One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stu Ungar

Name: One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stu Ungar
Genre: Sport
Released: 2006-07-29
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Jason Blaine, Rusty Goehringer, Nicholas Sireci

TV Movie
2006
45m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

112

YOUR RATING

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This is a documentary about the life of poker legend Stu Ungar who died in 1998 of heart related conditions due to heavy drug use.This is a documentary about the life of poker legend Stu Ungar who died in 1998 of heart related conditions due to heavy drug use.This is a documentary about the life of poker legend Stu Ungar who died in 1998 of heart related conditions due to heavy drug use.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

112

YOUR RATING

2User reviews

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Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations total

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Goofs
At about 10:30, the narrator says that Unger's "only understanding of nine to five is how it might bookend an inside straight." 6-7-8 is not an inside straight; the term denotes four cards to a straight, with one of the three middle cards missing.

Connections
Referenced in 30 for 30: Little Big Men (2010)

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Featured review

4/10

Pretentious, puffed-up documentary

What we have here is maybe 10 minutes' worth of interesting video footage---Stu Unger at the poker table, reminiscences from world-class poker players and others who knew him---expanded into a 45-minute documentary through supposedly atmospheric dramatizations of Unger's life and soggy, stilted, clichéd narration. The result is repetitive, pretentious and completely unsatisfying.