Life's dealt a bad hand to Jack, and he's prepared to deal a few back. So goes the less-than-enthralling premise of Croupier, Mike Hodges' dark, uneven character study of a man who hates gambling and cheaters yet takes a job as a casino dealer and then conspires to rob the place. Jack may be an interesting bloke, but in the end the movie is as plodding and flawed as its protagonist. GRADE: C
-By Katherine Stroup
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