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Beth is tired of stripteasing and coaching dances in Florida so she quits her job and moves to Las Vegas, seeking job as a cocktail waitress. Accidentally, she meets Dink, a professional gambler with a system. He discovers Beth's talent for numbers and hires her as his protegee. When she show her interest on her mentor, his wife kicks her out of him. Against his advice, Beth chooses a dangerous job as she work for Rosie, who runs an illegal operation.
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Los Angeles Times
What has happened to director Stephen Frears?
December 06, 2012
Film Journal International
This shaggy-dog story based on the improbable real-life adventures of exotic dancer-turned-bookie-turned-journalist Beth Raymer is never quite as amusing as it thinks it is, despite a charming performance by Rebecca Hall.
December 07, 2012
Yahoo! Movies
While everything seems to be going in its favor, Lay The Favorite is a losing bet.
March 13, 2013
Paste Magazine
Poor Rebecca Hall. If someone had told her there was no hope for Lay the Favorite, she could have saved some energy.
December 07, 2012
NPR
A listless comedy built around a vivacious protagonist.
December 06, 2012
Cinemalogue.com
... offers little insight into its subject or its setting and feels like it's been chopped up in the editing room.
December 10, 2012
New York Times
Best to say as little as possible, cut one's losses and move on.
December 06, 2012
Seattle Times
The dots are there, but they don't connect.
December 06, 2012
Examiner.com
What little plot "Lay the Favorite" has is lost in a mess of a screenplay that does absolutely nothing to stand out in any way whatsoever.
December 06, 2012
Times-Picayune
A shrug of a film featuring unremarkable characters in an unremarkable story that never does more than limp toward it flat and flimsy third act.
March 08, 2013
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