The review in The Saturday Times was frankly awful. 'Kevin Maher', the person whom the above review is attributed to seems to have been watching a different film, one concerned with 'poker'. The above review mentions blackjack, the focus of the film (hence the title 21), but the printed review was a disgrace to journalism. Surely someone working for such a respected newspaper would have a basic knowledge of the film they were watching. It was not just a mere once the mistake was made; it was repeated throughout. On the online review here, it appears to have been edited a bit.

Amusingly, I havn't even seen the whole film (there was a powercut at Southampton Odeon about 3/4 of the way through), but I still know more about it than the reviewer did.

The one thing I do agree on though, is that the film is nothing special. Two or three stars is a fair rating. I would love to play poker with Kevin Maher, if he thinks the object of the game is to reach 21.

Rik Sharma, Southampton, United Kingdom