You know, one that’s off the lip of a cliff, and has a waterfall attached. The local AUSTRALIAN swimming hole, I might add. The movie begins with Crowe’s character in his early teens, bicycling with best buddy Drew, to the local swimming hole. ![]() He doesn’t entirely let on, which is the point of the title. It’s not one of Crowe’s most virtuosic performances, but it does have a comfortable, lived-in feel, despite the considerable anxiety his character, Jake Foley, is feeling. One figures that kind of exposure might have informed his performance here as a tech billionaire-who gives his profession as “gambler” to a would-be portrait painter-arranging an eccentric sendoff for himself in “Poker Face.” Actor, movie star, and director Russell Crowe is not a billionaire, but he’s likely been in closer proximity to billionaires than most of us.
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