Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I really really love this movie. I love the plot twists. I love how Chazz Palminteri (hope I spelled it correct) plays the bad guy. How Mars Callaghan is portraying Johnny. I love the skill show montage they put every now and then. I love the tricks they pull at the pool tables and off the pool tables. I love Christopher Walken and try to follow every movie he ever played a role in, regardless of the movie's quality or ratings. They way the scenes are put together. The flow between them. They way Johnny tricks his girlfriends boss, they way he gets a job selling mobile homes, the ending plot twist, the whole scene with Rico. Everything in this movie is really great. I have seen it so many times I know it by heart. Even Cris Walkens monologue about lions is bloody great (as always). I really urge you to watch this movie. You do not have to like pool to enjoy it.

There's nothing wrong with a pompous vanity project once in a while, but Mars Callahan's "Poolhall Junkies" is a movie that just really pushes it. It's basically just 90 minutes worth of Callahan shooting pool while doing a bad Robert De Niro impression, which isn't really my idea of entertainment. The acting performance is irritatingly weak, but somehow his writing gets to be even worse. As much as I love Tarantino, I do sorta resent him for all the untalented copycats his movies have spawned. Writing minute-long dialogues about absolutely nothing doesn't automatically make you clever, there is a little more to it. And if you're going to base your dialogues on Tarantino-like observations, please don't make any that stand-up comedians were already making twenty years ago. The only saving grace to "Poolhall Junkies" is that it's an independent film, which means that sooner or later Christopher Walken is bound to show up to at least give it one memorable moment. And what can I say, the man always delivers. Apart from that, this movie is pretty useless.

This is definitely the worst movie I have ever seen. I don't understand how this movie has a 6+ IMDb rating. There is nothing about this movie that is good. The plot is virtually non-existent, the acting is positively awful....I could go on and on. There is endless footage of guys making pool shots, but that's it. I think the actors were hired because they are good at pool, not because they can act. It is one of those movies you get entertainment out of because it is just that bad. What is the point of these reviews having to be more than 10 lines? I think I have written an expressive review that captures my feelings about this movie and hopefully dissuades people from watching this movie.

Horrible. The dialogue was just bad as well as cheesy. I had to force myself to watch the entire thing. The acting was bad as well... almost as though he was reading everything off a teleprompter. Even walken couldn't save the movie, i'm sure he did everything he could but his lines were just bad. The lines and the formula were so stereotypical, the concept(pool) isn't too mainstream but the structure was. Coldfire gives this movie two BIG THUMBS DOWN! Maybe that explains why i haven't seen any of the actors since. It reminds me of that steven sigal film.... ONLY I COOK FOR THE CAPTAIN *punching and kicking ensues*.p.s. dialogue came up as spelled wrong? wha?!