House of Games
Human nature is a sucker bet.
6.8 / 10
102 minutes
1987-10-11
English
US
Actors :
Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala, J.T. Walsh, Steven Goldstein, Jack Wallace, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Meshach Taylor, John Pritchett, Scott Zigler, Jacqueline de La Chaume, Willo Hausman, G. Roy Levin
Description
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
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kevin2019
3/5/2024, 4:24:23 AM
"House of Games" has a major flaw at its heart: we are told much too early it is all about con men and the type of unscrupulous people who inhabit this shady and duplicitous world. This leaves you forewarned and on alert during the rest of the film so you are never in any real doubt about what is going on at any given moment. The only unanticipated element of the entire film is that it definitely ...