Poker Face (2022 film)

Poker Face is a 2022 Australian-American thriller film written by, directed by and starring Russell Crowe. It co-stars Liam Hemsworth and RZA. The film had a limited theatrical release on November 16, 2022 and was released on demand on November 22, 2022.[1]

Poker Face
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Directed byRussell Crowe
Screenplay byRussell Crowe
Story byStephen M. Coates
Based onOriginal script
by Stephen M. Coates
Produced by
  • Addam Bramich
  • Jason Clark
  • Mark B. David
  • Gary Hamilton
  • Ryan Hamilton
  • Keith Rodger
  • Matt Williams
  • Ying Ye
Starring
CinematographyAaron McLisky
Edited by
  • Scott Gray
  • Matthew Woolley
Music by
Production
companies
  • Sky
  • Stan
  • MEP Capital
  • Alceon Entertainment Partners
Distributed byScreen Media
Release dates
  • November 16, 2022 (2022-11-16) (Limited theater release)
  • November 22, 2022 (2022-11-22) (On demand)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.6 million

Plot

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Jake Foley, a tech billionaire, holds a high-stakes poker night with his childhood friends. As the night goes on, it is revealed Foley wants his friends to expose secrets they have held their entire lives. Mikey reveals that his life is miserable and that he brought a gun to shoot himself with. Alex reveals that he has been sleeping with Jake's wife. Paul reveals that he has been having money problems and has given his brother Victor information about Jake's life to settle his debt. Things go awry as Victor tries to rob Jake's house's art, his family arrives unexpectedly, and the friends must band together to survive. Jake eventually tells Victor he has drunk poison in a wine glass that he drank from. Victor unaware that the dose he drank was not enough to be lethal succumbs to Jake's ploy to feed him a lethal dose of the poison when Jake tells him he has an antidote.

Cast

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Release

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The film had a limited theatrical release in international markets on November 16, 2022 and was released on VOD in the United States and Canada by Screen Media on November 22, 2022.[1]

Reception

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Box office

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Poker Face grossed $2.6 million at the box office during its limited theatrical release in international markets.[2]

Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 9% of 34 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "As Kenny Rogers told us, you've got to know when to fold 'em – a warning Russell Crowe should have heeded when he got the script for Poker Face."[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[4]

Common Sense Media rated the film 3 out of 5 stars,[5] while Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com gave it 2 stars, saying, "Even if you can sense the fun Crowe is having with the camera setups in certain scenes, 'Poker Face' is simultaneously a lot and not all that much."[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Poker Face (2022) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  2. ^ "Poker Face". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 2023-05-18. 
  3. ^ "Poker Face". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 2023-05-01.  
  4. ^ "Poker Face". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  5. ^ Anderson, Jeffrey. "Poker Face". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. ^ Kenny, Glenn. "Poker Face". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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