My second film of SXSW was the opening night screening, a big-studio production premiering just before its theatrical release. 21 is loosely based on the book Bringing Down the House, about the MIT blackjack team that took Vegas for millions. They made some drastic changes as Hollywood is prone to do - added a Harvard Medical motivation so the main driver isn't "merely" greed, and rewrote the love angle - but I found it surprisingly good. The screenwriters had a strong story to start from, and their flourishes didn't didn't detract from the rich, lively plot.
21
2008, 123 minutes, directed by Robert Luketic
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