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Maverick
Although he avoids violence, Bret Maverick is an expert gambler .Despite obtaining twenty two bucks, he needs more three thousand bucks to enter a poker tournament. He searches for money in every way possible. By chance a beautiful woman who is participant in the tournament tries to trick Maverick.
28 May 1945, Berkeley, California, USA
11 May 1920, Bethune, Colorado, USA
19 September 1926, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
9 September 1943, Gary, Indiana, USA
2 April 1945, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
18 April 1934, New York City, New York, USA
31 August 1928, Laurel, Nebraska, USA
15 September 1933, New York City, New York, USA
May 3, 1968 in Dover, New Jersey, USA
September 02, 2014
Despite the attention of master scriptwriter William Goldman, this gentle tribute to the hit comedy western TV series missed a golden opportunity for a razor-sharp spoof. There's no doubt the stars had a ball, though.
September 02, 2014
Maverick never takes itself seriously, which establishes the tone for serious fun. Goldman's screenplay is a model of ingenuity, setting increasingly complicated traps for the three leads, and rather amazed that they wriggle free.
September 02, 2014
Maverick is smart-alecky without being very smart. It's full of spoofy, har-dee-har-har ribaldries -- this film practically winks at you.
September 02, 2014
We can close the competition for the most entertaining of the current spate of feature movies based on old TV shows.
September 02, 2014
It's cleverly crafted, and you can't help enjoying it even when you know it's manipulating you as brazenly as a poker dealer with tricky fingers and a well-stacked deck.
September 02, 2014
Goldman and director Richard Donner don't know when to stop mining a gag and to move on. That the film runs in excess of two hours is indicative of the filmmakers' love affair with scenes that don't work.
September 02, 2014
By the time Donner crowds his climactic poker game with a bevy of veteran Western character actors, decades of movie tradition have been reduced to window dressing, and Maverick leaves you hungry for the real thing.
September 02, 2014
Somewhere about halfway through Hour Two, you might find yourself looking at your watch and wondering, 'Like, when is this movie going to begin?'
September 02, 2014
[Gibson and Garner] can make you smile contentedly even when the script is wandering and they're just sort of standing around waiting for its next good part to develop.
September 02, 2014
This movie doesn't have the wry kick of the TV show at its best. Too rich, too loaded, Maverick may have misplayed its cards, kept its eyes on the pot instead of the players. In movies, as in poker, you can't always trust a pat hand.
September 02, 2014
[Maverick] succeeds, just barely, on the good will of its stars and the sumptuousness of its Western locations.
September 02, 2014
Maverick is quintessential summer fare, an unpretentious no-brainer that relies mostly on the star wattage of Gibson, Foster and old reliable James Garner.