Movie Review: 21 is after 20 and before 22.

By filsinger

Last night Jenn and I rented “21″ the Kevin Spacey film based off of the MIT students who counted cards and made a lot of money.  I guess there isn’t a whole lot to say about this movie.  Smart kid gets pulled into a group of math geniuses and whoe have created a system to beat blackjack legally.  The previews for the movie are pretty much exactly what happens in the movie and there are really no surprises a long the way.  The movie keeps a simple premise, throws in some love, some gambling, a little money and a protagonist who has learned some new tricks and life lessons.

The movie was nothing special, but nothing terrible either.  If you are looking for a decent rent, when you’ve seen the rest of the “what’s new” shelf you can’t go totally wrong by picking this movie up.

I give it 6.3545 double downs out of 10.

ps.  For additional reading check out the wikipedia article on the real MIT students.  It’s worth a look, and you’ll be just that much more educated on how people won lots of money that you’ll never see. -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Blackjack_Team