Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what's been lost.
Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds shine in a poignant gambling drama.
While it’s a bit of a slow burner, Mendelsohn is so compelling, there’s really no need for things to speed up.
An alpha Ryan Reynolds takes on a smart deadbeat gambler Ben Mendelsohn, for a road-trip movie that never reaches its big pay-off.
The film-makers show the fatalistic masochism of the gamblers.
It is a slow-burning, character-driven road movie that burrows deep inside lives that other films would shunt to the sidelines.
Compelling study of two men on the road.
Behind the gambler movie cliches is an engaging film built on winning performances.
Mississippi Grind is plodding and bland with a pair of dead beat buddies of little interest.
The seductive tale of ‘marooned midlifers’ Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds, who hit the highway in hope of a big payday.
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