the actors are American and in the movie they talk all the time in English and the film was made on a big budget of 35.000.000$

The film takes place in EE.UU. and it tells the story of Ben Campbell, a student which has been accepted at the Harvard School of Medicine. He is a good student, for this reason he has the opportunity to win a scholarship to pay his studies. How is smart, his math teacher consider that is could be useful for join a group where they count cards and win money making bets in several casinos in Las Vegas.

The most enjoyable thing about the film is when the main character was integrated in the group and he learned about the cards and the casinos, there are plots about it funny. The fault I can find is that the film sometimes is a bit boring.

In my opinion, I don’t recommend this movie because sometimes has funny moments and boring moments.