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Kevin Spacey stars and produces 21, a movie both about the game, and coming of age. A brilliant MIT student looking to pay the tuition for Harvard Med gets caught up in a team of card-counters led by one of their professors. During the week he’s the nerdy college kid. On weekends he’s the high roller in Vegas. Based on a true story. Kate Bosworth plays the love interest and teammate. Very well done, compelling story, great characters. And some life lessons thrown in for good measure. Some violence, some moral dilemmas – good conversation starters for teens.

 


 

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21 (2008)

PG-13 123 min - Drama, Crime - 27 March 2008
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Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of schooling as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa into a small but secretive club of five. Students Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa of the skill of card counting at blackjack.

Director:  Robert Luketic
Stars:  Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Laurence Fishburne, Jack McGee, Josh Gad, Sam Golzari, Helen Carey, Jack Gilpin, Ben Campbell

Storyline

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of schooling as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa into a small but secretive club of five. Students Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa of the skill of card counting at blackjack.


Tagline: They proved the Vegas Blackjack System was beatable...by beating the hell out of it.

Genres: Drama, Crime

Details

Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  27 March 2008

Box Office

Budget:  $35,000,000
Revenue:  $69,823,199

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 03 min
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