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The guy who wrote a review before me is an idiot and did not give any insite. This story tells the basic story about Stu Ungar, with some hollywood dramatic stuff. Its good to watch because Stu's life is a prime example of how gambling can fuc up your life if you dont keep it in check, and you lose control. Stu was a great player in all card games, not just poker, but he did become addicted to gambling and the lifestyle that comes with it. The move is good, but not great. It wont teach you crap about poker, but it will teach you how and what to avoid if you can ever win as much as he did :)
The Stu Unger story was good. I was expecting to see a lot more action though. I liked the Actor's, very much, but I felt that the movie itself, the storyline could have been extended with a lot more table action and I feel that if if had been extended, it would have been a bigger success. But that is only my opinion. As a writer myself, I would have had a lot more table action and i would have had a scene where he, as a young gambler, was seen in the backrooms of private clubs playing cards at a young age with his buddies.
In this movie High Roller, it is based on a true story of Stu Ungar who grew up playing cards as a young child. Stu Ungar is played by Michael Imperioli from the Sopranos. His uncle helped him to play the game as he was so young and he was addicted. After playing with some professionals he was on his way to Las Vegas for the poker tournaments and was living the dream. However his greed and drug addiction got to the best of him. Quite an interesting story of a gambler.
Good story and my friend in Las Vegas knows the real woman in the story. Good value too.
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I bought this movie because Michael Imperioli is in it and I think he's an excellent actor. It was an interesting story well acted and directed but I didn't get the impression that anyone involved with it really understood Stu Ungar. His story was pieced together through tidbits of live footage and second hand stories that failed to create a cohesive image of the man.
We bought it because my husband is interested in Poker, and Stu Ungar is a legend. Also, we like Michael Imperioli as we know him from the Sopranos as Chris. The story itself is well known, but the movie put a face on the characters and made it more real, especially to someone like me who is not big into poker. It is a good story in its own right I think.
I like autobiographies about crazy people they go into great detail about his whole life story and the issues he had to deal with back when he started playing poker. It also gives great insight into just how big of a gambler he truly was. this movie is one of the best I have seen.
I bought the movie because I wanted to learn more about Stu Ungar's life and death, so in that sense I got what I paid for. However, it does not high light his style of play or bring any poker insights to the screen. Overall, I found the movie a disappointment and can only rate it as average.
It's okay if you want to make a depressing movie. Some are really good. Schindler's List. The Basketball Diaries. Blow. I bought this movie because part of it was filmed in the town I presently live in. I've hated movies before and this is a downer that is similar to Leaving Las Vegas except the (anti)hero ends up gambling too much before he ends up drinking too much. Yippity skippity.
this is a great movie about the greatest poker player of all time stu the kid unger only thing is i wish they would have used John Leguzamo enstead of micheal Imperioli but still great movie
