Kevin Pollak’s Typical Vibe
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Kevin Pollak has 36 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Casino.
Recurring themes

It Could Happen to You
1994
Comedy · Drama

Maid in Manhattan
2002
Comedy · Drama

Class Act
1992
Comedy · Drama

Pecker
1998
Comedy · Drama

Student Of The Year
2012
Comedy · Drama

10 Things I Hate About You
1999
Comedy · Romance

Never Been Kissed
1999
Romance · Comedy

Blast from the Past
1999
Drama · Romance

The Usual Suspects
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

Casino
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Starz · Included

Tulsa King
2022 · Series · Actor
Top 2%Paramount+ · Included

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 · Series · Actor
Top 7%Prime Video · Included

A Few Good Men
1992 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Willow
1988 · Movie · Actor
Top 16%Disney+ · Included

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
Dir. Bryan Singer · With Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci

New York mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is released from prison after 25 years and exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew.
Dir. Taylor Sheridan · With Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr, Jay Will

It’s 1958 Manhattan and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she’s ever wanted - the perfect husband, kids, and Upper West Side apartment. But when her life suddenly takes a turn and Midge must start over, she discovers a previously unknown talent - one that will take her all the way from the comedy clubs of Greenwich Village to a spot on Johnny Carson’s couch.
Dir. Amy Sherman-Palladino · With Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Dir. Todd Phillips · With Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas

A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.
Dir. Christopher Leone · With Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson
A disgruntled Mexican cop is forced to work with a teenage hacker to hunt down the criminals who killed his wife, and dismantle their operation.
Dir. Enrique Begné · With Omar Chaparro, Joey Morgan, Aislinn Derbez

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
Dir. Vincent Gallo · With Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.
Dir. Donald Petrie · With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret

In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, Madeline Carroll

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
Dir. Mick Jackson · With Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant

After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit—suburban style.
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Matthew Perry, Bruce Willis, Natasha Henstridge

When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
Dir. Florent-Emilio Siri · With Bruce Willis, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker
Andy Goodrich's life is upended when his wife enters a rehab program, leaving him on his own with their young kids. Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace, as he ultimately evolves into the father Grace never had.
Dir. Hallie Meyers-Shyer · With Michael Keaton, Mila Kunis, Carmen Ejogo

A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming the locals who worry she'll scare the fish away. But she's less interested in seafood than she is in cooking up a hot time with Max.
Dir. Howard Deutch · With Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret

Sam Fox is a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters – Max, Frankie and Duke – in Los Angeles. She is mom, dad, referee and the cops.
Dir. Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K. · With Pamela Adlon, Celia Imrie, Mikey Madison

High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees to a seemingly impossible challenge. He has six weeks to gain the trust of nerdy outcast Laney Boggs -- and help her to become the school's next prom queen.
Dir. Robert Iscove · With Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Paul Walker

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
Dir. Jon Avnet · With Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, Walton Goggins

Cynical bodyguard Jericho is hired by a man possessed by Satan, who is in search of his bride. When Jericho realizes what is happening, he must do everything he can to save the woman and the world.
Dir. Peter Hyams · With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney

Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.
Dir. George Gallo · With Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, Gabriel Macht
Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel, lesbian exercise classes and a dizzying variety of pills get him through the day, but don't quite solve his problem. His writing partner tries everything to get him back to normal, but it's not until Hudson meets Sara that he finds a real motivation to get better and to actually start feeling again. From the writer of Deuce Bigalow, comes NUMB, a romantic comedy following an unusual man looking for strange love.
Dir. Harris Goldberg · With Matthew Perry, Lynn Collins, Kevin Pollak

It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. With $3.2 million at stake, the Marshals Service closing in, Michael must track down Murphy.
Dir. Demian Lichtenstein · With Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox

The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.
Dir. Michael Moore · With John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman

A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.
Dir. Ricky Gervais · With Ricky Gervais, Eric Bana, Vera Farmiga

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
Dir. Russell Mulcahy · With Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T
George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognise George as a missing millionaire, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation.
Dir. Maurice Phillips · With Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Mercedes Ruehl
Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and unwelcome connection to their past unexpectedly shows up on Jimmy and Jill's doorstep; it's Oz, and he's begging them to help him rescue his wife, Cynthia.
Dir. Howard Deutch · With Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet

Bookish and unpopular Mandy finds her luck finally changing when Drew, the school hottie, invites her to the year's biggest party. But with being grounded and Drew's ex-girlfriend bent on thwarting her, Mandy may be destined to remain a geek. Can a little ingenuity and some help from her friends save the day?
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Ashley French, Robbie Amell, Kevin Pollak
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