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Poolhall Junkies

2002Movie1 h 39 minR

44

WeakGoodWatch score

44

WeakGoodWatch score

Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.

Good for

Date night
Friends night
Teens

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Feels like real life.
Puts you inside a crime.
Gets your pulse racing.
Keeps you on edge.

Not for scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+43)
Critics 35Audiences 78GoodWatch 45
Metascore36
Tomatometer33%
Audience score87%
IMDb6.8
Box office
14%of its budget back
Budget
$4 M
Worldwide
$564 K
Worldwide it made back $564 K of the $4 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 39 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10099
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
2002
June 30, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaThriller
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
ViolenceModerate
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesModerate
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
19 of 19
Directing · 2
Mars Callahan Director, Writer
John J. Hermansen First Assistant Director
Writing · 1
Chris Corso Writer
Production · 7
David Kronemeyer Producer
Tucker Tooley Producer
David Peters Producer
Karen Beninati Producer
Catrine McGregor Casting
Roe Baker Casting
Camera · 1
Robert Morris Director of Photography
Editing · 1
James E. Tooley Editor
Art · 2
Robert La Liberte Production Design
Nicole Lee Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
Kristin Persson Costume Design
Other crew · 1
Peter Epstein Stunts

Tropes

Screening the CallRare · in 4 titlesAt the beginning of the movie, Joe is going through the mail and finds a letter inviting Johnny to play in a professional tournament.You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing Within 105 titlesMike spells it out for Joe during the final game, when the latter attempts to intimidate the former by dramatically throwing $80,000 onto a pool table: He's a millionaire, eighty grand is literally n…All 33 tropes

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