Title: True story - the Hollywood way
Product review: Yes, students were from MIT and yes, they played blackjack, and yes, they won a lot of money. This is as much as the story has in common with facts. The movie succeeds to make an average movie out of an interesting story. Students were actually taught a winning strategy that was the work of a mathematician and used it to win in casinos. There was nothing brilliant at that. Maybe the innate self-confidence of MIT students made the realization of the project possible. It is typical for movie directors to rather stick with tried fiction templates than to tell a much more interesting real story. But I guess they must know what brings more money. And, of course, it takes so much less effort--they obviously believe in recycling.
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