
Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with a younger, charismatic poker player named 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 has been lost.... (Full plot summary below)
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Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with a younger, charismatic poker player named 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 has been lost.
Leave your thoughts about Mississippi Grind.
| The AustralianDavid StrattonIt's a terrific film, but it came and went in cinemas before many people could discover it. |
| DCistPat PaduaI can't remember another recent movie where I felt like I was watching real people have natural conversations. |
| Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)Asia FreyA welcome throwback film and worth the trip. |
| RedEyeMatt PaisI'm never one to call something 'a great American movie,' but Mississippi Grind really is. |
| Daily Mail (UK)Brian VinerA minor classic ... maybe just a touch too sentimental towards the end, but a compelling celebration of male friendship all the same, with a blues soundtrack to be treasured, and a pair of lead performances worthy of awards. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesEven as a road movie this is pretty bland. |
| Mark Reviews MoviesMark DujsikBoden and Fleck understand that these two characters feed off of each other's personalities, while fueling the addiction that unifies them. |
| Times-PicayuneMike ScottRyan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn, and their casting in the lead roles pays off in spades. In fact, they're the primary reasons Mississippi Grind works as well as it does. |
| amNewYorkRobert LevinBen Mendelsohn takes an individual who might, in a lesser movie, be simply described as a loser, and imbues him with compassionate regard for his plight. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussMendelsohn ought to be an Oscar contender for the shades of desperation, vulnerability and queasy hopefulness that shuffle across his weary features like the shadows of cards falling from a marked deck. |