Lay The Favorite

– A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sport..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
4.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 34 Minutes
Release Year:
2012
Lay the Favorite (2012)

A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.

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Lay the Favorite (2012) - Trailer

Release Date:

22 Jun 2012

Language:

English, Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

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.

Director:

Stephen Frears

Writer:

D.V. DeVincentis (screenplay), Beth Raymer (memoir)

Main Actors:

Rebecca Hall, Joel Murray, Hugo Armstrong, Corbin Bernsen

Plot:

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.

Gross profit:

$20,998

Production:

Weinstein Co.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
4.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
18%
Metacritic:
38%