Lay the Favorite
Lay the Favorite

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Beth, who lap dances to make ends meet, leaves Florida for Las Vegas hoping to be a cocktail waitress. She meets two women who introduce her to Dink, a gambler with a system. He hires her - she's good with numbers - and she promptly falls for him, even though he's married to a woman who seems to do nothing but spend his money. Beth tries to entice Dink whose wife, Tulip, tells him to choose; he does and promptly goes on a losing streak. The repercussions of his choice play ou... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Lay the Favorite:

Rebecca Hall
Bruce Willis
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Joshua Jackson
Laura Prepon
Frank Grillo

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Beth, who lap dances to make ends meet, leaves Florida for Las Vegas hoping to be a cocktail waitress. She meets two women who introduce her to Dink, a gambler with a system. He hires her - she's good with numbers - and she promptly falls for him, even though he's married to a woman who seems to do nothing but spend his money. Beth tries to entice Dink whose wife, Tulip, tells him to choose; he does and promptly goes on a losing streak. The repercussions of his choice play out with a heavy gambler who has a parole officer, a cheesy bookmaker in Curaçao, Beth's desire to keep a friend out of prison, and help from an unlikely source.

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AV Club - 9/10 by Nathan RabinAt best, Lay The Favorite registers as cartoon sociology, but the film's featherweight charms dissipate whenever it moves away from the world of gambling and devotes time to go-nowhere subplots involving Hall's bland romance with Jackson, or Willis' troubled but fundamentally healthy marriage to Zeta-Jones.
Blu-ray.com - 9/10 by Brian OrndorfFrears locks into survival mode to carry on through the cinematic disorganization, resembling a man who knows he's bet on the wrong horse.
San Francisco Chronicle - 8/10 by Mick LaSalleA small and not particularly ambitious movie, but it's pleasing and exceptionally well made. It was directed by Stephen Frears, and while it's not up there with his best - "Dangerous Liaisons," "The Queen," "High Fidelity," "Cheri" - Lay the Favorite lavishes the same attention on the personal, on relationships, and, like most Frears films, it puts a woman at the center of the story.
Hollywood & Fine - 7/10 by Marshall FineJust kind of, well, lays there. Or lies there. It matters to those of us who value the English language, but not to many others. Like this film.
Screen International - 6/10 by Tim GriersonWhether it's Rebecca Hall's unconvincing performance as a ditzy Florida gal or the story's meandering tone, "Lay the Favorite" is one gamble that doesn't pay off.
Daily Express (UK) - 6/10 by Henry FitzherbertThe story is borderline inconsequential but the characters are lively and engaging and the performances strong.
New York Post - 6/10 by Kyle SmithFrears 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.
ReelViews - 6/10 by James BerardinelliOn autopilot from beginning to end, Lay the Favorite feels like sitcom blown up to big-screen proportions. The laughs aren't raucous or numerous, the character development is sketchy at best, and the insider's perspective on bookies and gambling is superficial.
ViewLondon - 6/10 by Matthew TurnerWatchable comedy drama that gets by thanks to a terrific central performance by Rebecca Hall and colourful supporting turns from the rest of the cast...
Time Out - 6/10 by Dave CalhounFrears's strongest hand is a set of colourful characters played with verve...

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