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The Card Counter is a protagonist-driven narrative focused on a hauntingly captivating redemption arc intensely elevated by an exceptional lead performance from Oscar Isaac.

The Card Counter is a brooding, watchful and downbeat film.

The Card Counter doesn’t follow the regular structure for plot or characterization. Nevertheless, there’s an emotional gravitational pull that only grows with time. Characters are good, in their own sense, but considering which code?

...fully rendered as a feat of mild physical endurance, a devotional gesture both odd and touching for the reverence it shows this ending and its faith in its enduring power, no matter how many times distilled and refracted.

Schrader’s observations on moral depravity, the innate hollowness of just fucking getting by, and the lies we tell ourselves (or don’t) to try doing so have only felt more potent as the years wear on.