House of Games

House of games is a good film on the way con men behave and manage to con people. Crouse plays a psychologist who gets caught up with con man Mantegna in order to study him for her book. Along the way... Full review

House of games is a good film on the way con men behave and manage to con people. Crouse plays a psychologist who gets caught up with con man Mantegna in order to study him for her book. Along the way... Full review

Fascinating how the art of deception manages to draw an innocent but intelligent psycologist into a web of deceit. Outstanding performances all around, this Chicago based film (Mamet's home town) captures the essence of con-artists, hustlers and phoneys. Perhaps another overlooked... Full review

Fascinating how the art of deception manages to draw an innocent but intelligent psycologist into a web of deceit. Outstanding performances all around, this Chicago based film (Mamet's home town) captures the essence of con-artists, hustlers and phoneys. Perhaps another overlooked... Full review

This movie was so slow and so bad, that I had to shut it down. I could not get over how boring the leading character was. I dont know if she was trying to act that way or if it was... Full review

This movie was so slow and so bad, that I had to shut it down. I could not get over how boring the leading character was. I dont know if she was trying to act that way or if it was... Full review

House of Games is spell binding. It's so nice to occasionally see films that are perfect tens. There are few movies I've seen that can grip you so quickly. From the opening scene this movie just gets you. I'm trying really... Full review

Wealthy psychiatrist Lindsay Crouse has just published her first novel and is feeling down about her profession feeling that it's hopeless to help her patients. A young gambling junkie client asks her to help him pay off his debts if he... Full review

*spoilers within* Well. So many here seem to think this is the ultimate masterpiece con movie. I just am not so sure. Several here have written that the movie's ending was completely unexpected. But I just felt let down. I would... Full review

This movie is good but the ending is pretty predictable. The acting is good and it was worth seeing. d... Full review

Mamet's signature staccato dialogue is nailed to perfection, especially by Mantegna, in the performance that put him on the map. Its twists and turns may leave you a little shaken up by the delicious ending, but you'll inevitably take to heart one of Mantegna's principles of conduct: "Don't trust nobody. ... Full Review

But House of Games clearly demonstrates his talent in cinema. Visually, his eye for an unfussy, rhythmically-sound scene is impeccable and he fills every frame with deliberate, controlled movement and bright shocks of bold reds and greens. ... Full Review

Because if there is one thing that this snappy, dramatic crime flick doesn't do, it's telegraph to the viewer where it's going to go next. This is the crucial moment of David Mamet's 1987 debut, House of Games , when Margaret, whose specialty is studying compulsions and obsessions, decides to cross a line and observe criminal wildlife in its natural habitat. ... Full Review

filled with solid, meaty dialogue, each word endowed with significance.....But House of Games clearly demonstrates his talent in cinema.....makes the morality tale even more fresh.....Mamet's visual acumen is aided tremendously by his script -....It is an introspective, fascinating character performance that is buoyed by Mamet's script at every precise turn..... ... Full Review

There are several hurdles to clear before one can appreciate David Mamets directorial debut, chief among them being the acting style. This isnt a mistake, of course, but rather a stylistic choice on Mamets part, and if you can accept or even acclimatize to these idiosyncratic performances, you are much more likely to enjoy the film. ... Full Review

As Michael McDonald once said to Kenny Loggins, " the '80s can suck it. " If only McDonald had waited to pass judgement until he heard the ultra-smooth sounds of Francis and the Lights , a band for whom 1987... ... Full Article

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When the Motion Picture Association of America, the iron-fisted body of movie watchers that doles out film ratings, gave David Mamet?s new film THE WINSLOW BOY a G rating the news and bad jokes burned across Hollywood like a brush... ... Full Article

I n David Mamet's "House of Games," the Games are fun but the House is a flimsy pyramid of cards.The wacky incongruity works when debuting director Mamet has tongue in cheek. ... Full Article

Returning to the shady underworld of House Of Games, writer-director David Mamet serves up more entertaining duplicity as the con men con the con men again, except here theyve all got guns. ... Full Article

If you know your con-game movies, then you're familiar with the differences between short cons and long cons. The short con is all about making a quick buck -- like getting a bartender to give you change for a 20,... ... Full Article