Start your review of Owning Mahowny. I rent Owning Mahowny about a year ago and still often find myself thinking about it. Inspired by true events, "Owning Mahowny" is a very good movie about ludomania, without the Hollywood razzle-dazzle behind (and I write this as a good thing) and with Hoffman at its best.
Top positive review. I do not rent or see lots of movies anymore, largely due to the flashy, tabloid-fodder being churned out by Hollywood studios these days (curiously, who are all strangely confused why box office receipts keep dropping year-after-year). Brian Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Add to Wish List. Dan Mahowny is the very epitome of milquetoast. Leave a reply. A movie review by James Berardinelli. 4.1 out of 5. 15 customer ratings. 4.1 out of 5 stars. I rent Owning Mahowny about a year ago and still often find myself thinking about it. When Mahowny gets caught, he and Belinda are chagrined by the problems they have created. Joanna added it Jul 31, 2014.
Owning Mahowny (2003) is an honest yet harrowing tale about the harmful nature of gambling addiction and the lengths people will go to feed it. Owning Mahowny (2003) – Review. Menu. All the funds were lost in Atlantic City and Vegas. "Owning Mahowny" is about a man seized helplessly with tunnel vision, in the kind of tunnel that has no light at either end. He's just been promoted to Assistant Manager at a prestigious Toronto bank, the youngest man ever to hold the position. Film Review: Owning Mahowny. … Go out to the track and watch ?" Format: DVD Change.
Owning Mahowny is not without its good supporting cast either, including John Hurt (Alien) as the Casino owner that takes a shine to Mahowny and Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting) as his girlfriend.
At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. But this is not a con movie, it is far more clever than that. He's bland and ordinary and uninteresting in just about every way. A Nutshell Review: Owning Mahowny 1 December 2010 | by DICK STEEL – See all my reviews I suppose if anyone locally wants a cautionary tale about the ills of obsessive and compulsive gambling, they can look no further than Owning Mahowny, which is based on the true story of Canadian Brian Molony, who had embezzled more than 10 million dollars from the bank he works for, to fund his …
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Based on the true-life book "Stung" by Gary Stephen Ross, the film chronicles the facts of the case of a Toronto bank vice president who stole more than $10 million from his employer over a two-year period in the early 1980s.
Owning Mahowny casts an unflinching gaze into a window of addiction of a sort not often portrayed in movies. Bill rated it it was amazing Jan 16, 2019. Tweet; Share; Pin; By: John Woods.
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Owning Mahowny tells the famous and true story of a mid-level bank manager at the CIBC, who in the early 80s, stole $10,000,000 from several high profile clients, and a few non-existent ones. 5.0 out of 5 stars Owning "Owning Mahowny"? OWNING MAHOWNY is a subtle and unassuming, but profound, morality tale about the power of sin. Movies .
5 star 54% 4 star 23% 3 star 12% 2 star 0% (0%) 0% 1 star 11% Owning Mahowny [Import] by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Price: $24.95 + $3.99 shipping. Cut off temporarily by his bookie, he asks incredulously, "What am I supposed to do? See all 12 positive reviews › James.
Dan Mahowny (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) is a man struggling to get through a gambling problem, or as he refers to it as, a financial problem. Clare O'Hara added it Aug 18, 2014.