Jay Trotter (Richard Dreyfuss) is a superstitious habitual gambler. His fellow cab driver Looney (David Johansen) has a secret microphone in the backseat. It records insider information on a horse race. Despite promising his estranged wife Pam (Teri Garr), he places a bet not considering it gambling. It comes up a winner but he can't stop when he gets another tip.
It has a light wacky view of degenerate gambling losers. It's not that funny but I like Dreyfuss' hopeless gambler character. His manic craziness gets fun sometimes. It's not big on laughs but there is an odd fun sense of this world. The group of weird characters are interesting. The movie does need actual jokes and actual laughs.
It has a light wacky view of degenerate gambling losers. It's not that funny but I like Dreyfuss' hopeless gambler character. His manic craziness gets fun sometimes. It's not big on laughs but there is an odd fun sense of this world. The group of weird characters are interesting. The movie does need actual jokes and actual laughs.