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Lay the Favorite
In this film, Beth quit her job and moved to Las Vegas in order to find a job as a cocktail waitress. One day, Beth meets Dink, a professional gambler where he discovers Beth 's talent for numbers and employs him as his guard at that moment. Beth, on the other hand, chooses a dangerous job because she works for Rosie, a seemingly outlaw girl.
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December 10, 2012
... offers little insight into its subject or its setting and feels like it's been chopped up in the editing room.
December 06, 2012
What little plot "Lay the Favorite" has is lost in a mess of a screenplay that does absolutely nothing to stand out in any way whatsoever.
December 07, 2012
This shaggy-dog story based on the improbable real-life adventures of exotic dancer-turned-bookie-turned-journalist Beth Raymer is never quite as amusing as it thinks it is, despite a charming performance by Rebecca Hall.
March 13, 2013
While everything seems to be going in its favor, Lay The Favorite is a losing bet.
December 07, 2012
Poor Rebecca Hall. If someone had told her there was no hope for Lay the Favorite, she could have saved some energy.
December 06, 2012
Best to say as little as possible, cut one's losses and move on.
March 08, 2013
A shrug of a film featuring unremarkable characters in an unremarkable story that never does more than limp toward it flat and flimsy third act.
December 07, 2012
Frears has a lot of fun with the bad tempers and high spirits of this crew of adrenaline junkies, and though the story falls a little flat, the script is sprinkled with dry wit.
December 06, 2012
The dots are there, but they don't connect.
December 06, 2012
A listless comedy built around a vivacious protagonist.
December 06, 2012
What has happened to director Stephen Frears?
December 07, 2012
"Lay the Favorite" is a small and not particularly ambitious movie, but it's pleasing and exceptionally well made.
