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Finder's Fee

2001 · 100 min

A tense, talky chamber piece where a friendly poker game slowly curdles into a moral pressure cooker.

Directed by
Jeff Probst
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Erik Palladino, Matthew Lillard, Ryan Reynolds
Tagline
The numbers don't lie...but the players just might.
Overview
Friends Tepper, Quigley, Fishman, and Bolan get together for a weekly poker night with two simple rules: Everyone contributes a lottery ticket to the pot, and no one checks the numbers until the game ends. But this particular, stormy night is different: Tepper plans to propose to his girlfriend, and just before the weekly game, he finds a wallet outside his apartment with a winning lottery ticket worth $6 million. Tepper calls the wallet's owner, Avery, to come collect what's his, but keeps the winning ticket for himself...only for Avery to show up and ask to play a hand.

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  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Jeff Probst
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Erik Palladino, Matthew Lillard, Ryan Reynolds
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • morality
  • betrayal
  • friendship
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Jeff Probst
Written by
Jim Gulian, Jeff Probst
Starring
Erik Palladino, Matthew Lillard, Ryan Reynolds, Dash Mihok, James Earl Jones, Carly Pope, Robert Forster, Frances Bay
Music
BC Smith
Cinematography
Francis Kenny
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America, Canada
Languages
English

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