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Hard Eight
1996
· Movie
· 101 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1831
- IMDb #2019
- Rotten Tomatoes #1383
- Metacritic #988
- Letterboxd #1751
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1868
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1360
- Metacritic Critics #839
- Metacritic Audience #1580
- Criticker #1065
- Kinopoisk #3407
- AlloCiné #2205
- Trakt #2783
Every rating
57–83
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 83.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young man down on his luck meets a mysterious, seasoned gambler in a diner. The older man takes him under his wing, teaching him the subtle art of surviving in the world of Las Vegas casinos. Their professional relationship is tested when the younger man falls for a waitress and a friend involves them in a botched scheme to kidnap for ransom.
Details
- Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Writer
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Released
- 28 February 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $222.6K
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Cast
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Awards
2 wins & 9 nominations total
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