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Gambit

  • 5.7 /10

  • 664

  • 17%

Plot

An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.

Cast

Colin Firth as Harry Deane
Colin Firth

as Harry Deane

Cameron Diaz as PJ Puznowski
Cameron Diaz

as PJ Puznowski

Alan Rickman as Lionel Shahbandar
Alan Rickman

as Lionel Shahbandar

Tom Courtenay as The Major
Tom Courtenay

as The Major

Stanley Tucci as Martin Zaidenweber
Stanley Tucci

as Martin Zaidenweber

Cloris Leachman as Grandma Merle
Cloris Leachman

as Grandma Merle

Alex MacQueen as Mr. Dunlop
Alex MacQueen

as Mr. Dunlop

Joe Berryman as Gas Station Cashier
Joe Berryman

as Gas Station Cashier

Anna Skellern as Secretary Fiona
Anna Skellern

as Secretary Fiona

Lorna Brown as Couple Wife
Lorna Brown

as Couple Wife

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • April 25, 2012

Production Companies

  • CBS Films

  • FilmNation Entertainment

  • Crime Scene Pictures

  • Michael Lobell Productions

  • ArtPhyl

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • $1,203,942.00

Runtime

  • 1.48 hrs

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Reviews

I came to this because of the Coen brothers credit. It's an anomaly in their filmography — one of only two feature-length films they wrote but didn't direct, and the first since 1985. Sure, the poster makes the film look a lot less art-house-ready than the last film of theirs I saw, but I've enjoyed a Coen brothers farce before. Maybe the reason it hasn't made it stateside is because it's a misun…

Based on glancing at a lot of reviews of this movie, I was expecting to see a hot mess of a film. But I like Colin Firth, Tom Courtney and a few other featured actors, so I gave it a try. I enjoyed it, start to finish. Go figure. Not sure what the hate was all about: purists about Coen and Coen films (they wrote this but didn’t direct it), affection for the original version which I haven’t seen, …