Owning Mahowny

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Owning Mahowny
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R,1hr 44min
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Released:
May 2, 2003
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Classics
Synopsis: A seemingly ordinary bank employee develops an obsession that could destroy his life and that of those around him in this drama. Dan Mahowny (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a quiet, unassuming employee of a bank in Toronto; he lives modestly, drives a used car, and is dating one of the bank's tellers, a sweet but mousy girl named Belinda (Minnie Driver). What no one knows is that Dan has a secret life -- Dan is a compulsive gambler, and after running up massive debts with his bookie Frank Perlin (Maury ... Full Synopsis
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There have been many good movies about gambling, but never one that so single-mindedly shows the gambler at his task. Full Review
Metascore
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70
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Brian Mahowny, Dan Mahowny
Belinda
Frank Perlin
Victor Foss
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