THE CARD COUNTER

Poignant. A real movie.

Paul Schrader, a textbook auteur if ever there was, flexes his filmmaking muscles again.

Say what you will about the work of this prolific genius so long as you take into account Schrader's undeniable integrity to his art.

Rare.

Schrader skillfully employs dramatic license to get at deeper truths in his characters' souls.

We live and die through our actions, every single action that we take.

Restraint.

God's lonely man continues his journey though Paul Schrader's rich oeuvre. 

How lucky we are. 

Rated R. 111 mins.

Groupthink doesn't live here, critical thought does.

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