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Lay the Favorite
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Beth is tired of stripteasing and coaching dances in Florida so she quits her job and moves to Las Vegas, seeking job as a cocktail waitress. Accidentally, she meets Dink, a professional gambler with a system. He discovers Beth's talent for numbers and hires her as his protegee. When she show her interest on her mentor, his wife kicks her out of him. Against his advice, Beth chooses a dangerous job as she work for Rosie, who runs an illegal operation.
Beth is tired of stripteasing and coaching dances in Florida so she quits her job and moves to Las Vegas, seeking job as a cocktail waitress. Accidentally, she meets Dink, a professional gambler with a system. He discovers Beth's talent for numbers and hires her as his protegee. When she show her interest on her mentor, his wife kicks her out of him. Against his advice, Beth chooses a dangerous job as she work for Rosie, who runs an illegal operation.
Actors:
Deven May,
Wayne PĂ©re,
Andrea Frankle,
Ritchie Montgomery,
Joel Murray,
Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Wendell Pierce,
Juliet Reeves,
Rob Steinberg,
B.J. Parker,
Adrienne Esteen,
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Deven May
3 April 1971, Whittier, California, USA
Wayne PĂ©re
Andrea Frankle
Ritchie Montgomery
Joel Murray
17 April 1963, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Catherine Zeta-Jones
25 September 1969, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Wendell Pierce
8 December 1963, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Juliet Reeves
12 September 1978, Andrews, West Texas, USA
Rob Steinberg
26 April 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
B.J. Parker
17 January 1974, Miami, Florida, USA
Adrienne Esteen
Director:
Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears
20 June 1941, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Country:
United States, United Kingdom, France
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December 07, 2012
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December 07, 2012
"Lay the Favorite" is a small and not particularly ambitious movie, but it's pleasing and exceptionally well made.
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What little plot "Lay the Favorite" has is lost in a mess of a screenplay that does absolutely nothing to stand out in any way whatsoever.
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A listless comedy built around a vivacious protagonist.
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Poor Rebecca Hall. If someone had told her there was no hope for Lay the Favorite, she could have saved some energy.
March 13, 2013
While everything seems to be going in its favor, Lay The Favorite is a losing bet.
December 07, 2012
Frears has a lot of fun with the bad tempers and high spirits of this crew of adrenaline junkies, and though the story falls a little flat, the script is sprinkled with dry wit.
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December 06, 2012
Best to say as little as possible, cut one's losses and move on.
December 10, 2012
... offers little insight into its subject or its setting and feels like it's been chopped up in the editing room.
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What has happened to director Stephen Frears?
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A shrug of a film featuring unremarkable characters in an unremarkable story that never does more than limp toward it flat and flimsy third act.
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The dots are there, but they don't connect.