Guide Note
21 is a dramatic film about MIT students who count cards and win millions of dollars from Las Vegas casinos. The film is loosely based on the book Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich. In the book, Mezrich and other students dubbed the MIT Blackjack Team are financed by a man named Micky Rosa to win millions of dollars at Las Vegas casinos.
The film was helmed by director Robert Luketic, whose previous films include Legally Blonde and Monster-In-Law. It received mostly negative reviews, scoring 31% on Rotten Tomatoes. Critic Bryant Frazier said "Harold & Kumar Go to Las Vegas would be lots more fun as well as more sociologically astute."
Fast Facts
- Director: Robert Luketic
- Producer: Kevin Spacey and Brett Ratner
- Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth and Laurence Fishburne
- Release date: March 28, 2008
- MPAA rating: PG-13
- DVD release date: July 22, 2008
- Based on the novel Bringing Down The House by Ben Mezrich
- 2008 SXSW Film Festival: "Spotlight Premiere" Selection
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