This past weekend I went out of town with some good friends to go relax on the west side of the state. Other than a lot of lounging in the sun, swimming and eating we also watched the inspired-by-true-events movie 21.

I have to say, it was very entertaining.  You can definitely tell where they took some liberties with the actual details of what went down toward the end of the movie, but it was still pretty well done. The acting was good, the pacing was good, heck even the effects (what effects they had) were good.

There have been a lot of movies about “stickin’ it to the man” but this one came off as a bit different. Perhaps because it wasn’t completely formulaic (although it was still relatively predictable) or perhaps because the dialog in general was very well written and delivered. It was also a very stylish portrail of what could have been pretty much a documentary. You really got a feel for what it might have felt like to be a college kid with hundreds of thousands of dollars and an ego to match.

Overall it’s a very well done movie and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it.