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Title: Better than Average
Review: Lets not carried away. This is not a great movie. Its 1961 predecessor was. This is a film for those who are curious to know what happened to Mr. 'fast' Eddy Felson. The script is good, whatever our 3* friend may think, and the performances are certainly assured. But this movie isn't as enduring as The Hustler, and you will grow more tired of it than you would think possible on first view. The portrait of hustling is laughably unrealistic, and the ending dire, but there is sufficient empathy with characters, in spite of a slightly unneccesary love triangle, to ensure emotional involvement. If you like pool watch this. If you like cinema watch The Hustler.
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