看到一半莫名好感动TAT

pptv上竟然可以在线看。如果是真的克星异客，就很像是小王子翻版。

2016.04.22 传统型电影，各方面都极为平衡，堪称完美。法庭戏部分非常精彩，双方律师、出庭证人、作为原告的病儿父母的表现都很到位。唉，连病儿父亲这样一个台词都没两句的小角色，都能令人为之落泪啊。

天才的先声。强势的母亲，缺位的父亲，阶级的隔阂，艺术的共鸣。

Cause of death: savage gutting; crime weapon: playing cards. The Cincinnati kid (Steve McQueen) is a prodigy of the stud poker game, but is he going to dethrone the most reputable player of all, “the man” himself (G. Robinson)? And will the earnest dealer and friend of both (Karl Malden) remain impartial? A dream cast at the service of a minimal though sharp story. As far as scripting goes, sometimes less is more – it makes every action, though innocuous it may seem, actually loaded with meaning. By the time the twist-in-the-tail ending slams down ruthlessly, we reel back & ponder the forces that drove to the fateful outcome. The writing was on the wall, we just weren't inclined to read.