The Card Counter
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- Official Trailer (02:25)
- Trailer 1 (02:25)
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Synopsis
Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader's THE CARD COUNTER. Told with Schrader's trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past.
Cast
- Oscar Isaac
- Tiffany Haddish
- Tye Sheridan
- Willem Dafoe
- Alexander Babara
- Bobby C. King
- Kat Baker
- Bryan Truong
- Dylan Flashner
- Joel Michaely
Letterboxd User Reviews
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- Sep 12, 2021
Weird that they left all the Abu Ghraib stuff out of the trailer. I assume this was accidental? Another Paul Schrader movie from Paul Schrader. You've got a man living an ascetic lifestyle writing a diary in a room, you've got the Pickpocket ending - all that good stuff…
Will SloanOct 13, 2021Hold up…you’re telling me winning at poker WON’T alleviate my guilt about all those war crimes I did???
Patrick WillemsSep 9, 2021typed out a lot of thoughts on this only for it to boil down to: if this was paul schrader’s first film, maybe even the first of his i’d seen, i’d like this a lot more. but he did this same thing in taxi driver, and obviously the same thing in first reformed. and if i…
Karsten - Sep 15, 2021
John Yoo is a tenured law professor at Berkeley. He teaches class, has office hours...just a thought I had after seeing this movie. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Will MenakerSep 16, 2021There's a scene in this movie written by a (wonderful) 75-year-old man in which Tye Sheridan explains to Oscar Isaac what Google Maps is.
Ethan ColburnSep 18, 202180 Let's just get this out of the way: it's pretty wild that a movie about the emotional fallout of personal responsibility involving war-crimes at Abu Ghraib was released on the 20th anniversary weekend of 9/11. Galaxy-brain maneuver. Paul Schrader is back as he digs…
SilentDawn - Sep 2, 2021
Incredibly flat and lacking tension; feels like two different movie ideas (the professional poker circuit and the commodification of military torture) jammed into one because Paul Schrader can use his main ending and wipe his hands clean, aha violent redemption! Oscar…
Brian FormoSep 17, 2021Oh man, I have a lot of thoughts on this one. Suffices to say that Schrader is revisiting many of the same themes as he did in First Reformed, chief among them, how do you live your life as a moral man, much less a decent one, while knowing that your life is built on a…
Jamelle BouieSep 16, 2021There are some interesting ideas here, the story is at least a little conceptually compelling, but a couple of quick things: 1. As others have mentioned this is Paul Schrader, Schradering it up again. I get having a style and approach to structure and storytelling that…
Thomas Flight
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- Lilaa likedThe Card Counter
Loved Oscar’s acting as always and the soundtrack was peak but the story just didn’t hit. Would give it a 7/10
Chris Zhao likedThe Card CounterNice soundtrack. Mysterious and dark at times but fun. Never thought I’d see Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish in same movie
Jake dislikedThe Card CounterOscar Isaac’s chin was exposed the entire time…
- MRSU1C1DESQD dislikedThe Card Counter
There was just something off about this movie. It was probably an attempt to build a connection between characters when it came off as rather dry. Lessons are taught, strictly about gambling. A major take away could’ve been Bill trying to lead his apprentice down a different path
Ani N. is "meh" onThe Card CounterIsaac is great as this character and he drew me in but as the story developed I became more and more disconnected. Just didn’t flow at all for me. The Haddish character felt so random and his relationship with Sheridan’s character seemed underwhelming. The whole cards thing - eh
Edward Willing lovedThe Card CounterWritten and directed by Paul Schrader, Scorsese’s writing partner on Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Last Temptation, and Bringing Out The Dead. Brilliant exploration of the human mind, and our moral obligations to right wrongs, even when we ourselves are wrong. Isaac is a triumph
- Gracelin likedThe Card Counter
Oscar Isaac project number (14?) so far. I don’t think I would have liked it or finished watching it if he wasn’t in it. Interesting premise but slow. And the twist was??? There I guess? LOVE Tiffany Haddish but tell me why her voice sounded like a voiceover half the time?
Geoffrey likedThe Card CounterMajor points docked for distractingly bad acting (mostly Ty and Tiffany) but great writing as usual from Schrader and a movie that has an incredibly interesting core story that goes well beyond the surface plot of the cards and casinos.
Amoris lovedThe Card CounterI know jack about card games so this was confusing but it was still mesemerizing. Was disappointed that he did that at the end but once again I was too optimistic.
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- JMJason McRae
Almost walked out 5 times.
GCGreg CooperJust not good. The story was all over the place, no direction or cohesion. Edgar Wright wannabe, pretty much just terrible.
MLMark LudasSorry to say, if you go to a Paul Schrader movie (not Paul Schaefer; that's the keyboardist from Letterman), you should expect something a little different. This not a bland and derivative movie about a poker-playing weirdo, as the trailer would lamentably have you think.…
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Metacritic
Nov 8, 2021
In Oscar Isaac’s enigmatic blackjack player “William Tell”, with his wary hooded eyes and closed book countenance, the film has a broodingly commanding central performance. It’s a pity, then, that much of its promise is squandered by sloppiness, both in the writing and elsewhere.
Wendy Ide
The Observer (UK)
Sep 13, 2021
Schrader’s made a long meditation on something that’s right up his alley, and it still feels incomplete while it’s in progress, and even in the final reckoning.
Roger Moore
Movie Nation
Sep 9, 2021
The solitary man returns in The Card Counter, a haunting, moving story of spirit and flesh, sin and redemption, love and death about another lonely soul, William Tell, who, with pen to paper, grapples with his present and his unspeakable past.
Manohla Dargis
The New York Times
Frequently Asked Questions
Is The Card Counter (2021) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is The Card Counter (2021)?
The movie is 1hr 49min long.
What's The Card Counter (2021) about?
Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader's THE CARD COUNTER. Told with Schrader's trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past.
Who's the cast of The Card Counter (2021)?
- Oscar Isaac as William Tell
- Tiffany Haddish as La Linda
- Tye Sheridan as Cirk
- Willem Dafoe as Major John Gordo
- Alexander Babara as Mr. USA
- Bobby C. King as Slippery Joe
- Kat Baker as Sara
- Bryan Truong as Minnesota
- Dylan Flashner as Sergeant Hoskins
- Joel Michaely as Ronnie
Who's the director behind The Card Counter (2021)?
Paul Schrader directed The Card Counter (2021).
Who produced The Card Counter (2021)?
Braxton Pope, Lauren Mann and David Wulf produced The Card Counter (2021).
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