Overview
- 21 is now streaming on Netflix, driving a wave of rediscovery and new viewing recommendations.
- Inspired by real events, the film adapts Bringing Down the House about MIT students who used card counting to beat Las Vegas casinos.
- Jim Sturgess leads as Ben Campbell opposite Kevin Spacey’s Mickey Rosa, with Kate Bosworth, Josh Gad and Laurence Fishburne in supporting roles.
- The 2008 release was a commercial success, grossing nearly $160 million worldwide on a budget of about $35 million.
- Recent viewer reactions highlight its Ocean’s Eleven-style heist vibe and praise it as a “genius” and “one of the best Blackjack” movies.