Fresh
California Split has never been heralded as one of the key Altmans. But the few things it does - friendship and disappointment and the drab and desperate thrill of the gambler's life - it does superbly.
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice
California Split
…Being the story of two bet-on-anything guys who happily discover something called a "winning streak."
1974 · 1h 48m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Robert Altman
Overview
Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Sold as a comedy, the film scans more like American-century Dostoyevsky, with comp cocktails.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
Robert Altman's masterful 1974 study of the psychology of the compulsive gambler.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The film is technically and physically handsome, all the more so for being mostly location work, but lacks a cohesive and reinforced sense of story direction.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Altman feels rather than thinks his way into a subject, with a special interest in how people relate to one another in moments of crisis.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out
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