Tacticalin
An absolute waste of money
Tayloriona
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Cody
One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
Movie_Muse_Reviews
Chicago-centric writer/director Joe Swanberg has teamed up yet again with Netflix and his favorite everyman actor, Jake Johnson, for another straight-shooting comedic drama in "Win It All." Although Swanberg bets once more on his honest-to-goodness, real people living everyday life approach to storytelling, this film has a much stronger narrative focus, marking another step forward for the modern indie auteur.In these last couple Netflix collaborations, starting with the limited anthology series "Easy," Swanberg has improved upon his 2013 breakthrough "Drinking Buddies" by finding ways to up the stakes while staying true to the stories he wants to tell. Some audiences will crave more intriguing premises and manufactured melodrama and never quite get on board with him, but "Win It All" shows a willingness to compromise, if that's a fair way to put it.Johnson's Eddie is in many respects an ordinary, struggling blue- collar Chicagoan without a job trying to find his way, but the dimension of his gambling addiction puts a fat caveat on his "everyday" dealings. When a buddy going off to prison hands him a duffel bag with the promise that if Eddie simply returns it untouched when he gets back, he'll make $10,000, we're already aware of his risk-inclined personality and know this will not go well. Whereas Hollywood would take this plot and turn it into a heist film or crime drama, Swanberg is just interested in Eddie's roller coaster, and we're instantly curious as to which end Eddie will come out when the credits roll.It's not quite accurate to call "Win It All" a portrait of gambling addiction; the film is all about Eddie, but there's still a degree of distance between him and us – the objective is sympathy rather than empathy. Per Swanberg's M.O., the real interest is in Eddie's responses and choices, especially as it relates to the relationships in his life. His desire to change leads him to improve his relationship with his brother (Joe Lo Truglio), who wants nothing but to get Eddie on his feet, and lands him a new romantic opportunity in Eva (Aislinn Derbez from "Easy" episode "Controlada").Eddie's ups and downs give a real pulse to this film that makes it a much more compelling watch than the casual attitude and mild conflict of "Drinking Buddies." Swanberg captures his characters in such an earnest light, like no one else telling stories today, but that down-to-earth tone can result in dull plots. "Win It All" does a lot to mitigate that problem. The intensity still grades out at mild, but there's a distinct hook.Given the moral question hanging above the entire movie, Swanberg finds a really thoughtful and interesting way of ending the film that reminds us that Eddie's journey is about a lot more than whether the film ends with him in the red or the black. It may come off a bit anti- climactic, but if you know Swanberg, you can't watch this film expecting anything different. "Win It All" suggests there's at least reason to keep betting on him going forward.~Steven CThanks for reading! Visit Movie Muse Reviews for more
kosmasp
Can you change a person who's addicted to gambling? Even more important, should you trust this person with money? Well you will find out once you watch this. The main character is very well cast and you get a nice supporting cast too. It's overall pretty decent for a movie of this kind but nothing special.We also get treated to a love story and we know that there will be drama about the money. The brother figure gives this a whole different spin, though you are excused if you think there are quite a few glitches in logic to enhance drama. But that is how this works most of the time. Good enough, but nothing too exciting
Mike Francis
Jake Johnson (Let's be cops) stars as Eddie a guy who's down on his luck and addicted to gambling while trying to get his life back on track. Eddie soon gets into trouble after losing money he's supposed to be looking after as a favour. In debt and out of time, needing the money back can he 'win it all"? Co-staring is Jo Lo Truglio ( Brooklyn nine-nine).Win it all, to me is just a low budget version of The Gambler staring Mark Wahlberg. Which I would say the latter is the better watch. Only just...This Netflix Original film is average at best and just has no real depth to the film, a real lack of direction. Having said all of that the acting in this film is good and I felt there was good chemistry. One or two nice moments in the film but in the end you left feeling like maybe I've just wasted my time. Very forgettable. Review 5/10
armenkn
This is kind of a movie that you would't remember any thing about it right after watched it whatsoever. Nothing impressive, no casting, no directing, no cinematography, absolute nothing, emptiness, void! I rarely watch Netflix sponsored movies or shows and after this terrible experience, I decided that even those rare incidences would definitely drop to zero. This is for Joe Swanberg, please stop making movies, you may have some other talents in some other line of businesses. Go explore the world, start from scratch, try something else, I'm sure you will be way much successful in anything else but directing a movie, I'm sure you will, anything, just try it! Thank you.
