Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

bamboojade-92247 Frat boy wastes his precious daddy's college funds playing computer controlled online poker and wins a few bucks, so next thing, he is at the WPT at the championship table. Yeah, right...rolling my eyes. Burt Reynolds taught him how to get there; except we never get to see actual teaching. Our hero is naive with real poker and women, but thanks to Hollywood fantasy...he is the big winner. And Burt gets to make a comeback in the poker limelight. Oh, and our hero throws in the towel at the last minute so Burt can have his chance in the sun.Stupid, boring movie.

Roland E. Zwick "Deal" is the oldie about the retired card shark - who's sworn off the game for love of a good woman - who serruptitiously takes a promising young whippersnapper under his wing to train him in the fine art of high-stakes poker. Burt Reynolds is the leathery old pro and Bret Harrision his green, but cocky pupil who together head to Vegas and New Orleans for an intense session of training and instruction. But will Tommy be able to resist the lure of the tables and not mount a comeback of his own? And will we finally wind up with the card shark and the neophyte squaring off in a televised multi-million-dollar tournament to determine the very best poker player in the whole wide world? I'll see you and raise you on that bet.As a subject for film, poker is already one of the least compelling forms of competition there is, and "Deal" does little to rectify that situation. Moreover, the characters and plot lines are so hopelessly hackneyed and uninspired that we spend most of our time just waiting for the scenes to play themselves out. Harrison lacks charisma as the upstart newbie, but Reynolds brings a degree of gravitas to his overly-familiar role of a has-been trying to achieve the victory and personal glory he missed out on the first time around.But you'll wind up feeling as enervated as the players long before the final hand is played.

Toocooltoobefooled This movie has the feel of a TV movie. There really isn't any suspense or tension. It tries, but never delivers. It's no Rounders. That was a truly awesome poker movie, probably the best I've seen. Deal tries to be for poker what the color of money was for pool and doesn't come close....I didn't think the color of money was all that great either. It's a shame to see Burt Reynolds age like this, he'll always be to me the bandit. He looks pretty good considering his age, but as many of these stars try to preserve their looks they look just that....preserved and unnatural. His skin looks plastic, over stretched, and when he walks, he walks like he's 70, maybe he is. Shannon Eliabeth has such a small part in this movie, they could have chosen any body to play the role. Jennifer Tilly, not sure why she was added, I guess for star content, but her role is so small they could have saved the money. It's not a horrible movie, but I really hoped for more.

witster18 I decided to check this out mainly because Burt and poker sounded appealing. This is basically "The COlor of Money", only poker....and it's nowhere near the quality of that work. However, "Deal" is not a terrible film either... it is like a less inventive and less entertaining "PoolHall Junkies"... to compare it to a film with a similar, constrained budget.My big beef comes with Shannon Elizabeth's character. I'll try not to give away anything here..but upon finishing the film you have to ask why did they introduce her character... don't get me wrong she did a fine job... but the viewer is really left in the dark with the relationship... it almost seems like they just decided to write her out of the movie... it really makes this an incomplete film...hurried if you will.Reynolds is likable, and for poker fans, this may be above average.. my opinion is that this is 'B' movie city and an average one at that. Felt like a TV movie... no style... fair performances. Editing and overall production was clearly low budget... that under consideration I'm going with 5.... or 51/100 won't be recommending it to anyone, but then again, I didn't reach to turn it off either.