It has a lot of affection for its screwy characters, and it has a cast worth watching even when the plot's held captive by a bunch of boring cards.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
The Grand is in the grand tradition of Christopher Guest "mockumentary" comedy satires: Its greatest asset is its eclectic, quirky-funny cast.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
The actors certainly look as if they’re having a good time, and if you’re in the right mood, you might too.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: John Anderson
Wildly uneven but often quite funny, The Grand allows its actors to act out, get the "E!" out of their systems and give the Christopher Guest treatment to professional gambling without Christopher Guest, with whom it would have been funnier and a lot more acerbic.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Each of these improv farceurs wins a few laughs. But not enough.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
A defective poker comedy where the poker is a lot more interesting than the people playing it.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Jan Stuart
Lacks any sort of urgency or inner propulsion; the actors do their little goofs, then hand them off to the next, lending the jest the frolicking but ultimately monotonous quality of a game of tag.Read Full Review »
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