The only redeeming quality of this movie was Hickenlooper’s decision to cast the two-time Academy Award-winning Spacey in the lead role. They didn’t take their situation seriously to make Americans understand what they went through. However, adding jokes that don’t benefit the film’s overall tone just remind viewers that they can’t be empathetic towards Jack and the other lobbyists who were arrested. Including juvenile scenes, including one where Adam gets stabbed in the face and neck with a pen by another mobster, do get laughs in the moment. Snider said they “both always saw this (movie) as primarily a dark comedy,” and they were “committed to coupling the humor with journalistic accuracy.”īut the comedic undertones took away what has made other political dramas, including last month’s ‘Fair Game,’ work. He said that he had the same sense of humor as Hickenlooper, who died on October 30, 2010. Screenwriter Norman Snider wrongfully decided to concentrate on the bizarre details of the conspiracy story.

After becoming involved with mafia assassins, murder, fraud, conspiracy and tax evasion, the FBI moves in on Jack, Michael, Adam and everyone else involved in their scheme.

Jack and Michael then hire Adam Kidan (played by Jon Lovitz), a former mattress company owner and disbarred lawyer with mob connections, to help with their latest venture, a casino cruise ship. Jack and his business partner Michael Scanlon (portrayed by Barry Pepper) decide to defraud several Native American tribes by charging them exorbitant amounts of money. The film follows lobbyist Jack Abramoff (portrayed by Spacey), who is determined to make as much money as possible, in an effort to provide a better life for his wife Pam (played by Kelly Preston) and their five children. politics, but ultimately fails by attempting to give the plot an unneeded comedic undertone.

He tried to make ‘Casino Jack’ the next great biography movie of men involved in Washington, D.C. It’s new biographical film ‘Casino Jack,’ which stars Kevin Spacey as well-meaning-turned-greedy Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, doesn’t live up to late director George Hickenlooper’s previously high standards. Studios are often taking a gamble on new movies today, and Art Takes Over is no exception. Starring: Kevin Spacey (Horrible Bosses, American Beauty), Ruth Marshall, Graham Greene (New Moon) and Hannah Endicott-Douglas. CASINO JACK, GEORGE HICKENLOOPER, GRAHAM GREENE, HANNAH ENDICOTT-DOUGLAS, KEVIN SPACEY, RUTH MARSHALL

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