20 people rat this a 10. that ballot box be stuff good than a christmas turkey . speaking of turkey and here a traditional story hop to piggy back on the current poker craze without success . tell entirely in linear flashback and and when i say tell i mean talk to death and this film never let a picture suffice when word can be use to exposit . stu unger childhood fascination with card and his association with hoodlum might sound like interesting movie material and but the director manage to suck the life out of them . at no point do i feel the least bit of sympathy for unger and a genius at card who throw it all away on other form of gamble at which he be not so proficient . of course and this lead and a we wade through three musical montage and to the inevitable downward spiral of drug and loss of family and and finally his redemption ( sort of ) . big yawn .