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April (age 15) is running from one bad situation into another, hoping to find an answer that doesn't involve nudity, and falls in with a group of confused kids chasing their dreams. The black widow in the web is the sexy, pot-dealing Sally. The daughter of once famous actress faces with her mother's dark past. The Poker House was a great movie. I thought it had some great potential for it to be nearly perfect movie. I remembered seeing this movie on Showtime in 2011, and I didn't knew Jennifer Lawrence.

Poker is an alluring and highly entertaining game and its really fun to watch famous actors playing the game of skill on big screen. Movie makers have attempted many times to encash the growing popularity of poker in their movies. It is challenging to portray the true form of poker on silver screen. The tension, nervousness, adrenaline-rush, and thrill of the competitive environment of a real life poker table is difficult to accurately represent in a movie. However, some movies effectively managed to capture the essence of the game.

Here are some memorable poker scenes in movie history:

Rounders (1998)

Rounders is a story of friendship and revenge. Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) is a law student and poker player who quits the game after losing all his bankroll to a Russian gangster Teddy KGB (John Malkovich). He returns to play poker to help his childhood friend Worm (Edward Norton) pay his debts. The climax scene is all about a no-limit Texas Hold’em heads-up game played between Mike and Teddy and how Mike turns the table this time by observing Teddy’s moves and identify the “tells”. Rounders is a must watch for every poker enthusiast in the worldadda52.com.

Big hand for little lady (1966)

Famous for the great twist in the end, the movie is a western starring Henry Fonda and Joanne Woodsward. A woman have to play out the hand by replacing his husband who collapsed mid game, in order to save the family savings which the husband put at stake on the table. The 40-minutes long fine poker game scene led to the brilliantly written climax of the movie.

The Sting (1973)

Paul Newman and Robert Redfordstarrer “The Sting” is about two con men scamming a mob boss and steal large amount of money. The movie is famous for the high stake Five Card Draw scene in a train where Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) plays against Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw), a mobster. Although it was more of a con than a poker game and the players cheat to win, its the atmosphere and suspense that keep viewers hooked to the seats. The movie won seven Academy Awards and is considered as a classic.

Casino Royale (2006)

A Bond movie revolves around poker. The mission of James Bond (Daniel Craig) is to defeat terrorist Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelson) in a high stake Texas Hold’em tournament. Although criticized for minimal inaccuracy in texas poker rules and etiquette, the movie succeed to combine the intensity of a poker table and the grittiness and style of a spy thriller. Whenever we watch Mr. Bond defeating the villain on the poker table with his trademark charisma, we cheer with excitement and pleasure.

Maverick (1994)

The highlight of the movie is the game scene where Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson) plays in a high stake poker tournament and reaches the final table against Angel (Alfred Molina) and Commodore Duvall (James Coburn). Although Maverick’s slowroll move is unethical and unrealistic (taking time and showing cards one by one), he wins the game with a royal flush. This might be the most bizarre game play, but still the gripping screenplay makes it very popular among poker lovers.

The Cincinnati kid (1965)

This movie is a treat for Steve McQueen fans. This classic is about “ The Kid” Eric Stoner (Steve McQueen), a young stud poker player who challenges the best card player in the country “ The Man” Lancey Howard (Edward G. Robinson) for a high stake Five Card Stud poker game. It is known as one of the most popular movies about poker. Watch it for the unexpected twist at the climax which proves that anything can happen in the game of poker.

House of Games (1986)

The movie is famous for the poker scene where Mike (Joe Mantegna) plays against his rival George with the help of a psychiatric Dr. Ford (Lindsay Crouse). Mike is a conman who forces Dr. Ford to accompany him to a poker game and analyse opponent’s body language and expressions to infiltrate his mind. Later it is revealed that it was just a trick to con the psychiatrist. There is a lot you can learn about behavior and psychology from this movie.

Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

Whats more amusing than getting poker lessons from Brad Pitt! The movie is about robbing three casinos in Las Vegas but is famous for one funny sequence where Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) teaches poker rules to a group of actors and later joined by Danny Ocean (George Clooney) who won the game and took the money. The celebrities playing against each others makes it more enjoyable to watch.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Directed by Guy Ritchie, this crime comedy is full of style and entertainment. The movie is about four friends who lost a big amount of money in a game and now have to pay the debts any way possible. Although filled with violence, the movie successfully demonstrates the darker side of the game and the risk factors involved. The movie achieved international cult status and also acclaimed by critics.

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Luke (Paul Newman) is a war veteran sentenced to prison who earns the nickname “cool hand” due to his skills and experience in the art of deception. There is one great scene in the movie where Luke plays poker with his fellow inmates and wins the game by showing his great bluffing skills. It is known as one of the most accurate poker scenes in history.

Freeze Out (2005)

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Freeze out is a comedy movie which was financed by director’s own poker winnings. A player seeks revenge from his friends for their bullying and trains himself secretly to defeat all of them at a weekly poker game. The movie received many prestigious awards at various film festivals and events.

California Split (1974)

A Robert Altman movie, California Split has this famous opening gaming scene where is still significant even today. The highly realistic movie centers around life of poker players more than the game. The six-minute credit roll in the beginning with narration about the game makes it absolute watch for poker enthusiasts.

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The Poker House, subsequently retitled as Behind Closed Doors, is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Lori Petty, in her directorial debut. The film depicts a painful day in the life of a teenaged girl who is raising her two younger sisters in their mother's whorehouse. The story is based on Petty's own early life during the mid-1970s.^[1]

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The film focuses on one single day in the life of three abused and neglected sisters, Agnes (age 14) (Jennifer Lawrence), Bee (age 12) (Sophi Bairley), and Cammie (age 8) (Chloë Grace Moretz). Their mother, Sarah (Selma Blair), addicted to alcohol and drugs, has been coerced into prostitution to support her pimp, Duval (Bokeem Woodbine). Sarah is unable to care for the girls, forcing Agnes to take responsibility for her two younger sisters. Sarah’s house has become known as the Poker House, where neighborhood pimps and criminals gather to play poker, as well as buying sex. Agnes believes Duval loves her, as a boyfriend would, despite his abuse towards her mother.

Agnes arrives home very early one morning to tidy the house and wakes Bee, after preparing her paper route for her. As Bee gets ready to leave they reveal that Cammie often stays the night at her friend Sheila's house, and before they left their father, who was a preacher, he used to beat Sarah and the girls. The four fled, and Sarah, struggling to take care of the girls on her own, became a prostitute after meeting Duval.

The day shifts from girl to girl. Little interaction occurs among the three. Bee speaks of moving into a foster home, hoping to be adopted. Cammie spends the day at a bar, making friends with Dolly (Natalie West), the bar owner, and Stymie (David Alan Grier), an alcoholic. Agnes rides through town, talking with a few friends, playing a game of basketball, and picking up a couple of paychecks from her part-time jobs.

Towards the end of the day, Agnes climbs through Bee's window, avoiding the living room, which is full of gamblers, pimps, and drunks. Bee has locked herself in her room, and like Agnes, avoids the downstairs chaos. Agnes makes Bee leave the house, telling her not to come back for a while. She then makes her way into the living room, and a stranger begins to talk to her. He asks her why she is there, and she responds by telling him that this is where she lives and that Sarah is her mother. When the man finds out that Agnes is a star basketball player for her high school team, with an important game that night, the man gives her a sympathetic look and tells her to get out of the house and go to the game, but she ignores him.

Later that evening, Duval and Agnes begin kissing again, Agnes narrates over the entire scene, after a few minutes, Duval then rapes Agnes. As Duval releases her, she runs to the bathroom to clean herself, horrified by the thoughts of the violence and possibility of pregnancy. She is completely traumatized. Her mother enters the bathroom, and as Agnes reaches for her in utter distress, Sarah refuses to touch her, and instead tells Agnes to go to the store to pick up alcohol after reminiscing on Agnes being a handful as a young child, showing intelligence even when she was a one-year-old.

Soon after, Agnes overhears Duval telling Sarah that he will begin pimping and selling Agnes, as well. Agnes threatens to shoot Duval, firing a couple of shots to prevent Duval from leaving, screaming to her mother that he raped her and deserves to be shot for what he does to Sarah, too. Sarah only tells Agnes that she will defend him. Agnes leaves for her basketball game.

Agnes scores 27 points in the second half alone, a record that lasts for years to come. However, she falls when she scores the last goal, limps to the car, and has a meltdown. She then wipes her tears and puts the horrific events of the night in the back of her mind. She drives off and finds Bee and Cammie at a nearby bridge. The two get in the car, with Agnes not telling her young sisters of events that took place that evening, and instead takes them to get dinner. Bee reveals that she went to the bar after she went to a friend's house and that she found Cammie. Cammie then plays 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough', and the movie closes as the three girls sing together.

At the start of the film credits, Agnes is revealed to have left Iowa to go to New York and become an actress and artist. Some 20 years later, she is shown to have directed the movie, and the movie is the true story of director and actress Lori Petty's childhood.

Cast[edit]

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• Jennifer Lawrence as Agnes
• Selma Blair as Sarah
• Chloë Grace Moretz as Cammie
• Bokeem Woodbine as Duval
• David Alan Grier as Stymie
• Danielle Campbell as Darla
• Sophi Bairley as Bee
• Casey Tutton as Sheila

Jennifer Lawrence's father, Gary Lawrence, appears uncredited in the film as the basketball coach of the other team.^[2]

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Critical response[edit]

The Poker House has received mixed reviews from film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 63% of critics have given the film a positive review based on eight reviews, with an average score of 6.2/10.^[3]

References[edit]

1. ^Rosen, Lisa. 'AT THE MOVIES Lori Petty's hard look'. Los Angeles Times. latimes.com. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
2. ^'The Poker House (2008) – Trivia'. IMDb. Amazon.com. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
3. ^The Poker House at Rotten Tomatoes

External links[edit]

• The Poker House on IMDb
• The Poker House at Rotten Tomatoes