Rounders

Rounders (1998)

Trust everyone... But always cut the cards.

Release:1998
Runtime:2h 1m
Country:United States
Director:John Dahl
Language:English

Keywords

New York CityfriendshipCasinoPokerGamblingCall GirlBratva Russian MafiaGambling Debt

Rounders rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 168K votes
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic53%
TMDb7.019/10· 2K votes

With 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 53/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Rounders

Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.

Cast of Rounders

  • Matt Damon

    Matt Damon

    as Mike McDermott

  • Edward Norton

    Edward Norton

    as Lester 'Worm' Murphy

  • John Turturro

    John Turturro

    as Joey Knish

  • Gretchen Mol

    Gretchen Mol

    as Jo

  • John Malkovich

    John Malkovich

    as Teddy KGB

  • Famke Janssen

    Famke Janssen

    as Petra

  • Martin Landau

    Martin Landau

    as Abe Petrovsky

  • Michael Rispoli

    Michael Rispoli

    as Grama

  • Goran Višnjić

    Goran Višnjić

    as Maurice

  • M

    Mal Z. Lawrence

    as Irving

  • P

    Paul Cicero

    as Russian Thug

  • Ray Iannicelli

    Ray Iannicelli

    as Kenny

Rounders facts

Budget
$12M
Box office
$22.9M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • Atlantic City casino setting provides authentic gritty crime-drama atmosphere effectively
  • Russian mafia subplot adds serious stakes beneath gambling drama surface narrative
  • Friendship themes ground character relationships amidst criminal underworld moral compromises

What the audience disliked

  • Plot mechanics around credit card fraud feel underdeveloped compared to poker focus
  • Pacing occasionally stalls during exposition-heavy scenes explaining gambling mechanics

Trailer

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