A down on his luck gambler links up with free spirit Elliot Gould at first to have some fun on, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. As a final act of desperation, he pawns most of his possessions and goes to Reno for the poker game of a lifetime. A film set mainly in casinos and races, as the two win and lose (but mainly win), get robbed, and get blind drunk.... (Full plot summary below)
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A down on his luck gambler links up with free spirit Elliot Gould at first to have some fun on, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. As a final act of desperation, he pawns most of his possessions and goes to Reno for the poker game of a lifetime. A film set mainly in casinos and races, as the two win and lose (but mainly win), get robbed, and get blind drunk.
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| Austin ChronicleFernie MartinezTo extend the boxing analogy, poker’s Raging Bull is the 1974 Robert Altman masterpiece, California Split. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBecause Joseph Walsh's screenplay is funny and Segal and Gould are naturally engaging, we have a good time. |
| The PlaylistJason BaileyCalifornia Split keenly and perceptively captures how someone you meet in a chance encounter can become a best friend (at least for a while) in a few short hours. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Noel MurrayWhat lingers after the film’s bittersweet conclusion are the melancholy details of people leading lonely lives of compulsion and loss, looking for sympathetic companions in order to feel less sick. |
| Chicago ReaderDon DrukerAs in all Altman films, winning is losing; and the more Altman reveals, in his oblique, seemingly casual yet brilliantly controlled way, the more we realize that to love characters the way Altman loves his, you have to see them turned completely inside out. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonAn Altman classic on a subject he knows well. |
| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlCalifornia Split has never been heralded as one of the key Altmans. But the few things it does — friendship and disappointment and the drab and desperate thrill of the gambler’s life — it does superbly. |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfAltman feels rather than thinks his way into a subject, with a special interest in how people relate to one another in moments of crisis. |
| VarietyVariety StaffThe film is technically and physically handsome, all the more so for being mostly location work, but lacks a cohesive and reinforced sense of story direction. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceNothing enhances Altman's visual-aural density like the bustle of poker circles, race tracks, boxing rings |
