Lay The Favorite
– A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sport..
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
22 Jun 2012
English, Spanish
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Stephen Frears
D.V. DeVincentis (screenplay), Beth Raymer (memoir)
Rebecca Hall, Joel Murray, Hugo Armstrong, Corbin Bernsen
Beth, who lap dances to make ends meet, leaves Florida for Las Vegas hoping to be a cocktail waitress. She meets two women who introduce her to Dink, a gambler with a system. He hires her - she's good with numbers - and she promptly falls for him, even though he's married to a woman who seems to do nothing but spend his money. Beth tries to entice Dink whose wife, Tulip, tells him to choose; he does and promptly goes on a losing streak. The repercussions of his choice play out with a heavy gambler who has a parole officer, a cheesy bookmaker in Curaçao, Beth's desire to keep a friend out of prison, and help from an unlikely source.
$20,998
Weinstein Co.