3/5 Not one of Toback's best but still interesting
  by Richard Ross
Alan Jensen (Adrien Grenier), the point guard on the Harvard basketball team, enjoys an exciting college life. He is deeply involved in philosophy and hopes to one day reach the other side and figure out what is really inside of him. Helping him to find himself are two beautiful women : Chesney Court (Joey Lauren Adams) his philosophy professor, and Cindy Bandolini (Sarah Michelle Gellar) the daughter of a rumored mob boss. Alan enjoys nothing more than sleeping with them, getting high with them and discussing the meaning of life with them. But when his parent's house is destroyed in a tornado Alan becomes desperate to raise enough money to buy them a new one. This is where Cindy comes in. She tells Alan that her father will give him the money as a gift. Alan later learns that as payback he must throw an upcoming basketball game. His morals won't let him but once he realizes that this is his only option he goes along with the plan. What he doesn't count on is that Cindy is using him to make some cash for herself. Factor in Allan's drug use which he has stepped up to LSD, two FBI agents (Eric Stoltz and Rebecca Gayheart) who are into threesomes with Chesney and who want her to help them get Alan, and Al Franken in a funny cameo and the film becomes a confusing mess with far too much going on. That's exactly the way Toback likes it though. He likes throwing as many characters and plot points in the mix so that he, like Alan, can find some truth in things. The film is intelligently written and often stylishly directed. The performances are hit and miss: Grenier is occasionally good as Alan but most of his line readings are embarrassing, Gellar and Lauren Adams handle themselves quite well, Gayheart is okay in a limited role and Stoltz is quite amusing as a man who as one character puts it "speaks in four different accents and walks with a limp". The film is a good comedy/drama full of Toback's usual blend of sex, gambling, and philosophical debates. He provides his usual entertaining commentary in the DVD extras.

3/5 3 Star Review
  by Bryan W. Diantonio (Marlton,NJ USA)
This movie is okay, alittle werid exspecially once a certain someone takes some pills and the rest of the movie is alittle werid from then on out. Good plot, and it was a surprise to see Ray Allen in a movie.

2/5 meh~
  by N. okezie (usa)
could've been better. sarah michelle gellar isn't so great in it and niether is rebecca gayheart. i love the scene when adrian grenier's character is rolling. now that's an actor! it's basically a story of a basketball player that suddenly needs a lot of money to help his parents and gets tied up in mob business. you just have to see it for yourself...especially if you are an adrian grenier fan~

1/5 Very Dissappointing !!!
  by Tara Plumeri (East Hampton, CT)
Like most reviewers, I rented this movie because Sarah Michelle Geller was in it. I am a HUGE fan of Buffy and her other movies such as Scream and the Grudge. She is an extrememly talented acctress and after watching this movie I can't imagine WHY she agreed to star in this film. Quit simply it was horrible. Some of the sex scenes she had were too racy for my taste and just dissappointing that she would agree to sell herself like this. Oddly enough after this movie her next 2 hits would be the Family movies - Scooby Doo and Scooby Doo part 2. I read on alot of fan sites that they were upset in her role in this movie. After this her roles were MUCH more carefully chosen. Thank Goodness !! If you are still unsure .. I highly suggest renting this instead of spending your $$ on purchasing it.

2/5 Sarah Michelle Gellar could have chosen better.
  by Michael
The only reason why I decided to buy this movie was because Sarah Michelle Gellar was in it. And well that's maybe because I am the biggest obsessor of Sarah Michelle since her day's in All My Children. But i've followed her through everything she has been through and I have boughten it all, and respectably all her movies have been great to watch. But this. to make this plain and simple.

The only thing this movie has going for itself is that Sarah Michelle Gellar was in it. Adrian can not act for his life. He has to be one of the worst actors in Hollywood ever. It's pathetic over how he books any movies or gets on tv. Sarah Michelle Gellar's acting pretty much saved this movie from the big negative stars it would have been. But Sarah Michelle could have chosen a better movie to be in instead of this, but you know. Money is money I guess. So if your a fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar, or the mafia, you may like this movie. But for me, this is the worst movie Sarah Michelle Gellar has done, even though she was not bad in it. Her acting shines time and time again.