Product Details

• Actors: Steve Buscemi, Sarah Silverman, Romany Malco, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Garcia
• Directors: Hue Rhodes
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 13, 2010
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0039PGHA0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,319 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Saint John of Las Vegas" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator. Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 07/13/2010 Starring: Steve Buscemi Romany Malco Run time: 85 minutes Rating: R Director: Hue Rhodes

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than expected, and quite funny, January 17, 2011

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K. Swanson (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saint John of Las Vegas (DVD)

Surprising that there's only four reviews of this here; I though the Buscemi fan club alone would give maybe a few dozen. Oh well. In any case, I expected little, having heard nothing of Saint John, and was very pleasantly treated to a rather funny and entertaining film.

It's an oblique satire on Dante's Inferno, with Buscemi being called John Alighieri to make it clear (Dante's last name for 800, Alex?). Director Rhodes has a nice eye for composition and a crisp sense of humor; there are plenty of sly laughs here in both the script and shots. Buscemi is better than usual but it's Romany Malco as Virgil who steals this one. He really delivers the goods and is hard to stop watching; he knows how to turn the camera into his friend. A very enjoyable performance and worth watching this film for alone.

I also liked Silverman more than usual, and Dinklage continues to be hilarious in everything, it seems. He was great in Elf, the original Death At A Funeral (a classic), and many others, and he's equally funny here. There's something about him when he's angry that's hard not to laugh at. Rhodes also gets nice little turns from all the bit players, the sign of a good director, and I think we'll be seeing a lot more quality work from him, and from Malco too.

There are also some quick but perfect scenes showing John's gambling addiction that are all too accurate, yet funny too. It's the quietly wise moments like that which lift Saint John well above the average buddy/road/Vegas flick. If any of those three genres appeals to you, or you just like Buscemi, Malco, Silverman or Dinklage, you're bound to like this quietly funny, smart film.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great quirky road movie!, June 24, 2010

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Bobby S. "-Bobby" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saint John of Las Vegas (DVD)

Quirky road/buddy comedy by director Hue Rhodes, sort of in a string of vignettes that add up to a clever twist ending. Great supporting cast including Peter Dinklage, John Cho and Tim Blake Nelson makes for a lot of fun and continued interest.

4.0 out of 5 stars What A Lucky Man He Was, April 21, 2011

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C. Rocklein - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saint John of Las Vegas (DVD)

A likable, if short, movie at 85 minutes. The DVD transfer looks good and the audio sounds great. Would've appreciated subtitles but oh well. It's a pretty easy movie to get right into and Buscemi and Malco play well off each other. The story set-up is interesting too, with these two insurance claims investigators digging around the deserts of Las Vegas in search of a fraudulant claim, namely that of Miss Tasty Dee-light's, a stripper with a case of whiplash. John (Buscemi), a semi-recovered compulsive gambler spends a lot of time trying to figure out if luck is with him, and less time trying to avoid buying lottery tickets. The movie in its final analysis might be seen as a kind of philosophical treaty a guy makes with himself on the subject of luck. It's well filmed and in spite of being loosely based on Dante's Inferno, it's mostly a fairly light ride with black-ish humor. A slightly anti-climactic ending may have resulted in some of its low ratings. But what it does have going for it is a good scenario, fine acting and a cinematic feel. It's not the best movie Buscemi's ever done, but it's nothing to be ashamed of either.