...a low-key character study that consistently benefits from Johnson's often spellbindingly accomplished performance...

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 14, 2020

One film that defeats the mumblecore flaw of open-ended aimlessness.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 4, 2019

You go in with the highest of intentions, all the necessary wherewithal to play a great hand, and in one fell swoop lose it all. That's not an explanation of the gambling vice; that's Win It All.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 5, 2019

The balance between those two impulses - great human tragedy boiled into an almost Shakespearean comedy - is played with throughout and the result is nothing shy of delightful.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Nov 5, 2018

Jake Johnson carries Win It All with ease until the final act when the film ultimately loses its way.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/10 | Oct 10, 2018

Jake Johnson brings a type of charisma and serious humor that's no different than his past roles in New Girl and Drinking Buddies. His way of acting really helps to tell a very real story of a man on a downward spiral.

Full Review | Aug 25, 2018

So much of the film's comedy and sweetness stems from Eddie acknowledging that its time to grow up and take personal responsibility. You know, the stuff that's usually jammed into a third act montage in most comedies.

Full Review | Original Score: 7.5/10 | Jul 24, 2018

Win It All has a wonderful lived-in tone and style, thanks to how Swanberg films and edits his movies. It's tense, funny, well-structured and carried by strong performances. And yet, there is something off about it.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2018

In Johnson, an endearing wiseass, Swanberg has found his ideal muse.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2018

Solid acting and a fresh take on a compulsive gambler's life combine with charm supplied by indie director Joe Swanson to make this smart film a well-balanced mix of suspense, heart, and humor.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 24, 2018

Unsurprising but as likable as Jake Johnson, at his scruffiest, can make it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 12, 2018

Watch it for [Jake] Johnson's winning performance, and let his poker face distract you from the flaws.

Full Review | Sep 7, 2017

Win It All wants to play nice and warm hearts. It wants you to win, too.

Full Review | Aug 24, 2017

Win It All is a chance to see a handful of great comic actors, Johnson chief among them, milk Swanberg's low-key narrative designs for all the comedy they're worth.

Full Review | Aug 10, 2017

Though Win It All plays like a series of vignettes, Swanberg has become both grounded and creatively expanded as a result of Johnson's repeated collaboration.

Full Review | May 9, 2017

Conventional though the arc may be, Joe Swanberg's amiably rambling comedy finds itself away from the poker table, developing into a neat little dramedy along the way.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10 | Apr 20, 2017

Win It All is a slow-burn dramedy set on undercutting the romanticized, disheveled losers of noir while still developing a charm of its own.

Full Review | Apr 20, 2017

Win It All is another reminder that Jake Johnson and Joe Swanberg are a potent and dynamic filmmaking team that are willing to explore seldom seen complex characters in a refreshingly honest fashion.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 20, 2017

In Joe Swanberg's latest amiable amble of a comedy, Jake Johnson plays a broke gambling addict trying not so hard to do the right thing.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 12, 2017

Just should've been about the Cubs.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Apr 8, 2017