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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 21522
Released: January 17, 2006 |
| Our Price: $0.07 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Academy Award winner Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey star in this adrenaline-charged thriller about the sexy, high-stakes world of sports betting, where fortunes can be made and lost with a flip of a coin.
When Brandon Lang (McConaughey) becomes the protégé of sports gambling's power player, Walter Abrams (Pacino), he swiftly becomes the golden boy of the high-rolling world for consistently picking football winners. Now, with millions on the line, he finds himself in a deadly game of con-versus-con with his new mentor.
Also starring Renee Russo and Jeremy Piven (TV's Entourage), Two For The Money sizzles with intense, non-stop thrills!
Description of Two for the Money (Widescreen Edition):
Two for the Money has a formidable cast: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, and Rene Russo (Get Shorty) play compulsive personalities caught up in the high-testosterone world of sports betting. Brandon Lang (McConaughey, Sahara), a once-promising football player sidelined by an injury, has an uncanny knack for totting up the statistics and personalities involved in any football game and picking the winner. But he doesn't gamble himself: He offers tips via a phone line. His string of successful picks attracts the attention of Walter Abrams (Pacino, The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon), a man building a media empire on sports tips, even though he himself can only resist his own gambling addiction thanks to the fierce devotion of his wife, Toni (Russo, Tin Cup, Get Shorty). Brandon swiftly becomes Walter's protege and transforms into an aggressive, high-risk salesman, even going so far as to change his name to create a new self. But when Brandon starts to think of his knack as magic, everything Walter has built around his golden boy starts to teeter. Two for the Money starts with punchy dialogue and razzle-dazzle acting, but midway it starts to founder; the characters never quite feel real, the plot grows labored and implausible, and the basic themes--gambling, addiction--turn vague and fuzzy. The actors have charisma to burn, but they can't overcome an unfocused script. Also featuring Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Armand Assante (The Mambo Kings), and Jaime King (Bulletproof Monk). --Bret Fetzer
Two for the Money (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Two for the Money 
2009-07-14 - I love all Al Pacino movies but with Matthew and Renee it was excellent! I know nothing about sports but I was drawn in and understood the whole movie. I was never in the dark about the sports betting industry, even though I didn't know it existed.
PACINO PLAYS IT AGAIN--SAME 
2008-12-01 - Take equal parts WALL STREET and THE RECRUIT,sprinkle with DEVIL'S ADVOCATE and you pretty much have this movie. Entertaining? Sure. Worth a DVD rental or the $3.99 buy price I got it for? Absolutely. But--Pacino has been playing the same evil daddy role for ten years prior to the release date of this movie. Devil's Advocate, Recruit, etc. It's more like a third rate stand up impersonator doing his Pacino bit. Armand Assante as the high roller living in Puerto Rico? See him in Gotti, see him in One Eyed Kings, and you know what--you've seen his act here too. Can't these guys show a little variation? Apparently, they are content to pick up their checks and phone it in. Ms. Russo, wife of the Pacino character, looks more like a badly made up transvestite, than a potential love interest. Wonder if she got the part because she was married to the guy who wrote the screenplay? (Or whoever the hell she was married to). The ending was dull, not downbeat, and the morale of the story is, um, er... gee... don't bet your picks, or don't go into the sports advisory business, or maybe, go into it but don't hang with a boss that does a third rate Pacino impersonation. Pick one--just don't bet on it.
INTERESTING FILM, BUT FLAWED! 3 1/2 STARS! 
2007-08-24 - Pacino and McConaughey are very good in this tale about men who predict the outcome of sports events and the morons who believe someone can do this! If you don't like gambling & profanity don't watch this movie! The DVD transfer is very good.
Terrible!! Too much profanity and bad language! 
2007-07-16 - It was painful we had to stop watching this because of the constant profanity. My husband and I started getting a headache and could not enjoy the movie. We don't gamble and we don't use bad language so this was too much for us. I can't believe Al Pacino has such a dirty mouth. Don't waste your time and money!
This movie is money!
2007-02-16 - This movie is all about Sports Handicapping!
It's based on a true story. I know the guy it's based on and Matthew McConaughey does a great job portraying him!
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