
The Weinstein Company has released an international poster and eight high resolution photos from
Stephen Frears‘ comedy/drama
Lay the Favorite, a serio-comic true-life tale about a lower-class force of nature who discovers she's a natural in the gambling trade, is like a loud guest at a party who's amusing for a while, until you just have to escape to the next room, arriving in U.K. theaters June 22.
The film stars
Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall, Joshua Jackson, Frank Grillo, Catherine Zeta-Jones and
Vince Vaughn.
Here's the synopsis:
Beth Raymer is a beautiful girl with a big heart who leaves her dancing job at a Florida strip club to become a Las Vegas cocktail waitress. Not exactly an ideal career choice, but her borderline-ditzy personality doesn't give her many options. In walks Dink, a professional sports bettor who sees through her bubbly exterior and offers her a job placing wagers all over town to gain an advantage over the casinos. Her surprisingly impeccable mind for numbers soon cements her status as Dink's good-luck charm, until his gorgeous-but-frigid wife, Tulip, starts to get jealous. Faced with no other choice but to fire Beth, Dink's luck runs out when she heads to New York to work for a smarmy bookie, a turn of events that lands her squarely on the wrong side of the law.
Still no U.S. release date for
Lay the Favorite.
Rebecca Hall
Vince Vaughn and Rebecca Hall
Vince Vaughn
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Bruce Willis and Stephen Frears
Lay the Favorite Poster