Karry
Best movie of this year hands down!
AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Mandeep Tyson
The acting in this movie is really good.
TheLittleSongbird
With such a great title and the premise while a little far-fetched being also brilliant, Four Dogs Playing could have been a very good film. Instead for me it had its fair share of good things but fell short, being a moderately entertaining film at most.Four Dogs Playing Poker is stylishly made, looking every bit the brooding thriller type of film, complete with atmospheric and not too dim lighting and settings that suit the film well. It's competently directed, the music does have intensity and the story while less than perfect is a lot of time diverting and not too dull. Another thing Four Dogs Playing Poker does well is that it has a fun cast, with the high points being Tim Curry, who's excellent(if very underused) in a more serious role than usual, and an intimidating Forrest Whittaker. Olivia Williams brings a variety of emotions to her role and Balthazar Getty is very charismatic in his.Sadly, Four Dogs Playing Poker does come up short in other areas. The script is quite weak, being rather underdeveloped and sometimes confused, leaving more questions than answers with some "comedy" parts instead feeling flat and misplaced. Despite the cast giving their all the film does a not particularly good job making their characters interesting, with almost all of them being one-dimensional and clichéd and the most experienced cast members(i.e. Curry) not being in long enough). Four Dogs Playing Poker is hurt by the predictability of the second half, weakening the fun and suspense that the film started off with, which also becomes increasingly preposterous, in want of more explanation and lacking in momentum. By the time the twist came I found myself not caring very much for who the perpetrator was.Overall, great title and premise but doesn't quite deliver as much as it could have done. Disappointing, but hardly a time-waster. 5/10 Bethany Cox
mack-royal
murky and not terribly clever. Tim Curry and Forrest Whitaker couldn't save it. With a world full of movies to choose from... despite the alluring title... don't bother Now the silly IMDb program is telling me I need ten lines or my review won't appear. Isn't THAT special. Not only that I can't use junk words. Back to the movies. It is not a very good movie. Your time is better spent elsewhere. IMDb. I'm in IMDb. That should tell you something. Ever since it became dead cheap and technically EASY to make a movie, all sorts of trash has turned up.So, get your friends, get a camera and have at it. Your efforts will probably be a lot sadder than Four Dogs Playing Go Fish. It is not easy to make a good movie. Believe me. It's not even easy to write a good, short review and leave it at that. Such is life. Reminds me, Ned Kelly with Orlando Bloom and whatsisname was great. He's barely dead and already I can't remember Heath Ledger's name. Also, see him in Casanova.. really good.
dwpollar
1st watched 4/24/2005 - 4 out of 10(Dir-Paul Rachman): Interesting idea for a story, but a flawed execution hamper this movie from becoming a good watch from beginning to end. It begins with a heist of an expensive statue from an art collector in which the gang; comprised of 4 so-called friends and a professional thief(played by Tim Curry); are supposed to be handsomely rewarded when the object reaches it's destination. In the next 5 days, they meet the gangster(played by Forest Whitaker) who they need to pay-off if the statue is not received. The thief kills himself and they then begin to wonder if the statue will ever reach it's destination. In the midst of the uncertainty, they devise a plan so that at least 3 out of the 4 should get off scot-free, if all goes well, but the 4th will be dead and the rest will collect off his 1million dollar insurance policy(which is the amount the gangster needs if the statue doesn't get to it's destination). The problem of the movie is the predictability in which the characters are portrayed. Olivia Williams, who plays Audrey, is the most predictable and the least well-played. The others do an OK job, but their characters pretty much show us what their demise will be. Without giving away too much more, I'll leave it at this and let you decide if you want to watch the movie to see how it ends up. Not a bad movie, just a little too predictable.
aramo1
Based on R2 CDClever little story that begins with art heist and ends with twist, along the way it touches on love, friendship and betrayal. The four lead characters turn in decent performances with Balthazar Getty (Julian) being perhaps the strongest. Forest Whitaker is very good as the 'ruthless not cheap' Mr. Ellington.Avoid spoilers, the twist is worth the wait.7/10 well worth watching.
