Five Aces

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Five Aces
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DVD cover
Directed byDavid O'Neill
Written byDavid O'Neill
David Sherrill
Kevin Bernhardt
(uncredited) [1]
Produced byDavid O'Neill
Andrew Stevens
Starring Charlie Sheen
Christopher McDonald
Narrated byAimée Leigh
Music byMichael Muhlfriedel
John Remark
Production
companies
Release dates
  • October 9, 1999 (1999-10-09)(NYFF)
  • May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)(DVD release)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Five Aces is a 1999 black comedy drama film written, produced and directed by David Michael O'Neill. It stars Charlie Sheen, Christopher McDonald, Jeff Cesario, Michael McGrady, Tia Carrere, Geoffrey Lewis, and Matt Clark.

Contents

The film was released direct-to-video in many countries.

Plot

Chris Martin is a bachelor about to marry his longtime girlfriend. Wanting to enjoy his last few days as a single man, Chris spends several nights hanging out with his old high school friends, the "Five Aces". Chris, Ray, Ash, Todd and Sean spend the week at a winter cabin in their hometown, drinking, swapping life stories, and chasing women. Over the course of forty-eight hours, Chris witnesses the blow-up of one his friend's marriages, runs into an old flame looking to rekindle their relationship, and starts to have second thoughts about his upcoming nuptials.

Cast

Reception

Writing for Film Freak, Walter Chaw said, "For fully half the picture's brief 95 minutes, Five Aces presents surprisingly realistic and sympathetic characters engaging in well-written and performed conversations...The film earns a recommendation for the rapport and general likeability of our sensitive heroes, but it comes with the warning that Five Aces only maintains its integrity for about an act-and-a-half before succumbing to the mawkish and the easy." [2]

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References

  1. "Five Aces". Morgan Creek . Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  2. Chaw, Walter (May 20, 2002). "Five Aces (1999) - DVD". Film Freak Central. Retrieved June 17, 2023.