Bookies

"Bookies" offers a glimpse into gambling that lacks basic insights into the fundamentals of sports betting and the psychology of gambling. The story focuses on three college students who start a bookmaking business on campus, and they immediately attract a thriving... Full review

Johnny Galecki is great in Bookies. His performance is nothing less then stellar. I've seen him before in other things, but always dismissed him as character actor. He shines in Bookies. If this movie had a higher budget, his performance would... Full review

This is what every school going teenager dreams of. i always thought the Netherlands where missing out on a lot. we don't have school campuses here in the Netherlands, i love the idea of living on one over these. Doesn't matter... Full review

SPOILER ALERT: I took Paul 415's advice who billed this flick as a 'fun movie' and went to my video store and rented BOOKIES. I am glad he had fun watching it...I really didn't. When I re-read Paul's comments...it's seemed like... Full review

saw this flick in Blockbuster and was intrigued. I like sports gambling and thought this was a unique and smart movie that addresses the subject in a very clever way. Great actors with some good music and fun plot twists. Not... Full review

SPOILER ALERT I have to agree with Industry Guy's take on this one...not even close to the real deal. I got back two days ago from Sundance...caught a lot of good flicks, suggested a few buys to my company, but told... Full review

It's about 11:30 PM PST on January 20, 2003, and I'm just returning back to my hotel room after a long day of schmoozing and watching films at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. While there are some solid films that have... Full review

I found the movie to be interesting and the concept of college students as bookies for their own campus to be unique. The only true fault you may find in the movie is its believability ... Full Review

It's a cool film....Beginning as a fairly funny college buddy flick, "Bookies" gets more intense as these college kids discover the dangerous pitfalls of bookmaking.....The gambling was cool in this film....I would've rather had a good old "Revenge of the Nerds" style comedy..... ... Full Review

The actors gave decent performances as well, nothing noteworthy but definitely not bad.....The script itself was also decent, but a bit predictable and cliche at times..... ... Full Review

else they'd get away with it and the film would revel in the immorality of its characters.....that the film would pretend the moral questions don't even exist....."Bookies" has an interesting premise....it would turn out to be a cautionary tale.... ... Full Review

The biggest-buzz feature of Sundance '99, Mark Illsley's "Happy, Texas," may have disappointed high box office expectations, but it was genuinely funny and endearing. His soph effort, "Bookies," whether it coins much cash or not, won't strike anyone as insufficiently... ... Full Article

The sophomore outing for Mark Illsley, the writer and director of 1999's Happy Texas, Bookies is a return to the crime comedy genre of the filmmaker's first project. ... Full Article

A trio of mismatched college buddies discover this truth after losing yet another nasty wager. Why not do what the big boys do? Heck, we can field phone calls and post point spreads! ... Full Article