Atmospheric and never flashy, and yet capable of moments of unbearable tension and an almost overpowering sense of paranoia.
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03/16/04
Owning Mahowny (2003)
78 %
Reviews Counted: 91 Fresh: 71 Rotten:20 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Consensus:
This story of addiction may lack the typical flash and glamour, but Hoffman makes Mahowny compelling.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Synopsis: Polite, mild-mannered Dan Mahowny is an assistant bank manager with a head for numbers, a knack for making decisions, and a devastating appetite for gambling. Dan Mahowny is the unlikely hero who takes on two of the financial institutions everyone loves to hate, the bank and the casino, and,... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chakin, John Hurt, Sonja Smits
Director: Richard Kwietniowski
Screenwriter: Maurice Chauvet
Producer: Seaton McLean, Alessandro Camon, Edward R. Pressman
Screenwriter: Maurice Chauvet
Producer: Seaton McLean, Alessandro Camon, Edward R. Pressman
Reviews
what was fascinating character study becomes banal and unconvincing cautionary tale
07/03/05
...a movie that rejects the pyrotechnics, glamour and spectacle-mongering of mainstream Hollywood yet manages to engage, connect and transfix.
01/29/05
Watching Hoffman completely give himself over to his addiction is pretty draining. Although the film has a subtext … it's basically a ride down to the bottom with an addict.
04/30/04
The flick's absolutely worth seeing for Hoffman's performance alone, but there's also enough Casino / Heist goodness to keep you entertained.
03/31/04
Hoffman, sempre um ator interessante, oferece uma atuação digna dos grandes nomes da 7ª Arte, como Brando, De Niro e Sean Penn.
01/19/04
This is the fascinating thing about the movie, how Mahowny marches off to his doom, totally distracted from his fate by the thrill of gambling.
01/17/04
Philip Seymour Hoffman is like a stack of pure Inca gold in the world of thespian addicts - a world I dwell happily in…
10/01/03
Surprisingly upbeat story based, in part, on the real-life adventures of gambling addict Brian Moloney. While it’s interesting, it’s seldom affecting.
09/26/03
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09/18/03
Whether or not you think of gambling as a vice, you can bet on Owning Mahowny.
09/12/03
Hoffman makes it impossible for us not to watch and not to enjoy it all on some subliminal level.
09/05/03
...this human car wreck methodically spins itself out with agonizing inevitability...that the film is also quite funny is an unexpected bonus.
08/20/03
This film felt more like a Canadian 'TV Movie of the Week' than anything.
08/15/03
When Hoffman steps from the shower, the blond spitcurl plastered to his forehead increases his resemblance to a big, pathetic Kewpie doll. He's simultaneously lovable and repulsive.
08/11/03
The material [Hoffman is] working with is so spotty, so filled with distractions, that even he can't overcome them all.
08/08/03
[Hoffman's] understated and powerful performance ... is a lucid study in the obsessive force of one man's gambling addiction.
08/08/03
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