Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Sandcooler There's nothing wrong with a pompous vanity project once in a while, but Mars Callahan's "Poolhall Junkies" is a movie that just really pushes it. It's basically just 90 minutes worth of Callahan shooting pool while doing a bad Robert De Niro impression, which isn't really my idea of entertainment. The acting performance is irritatingly weak, but somehow his writing gets to be even worse. As much as I love Tarantino, I do sorta resent him for all the untalented copycats his movies have spawned. Writing minute-long dialogues about absolutely nothing doesn't automatically make you clever, there is a little more to it. And if you're going to base your dialogues on Tarantino-like observations, please don't make any that stand-up comedians were already making twenty years ago. The only saving grace to "Poolhall Junkies" is that it's an independent film, which means that sooner or later Christopher Walken is bound to show up to at least give it one memorable moment. And what can I say, the man always delivers. Apart from that, this movie is pretty useless.

king_of_bad_intentions Seriously. This entire film was a bunch of incredibly contrived garbage. Alison Eastwood acts like a piece of wood. The writer/director/star of this movie couldn't act or write or direct.Case in point, this ridiculous mini-scene at an RV lot: "I'll bet you (something ridiculous) I can tell you where you got your shoes." "Yeah, where?" "You got your left shoe on your left foot and your right shoe on your right foot." (Cut to next scene, with the con accomplished.) What a load of crap! Anyone who has ever been to New Orleans knows that old line.I believe that this is a bold cinematic misadventure. This film is terrible on every level. I would encourage the filmmaker to cut his losses and go back to barber college or clown school or anything that requires him NOT to be in front of or behind the camera.

bogey21 The movie overall was satisfactory. The only actors that carried the movie were the younger brother, and Walken. The leading actor Mars was not believable at all as this living on the edge billiards con man. Granted, the scenes of them playing pool was cool, and they had great trick shots, but most of the acting was sub par. Even the amazing twist in the end was crap. Throughout the movie Chaz plays this tough guy who doesn't put up with anything. So when Mars takes the shot and misses he still gets another shot? Thats stupid. He had one shot, he missed and should of paid. The whole point of the bet was to make one shot, not to win the game. Plus, after he missed the shot and tried for the other shot, Chaz should have shot him and taken the money. So, overall the movie was poorly cast, poorly acted and there shouldn't be all this hype on a movie that tries to be the "Swingers," or "Rounders," of the pool world.

acaporale It is a facsimile of a good movie, complete with loose camera shots, superslow and superfast footage, "cool" billiards footage, and some violence for good measure. But the acting isn't that great. It's almost good acting, but something is "off key" and kind of wooden. They are all predictable stock characters and the director didn't do much to carve out better personalities. The writing is okay, and Christopher Walken does the best job with breathing life into it. In the wrong hands (mouths?), the script just screams "clumsy drama".I think it was very badly edited with too many plots going on at once and too many shallowly-developed characters to follow. It was meant to be a character-driven film, but the film fails to bring that credibly to life. It just feels cluttered. Most of the money and time was spent on getting edgy-looking footage and predictable plot milestones. It felt rushed overall, and I just couldn't care enough about the characters. Backstory was also lacking, which is crucial to the story. It LOOKS cool, but looks alone won't save a formulaic plot with hollow stock characters and predictable relationships.It comes very close to being a good movie, but definitely misses. If I were in charge, I would prune the scraggly plots, broaden the soundtrack (James Brown's "The Boss" is great background, but not looped for 15 minutes!), focus more on a few characters, and develop their personalities more. I don't like having to suspend my disbelief too much either!