Steve McQueen plays the title role in a movie with ups and downs. The opening scenes are well done, and the ending poker scene is unquestionably classic, but the middle is seriously bogged down by the romantic scenes between McQueen and Tuesday Weld.
during the awful middle segment of this movie, and amidst all the hype the characters are making about the big game, you're just begging the director Norman Jewison to just deal the cards already. I want to say that the end game is worth the dreadful and practically useless romance, but I'd have to say that it's roughly as good as the romance was bad.
but don't get me wrong, 'The Cincinnati Kid' is certainly an interesting flick. You should check it out when it comes on cable.
during the awful middle segment of this movie, and amidst all the hype the characters are making about the big game, you're just begging the director Norman Jewison to just deal the cards already. I want to say that the end game is worth the dreadful and practically useless romance, but I'd have to say that it's roughly as good as the romance was bad.
but don't get me wrong, 'The Cincinnati Kid' is certainly an interesting flick. You should check it out when it comes on cable.