6.5
“Human nature is a sucker bet.”
House of Games (1987)
October 11, 19871h 42mEN
6.8
342 votes
Overview
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Director
David MametWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Revenue
$2.6M
Production Companies
FilmhausOrion Pictures
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User Reviews
kevin2019
8.0"House of Games" has a major flaw at its heart: we are told much too early it is all about con men and the type of unscrupulous people who inhabit this shady and duplicitous world. This leaves you forewarned and on alert during the rest of the film so you are never in any real doubt about what is going on at any given moment. The only unanticipated element of the entire film is that it definitely has serious aspirations to reach beyond the particular genre where it takes place and therefore it has an ending which casts an extremely intriguing light upon the central character of Margaret Ford a…
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