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Two for the Money (Full Screen) | 
| Director: D.j. Caruso
Actors: Matthew Mcconaughey, Al Pacino, Rene Russo, Armand Assante, Jeremy Piven
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $12.98
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Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 38255
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD28496D
UPC: 025192849626
EAN: 0025192849626
ASIN: B000CBCWRQ
Theatrical Release Date: October 7, 2005
Release Date: January 17, 2006
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Amazon.com
Two for the Money has a formidable cast: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, and Rene Russo (Get Shorty) play compulsive personalities caught up in the high-testosterone world of sports betting. Brandon Lang (McConaughey, Sahara), a once-promising football player sidelined by an injury, has an uncanny knack for totting up the statistics and personalities involved in any football game and picking the winner. But he doesn't gamble himself: He offers tips via a phone line. His string of successful picks attracts the attention of Walter Abrams (Pacino, The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon), a man building a media empire on sports tips, even though he himself can only resist his own gambling addiction thanks to the fierce devotion of his wife, Toni (Russo, Tin Cup, Get Shorty). Brandon swiftly becomes Walter's protege and transforms into an aggressive, high-risk salesman, even going so far as to change his name to create a new self. But when Brandon starts to think of his knack as magic, everything Walter has built around his golden boy starts to teeter. Two for the Money starts with punchy dialogue and razzle-dazzle acting, but midway it starts to founder; the characters never quite feel real, the plot grows labored and implausible, and the basic themes--gambling, addiction--turn vague and fuzzy. The actors have charisma to burn, but they can't overcome an unfocused script. Also featuring Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Armand Assante (The Mambo Kings), and Jaime King (Bulletproof Monk). --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
When brandon lang becomes the protege of sports gamblings power player walter abrams he swiftly becomes the golden boy of the high-rolling world for consistently picking football winners. Now with millions on the line he finds himself in a deadly game of con-versus-con with his new mentor. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/06/2007 Starring: Al Pacino Rene Russo Run time: 123 minutes Rating: R
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| Customer Reviews: Read 56 more reviews...
PACINO PLAYS IT AGAIN--SAME December 1, 2008
W. ADAM MANDELBAUM (NY United States)
Take equal parts WALL STREET and THE RECRUIT,sprinkle with DEVIL'S ADVOCATE and you pretty much have this movie. Entertaining? Sure. Worth a DVD rental or the $3.99 buy price I got it for? Absolutely. But--Pacino has been playing the same evil daddy role for ten years prior to the release date of this movie. Devil's Advocate, Recruit, etc. It's more like a third rate stand up impersonator doing his Pacino bit. Armand Assante as the high roller living in Puerto Rico? See him in Gotti, see him in One Eyed Kings, and you know what--you've seen his act here too. Can't these guys show a little variation? Apparently, they are content to pick up their checks and phone it in. Ms. Russo, wife of the Pacino character, looks more like a badly made up transvestite, than a potential love interest. Wonder if she got the part because she was married to the guy who wrote the screenplay? (Or whoever the hell she was married to). The ending was dull, not downbeat, and the morale of the story is, um, er... gee... don't bet your picks, or don't go into the sports advisory business, or maybe, go into it but don't hang with a boss that does a third rate Pacino impersonation. Pick one--just don't bet on it.
 INTERESTING FILM, BUT FLAWED! 3 1/2 STARS! August 24, 2007
! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b (TRI STATE AREA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pacino and McConaughey are very good in this tale about men who predict the outcome of sports events and the morons who believe someone can do this! If you don't like gambling & profanity don't watch this movie! The DVD transfer is very good.
 Terrible!! Too much profanity and bad language! July 16, 2007
M. Pate (USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
It was painful we had to stop watching this because of the constant profanity. My husband and I started getting a headache and could not enjoy the movie. We don't gamble and we don't use bad language so this was too much for us. I can't believe Al Pacino has such a dirty mouth. Don't waste your time and money!
 This movie is money! February 16, 2007
Ryan Even (Las Vegas, NV)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This movie is all about Sports Handicapping!
It's based on a true story. I know the guy it's based on and Matthew McConaughey does a great job portraying him!
I am a top rated professionally sports handicapper, check out my website!
Great to Learn about Yuppies February 16, 2007
Jarrod D. Lynn (GERMANY)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I should have known this movie would be terrible because it stars Matthew McConaughey. McConaughey plays one thing well - the smarmy yuppie. Having grown up in a working class Manhattan family, I know the type well. He does an excellent job at this one role for which he is type cast again and again. This film is no exception. The worst thing about this movie is that even though I only watched about 2/3, I had to use grease-cutting cleaner to clean my tv screen free of all the slime.
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