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gave the film 1 star out of 4 and wrote that it "moves at a lugubrious pace, is neither funny nor satirical, does not create any interest in its characters and takes seriously just those parts it should be laughing at - the
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However, Destiny has taken the money and
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called the film "a hopeless and hapless attempt at cool. Apparently aiming at some sort of fable about winning and losing in
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stated, "Thoroughly upstaged by the Las Vegas setting and by a studiously garish production design, the actors play out a satirically dark story laced with broad, dopey humor. If you don't think the idea of Bobcat
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