The three characters are an odd trio, beautifully played.

...Isaac grounds the movie in his stirring, tuned-in performance of Tell...

At its best, 'The Card Counter' is wonderfully retro, like an old-fashioned noir.

Schrader has carpentered a strong and vehement film, hypnotically watchable...

...reaffirms Schrader as a master-crafter of stories involving morally ambiguous men concealing ready-to-erupt inner lives.

Schrader dispenses with a lot of niceties to zero in on his major themes here.

...this grimy tale of an ex-con turned professional gambler is archetypal Paul Schrader material.