Review – 21

So there actually is something in the world more boring than poker. Actually, a blackjack-centered plot does have one advantage over poker parties like Casino Royale: though neither game can be reliably beaten, one can improve one’s odds at blackjack by counting cards. It’s more than most of us can do by ourselves, but a team of MIT math genius students might be able to pull it off. And so they did, as this based-on-a-true story attests. Of course it gets considerably Hollywooded along the way. Of all the card-playing movies I’ve ever seen – which isn’t many, because I generally avoid them – this is one of the better specimens. Mildly amusing