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Poolhall Junkies
Directed by
Mars Callahan
R
2002
1h 34m
Drama
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6.8
33%
87%
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A talented pool hustler who has stayed out of the game for years must return to his old ways when his little brother gets involved with his enemy--the very man who held him back from greatness.
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Cast of Poolhall Junkies
Mars Callahan
Johnny / Director / Writer
Chazz Palminteri
Joe
Christopher Walken
Uncle Mike
Rod Steiger
Nick
Rick Schroder
Brad
Michael Rosenbaum
Danny
Alison Eastwood
Tara
Phillip Glasser
Max
Glenn Plummer
Chico
Anson Mount
Chris
Ernie Reyes Jr.
Tang
Richard Portnow
Toupee Jay
Peter Mark Richman
Phillip
Orien Richman
Brett
Shannon Engemann
Beth
Peter Dobson
Cory
BoJesse Christopher
Noah
Chris Corso
Houseman / Writer
Lissa Pallo
Female Pro
Karen Beninati
Producer
David Peters
Producer
Tucker Tooley
Producer
David Kronemeyer
Producer
Poolhall Junkies Ratings & Reviews
MassStash
May 13, 2025
Great classic
Magnus Carlbaum
April 5, 2025
Memorable for it's stellar supporting cast, and for the finale. But that's also it.
eye WEEKLY
Adam Nayman
It's disreputable, occasionally ludicrous and merely kinda fun.
Film Journal International
Daniel Eagan
About as disposable as a B-movie can get.
Dallas Observer
Andy Klein
The result is by no means the embarrassment that many such offerings from unjustifiably vain actor-auteurs have been, but nor does it present much of anything new or compelling to demand one's attention.
JoBlo's Movie Network
JoBlo
The movie does feature enough amiable characters to keep you interested throughout and even more so if you're a fan of pool.
Filmcritic.com
Nick Schager
Dull and lifeless.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
A poster of The Color of Money in one poolhall is less homage than ironic.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
[A]ll of it just seems so familiar and so trite, we know exactly where this is going.
Premiere Magazine
This film seems destined to join the ranks of such 'classics' as Showgirls, Rock Star, and other debacles that are so atrociously campy that they end up being fun to watch.
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
It's the sort of movie where someone can describe a character as being from 'the good side of the tracks' and mean it.
San Diego Metropolitan
Jean Lowerison
I guess this is an attempt at Realism, or maybe Grit. This is neither; it's just plain bad writing in a film that shouldn't have been made.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
90 minutes of slow-leaking, macho stomach gas, in which everyone talks like they were on brawny pills and every tawdry song on the soundtrack makes you feel as if you were trapped in a lap dance club.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
This film coulda been a contender if Callahan hadn't worn so many hats -- but it has moments that make it worth waiting for on video.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Is this a great movie? Not at all. Is it more or less consistently entertaining? Yes.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Overplotted.
Los Angeles Times
Manohla Dargis
The film groans under the weight of its platitudes no matter how lightly Johnny dances around a pool table.
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
If it's hard to make a Western without John Wayne, it's even tougher to film a pool hall flick without Paul Newman -- as Poolhall Junkies proves.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
An unwieldy jumble of empty tough-guy gestures.
Village Voice
David Ng
Low-grade billiard porn that earnestly believes in its own transparent hustle.
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