Synopsis
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
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Cast
- Justin TimberlakeRichie Furst
- Ben AffleckIvan Block
- Gemma ArtertonRebecca Shafran
- Anthony MackieShavers
- Michael EsperBilly 'Pet' Petricoff
- Oliver CooperAndrew Cronin
- Christian GeorgeWilson
- Yul VazquezDelegate Herrera
- John HeardHarry Furst
- James MolinaEsteban
Recommendations
- 60
The Telegraph
Runner Runner starts off with a solid draw, then folds on the flop. - 50
The Dissolve
The best parts of Runner Runner feel like a Rounders facsimile—right down to the metaphor-heavy narration—and the worst seem like a case of mission drift, as if the filmmakers set out to make a behind-the-curtain thriller about online gambling, but got hung up in paying off the plot. - 50
The Playlist
Runner Runner is content to stay high gloss, with no filler. - 40
Variety
Runner Runner’s appeal increases dramatically whenever Affleck enters the frame. - 40
The Guardian
This is a lazy, trashy film that barely goes through the motions. - 40
Total Film
Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck give their best poker faces but ultimately fail to convince you to gamble your cash away on this limp, unoriginal story of a man out of his depth. - 40
Empire
However exotic the locations and starry the stars, there’s no escaping this is The Devil’s Advocate of online gambling. Fold. - 40
New York Daily News
This is the kind of movie that, in order to puff itself up, quotes Meyer Lansky, Napoleon and Native American sayings. But according to Hoyle — as poker players would say — the film really just does boilerplate Hollywood drama.
