Maverick (1994)
In their hands, a deck of cards was the only thing more dangerous than a gun.
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Maverick rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7/10· 126K votes
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic62%
TMDb6.903/10· 2K votesWith 67% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 62/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Maverick
Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Cast of Maverick
Mel Gibson
as Bret Maverick
Jodie Foster
as Annabelle Bransford
James Garner
as Marshal Zane Cooper
Graham Greene
as Joseph
Alfred Molina
as Angel
James Coburn
as Commodore Duvall
Dub Taylor
as Room Clerk
Geoffrey Lewis
as Matthew Wicker / Eugene, Banker
Paul L. Smith
as The Archduke
Dan Hedaya
as Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player
Dennis Fimple
as Stuttering
Denver Pyle
as Old Gambler on Riverboat
Maverick facts
- Budget
- $75M
- Box office
- $183M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Western adventure combines multiple genres with charming entertainment
- •Comedy-drama balance maintains tone shifts throughout narrative
- •River setting provides atmospheric backdrop for con artist adventure
What the audience disliked
- •Tonal inconsistency occasionally undermines dramatic or comedic moments
- •Plot complexity spreads thin across multiple subplots and characters
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Where to watch Maverick(US)
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