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   • 6.8/10 6.8/10 IMDb
   • 36% 36% Rotten Tomatoes

   Critics consensus 21 could have been a fascinating study had it not supplanted the true story on which it is based with mundane melodrama. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › 21-200821 movie review & film summary (2008) | Roger Ebert

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   Mar 27, 2008 · Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) attempts to beat the house in 21, which was inspired by a real-life gambling scheme. If the thrill of gambling were really about winning, there would be too few gamblers to support the multibillion-dollar Vegas gambling industry. Everybody knows that the odds are predetermined to favor the house, and that people play ...

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   Mar 28, 2008 · Rent 21 on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. ... Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/11/23 Full Review Sean S This movie had a lot of ...

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   • Director: Robert Luketic

   • Content Rating: PG-13
   • Actors: Jim Sturgess

3. www.nytimes.com › 2008/03/28 › movies21 - Movies - Review - The New York Times

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   Mar 28, 2008 · 21. Directed by Robert Luketic. Crime, Drama, Thriller. PG-13. 2h 3m. By Manohla Dargis. March 28, 2008. Greed is good and comes without a hint of conscience in “21,” a feature-length bore ...

   • Director: Robert Luketic

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   21. (2008 film) 21 is a 2008 American heist drama film directed by Robert Luketic and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film is inspired by the story of the MIT Blackjack Team as told in Bringing Down the House, the best-selling 2003 book by Ben Mezrich. IMDb offers a brief summary of the film: "21 is about six MIT students who become ...

5. www.imdb.com › title › tt047808721 (2008) - 21 (2008) - User Reviews - IMDb

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   User Reviews. 21 is definitely the major film for the spring time, it has young hot actors, including an incredible academy award winner, Kevin Spacey, and another great actor who's head looks like it grew quite a bit bigger, Lawarence Fishburne. So it has all the key ingredients for a good movie, a decent plot, over all a good combination of ...

6. www.imdb.com › title › tt047808721 (2008) - IMDb

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   Mar 28, 2008 · 21: Directed by Robert Luketic. With Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo. Inspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

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   Is 21 a good movie?

   • They turn his desire to attend Harvard into something tantamount to an inalienable right, one that’s impervious to ethical standards or personal morals, which means that “21” is either a very cynical or a very smart take on the power elite. “21” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Most of the on-screen lust is for money. 21

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   Is 21 a true story?

   • 21 is a poor version of Ben Mezrich's best-selling 2002 Bringing Down the House. The original story is about five Asian MIT students who walked off with $3 million card counting at various casinos around the country, beginning in the early nineties. The movie makers have constructed a half-baked love story that isn't actually in the book.

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   What is 21 based on?

   • Inspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed.

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   Is '21' a Hollywood movie?

   • "21" is pure Hollywood all the way -- slick and polished, like the wardrobes and personalities inhabited by the kids in their transformation to high rollers. The tight ensemble cast includes Kate Bosworth and Jacob Pitts as team players and Laurence Fishburne as a security chief with a massive dilemma on his hands.

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8. www.commonsensemedia.org › movie-reviews › 2121 Movie Review | Common Sense Media

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   Our review: Parents say ( 8 ): Kids say ( 12 ): Slick, stylish, and mostly seductive, 21 -- based on Ben Mezrich's nonfiction book Bringing Down the House about MIT student Jeff Ma -- is a treat despite some clunky dialogue and clichéd setups. Just one example: On his 21st birthday, Ben's mother beseeches him to have fun; "You only turn 21 ...