A dad convinces his friends to start an illegal casino in his basement after he and his wife spend their daughter's college fund.
Despite the pairing of the eminently likable and talented Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler as the leads, and about a dozen recognizable (and usually funny) supporting players, this broad farce about a couple opening an illegal casino in their house is a fetid, cheap-looking, depressing and occasionally even mean-spirited disaster. - One star