TERRIBLE TERRIBLE MOVIE

"The acting was bad" - Exactly what was so terrible about the acting?

"the dialogue was embarassing" - THe dialogue was very clever, especially when Walken and Callahan first meet each other and Walken makes a joke about Callahan's hair.

"The scene where he "totally outsmarts" the guy to get a job was awful" "How can you take this serious?" - It is not intended for you to take these scenes seriously. Do you honestly think Callahan made this movie with Oscar in his mind?

"Walken couldn't even save this movie. His acting was so over the top that it was obvious to me that he knew it was garbage, and just made a joke out of his own image. I was honestly embarassed for him" - Walken's acting was fine. He played his character with great enthusiasm and he has great chemistry with Callahan, especially when the scene when they shoot pool at the lawyer's party.

Pswilson, you are way too harsh on this movie, it was made to entertain-and by entertain I mean to not take seriously.

Personally I thought it was a good movie, not great, good. The dialogue was very clever and the pool shots were amazing.

I agree exactly with pswilson. Callahan was terrible at writing, directing, and acting. He was not believable at all as some tough guy, wise cracking character. I wanted to turn this movie off after the lead actor was introduced but sat through the whole movie and even got a few laughs out of how bad it was. The parts where he outsmarted people were not believable at all. In real life the person supposedly being outsmarted would have some type of response and not just stand there like an idiot. I know this from real life experience, something which Callahan needs more of. "You got your shoes on your feet", pissed me off the most. Walken was decent but completely unnecessary in the role. Everything about the most was completely trite. Everythingt that was supposed to be hip, smart, cool all failed. I know it sounds like i'm regurtating a lot of what the original poster said but I just feel the same way about it. Callahan is a pretentious dick for putting himself in the lead role. He's also a complete idiot for thinking up a movie about pool and actually making it himself.

THIS MOVIE WAS AWESOME. Dont listen to this guy/I got this on dvd & i have seen it about 15 times now. IT IS A GREAT MOVIE>A GREAT POOL MOVIE.

THANK YOU!!! I couldn't stand this movie, and eventually I had to turn it off. Maybe the people who liked it are just into the pool stuff, because they certainly can't be into things such as good acting, good dialogue, good directing, etc...

"Don't you snap at me unless you want an angry Solid Gold dancer on your hands."

I really like this movie alot...i've seen it over 10 times lol , I guess you gotta know how to play pool and stuff to understand this movie...i mean they don't do your typical pool shots ...sure they're pretty easy but they use masse , english , backspin , draw..and other techniques and any real pool player should know that...

and I like how some real professional players come out like 'mike massey' he's greatly known as a trick shot artist and very respected in the pool world ..., the part where he cons the guys boss to get the trailer job, isn't a "big con" but merely just a fill in ..They shook hands and he got hustled not a big hustle But he should've seen it coming and his reaction seems pretty normal to me He doesn't look like he's been outsmarted he's more like WTF?? then the camera cuts off..

and you probably weren't seeing the movie if you didn't understand the scene with the girl wanting 'Chris' to choke her , it was funny because they were making fun of him and calling him gay when they were in the restaurant and he said some girls creep him out..so when the girl asked him to choke her that creeped him out! As for his brother playing music that was made obvious when him and 'johnny' were at the pawn shop and he had his guitar he told him to go see him when he played ...as for walken it was a nice performance and he played his part well, I don't know how it could've been any better..and how is the main guy a wanna be affleck ? affleck doesn't play pool and isn't as tall as him and The lead guy is just down to earth you can see him playing in a pool hall with some guys and he loses on youtube,anyways ..thanks for seeing the movie or I should say Thanks for not seeing the movie.

I absolutely agree, this movie sucks. There's not a single believable situation, including Rick Schroeder, "the 13th ranked player in the world", using a $16 cue from WalMart, in a violin case. What idiot thought that one up? Obviously, no one who knows the game, and that's what this movie was about, the game. Notice how almost every shot was either slammed into the pocket, banked in, or both? You can watch a 9 ball game for 2 hours, and see maybe a half-dozen bank shots. At the level these people are supposed to be on, you may never see a bank shot. And you never, never, ever hit a shot harder than you need to. God I hated this flick.
If you read the book "Hollywood Interrupted", you find Mars Callahan is reduced to selling cheap pots and pans to bored housewives. What a scumbag. And wierd looking, too.
Billy the Kid

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. HATED THE MAIN CHARACTER AND THE ACTING. I'M INTO CULT MOVIES BUT THIS WAS GARBAGE.

I don't think the movie was meant to be taken that seriously so I don't see that as a valid criticism. I didn't find the acting bad, in fact compared to alot of the crap that comes out these days it was more than adequate. Clearly we are dealing with a lower budget film so I forgave some things. I was entertained from start to finish. I guess I would wonder why you watched the entire film if you hated it so much, clearly the story drew you in on some level.