The Seduction of Gina

1984

Action / Drama

2
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 228 228

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Plot summary

Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she keeps hoping her lucky streak will last.


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Valerie Bertinelli as Gina Breslin
Ed Lauter as Carl
Pamela Dunlap as Annette
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by amberbh-50456 7 / 10

The seduction of Gina

Valerie Bertinelli stars as a young wife who feels abandoned by her hard working husband. After going to Lake Tahoe with some friends, Gina becomes hooked on gambling. Her husband doesn't notice anything is wrong at first, but then realizes that Gina isn't staying home at night. Gina becomes so wrapped up in gambling that she inevitably gets into financial trouble. There are other seductions at play as well. Valerie Bertinelli is good as is the rest of the cast, although the film does suffer from cliches of 1980s made for television films, most notably the score, which is a little ridiculous. I did notice that Eddie Van Halen, Bertinelli's husband at the time, contributed to the score. Overall, this isn't a great film, but it isn't terrible either. I would say it's a typical 1980s made for television movie.

Reviewed by gmaileatsyourlunch 8 / 10

A slow motion trainwreck

The Seduction of Gina is at its strongest in delivering a step-by-step tour of how gambling can go from an innocent betting pool win at the local bar to the complete unraveling of a life. At first, Gina (Valerie Bertinelli) lands on her feet, occasionally narrowly avoiding disaster. There's often a sense of relief, like "Well, that wasn't good, but she can recover." Eventually the small losses turn into big losses, and big losses need big lies to keep quiet.

Gina's problems didn't start in the casino. She's spontaneous, endearing, bubbly, and maybe a tad impulsive. As such, while everyone loves having her around no one takes her particularly seriously. Her father and brother talk about the stock market and leave her out, and when she asks, it elicits eyerolls and a casual dismissal. Her husband quickly shoots down any plans she makes for them to spend time together because his medical internship is too important and necessitates very long hours. Her one main college friend is too busy chasing guys and studying to hang out more. It seems everyone around Gina is "going somewhere" and she's just the plucky sidekick or supportive wife.

Her husband, in fact, has his own addiction in the form of his work. It's obvious his medical internship is very demanding, yet it's also his ready-made excuse to get out of anything. Gina repeatedly attempts to make plans for them and asks if he can schedule a day off, but he doesn't really try. Work is just more important to him. It's easy to blame Gina for their marriage falling apart - she's an addict, a degenerate. On the other hand, he's pursuing the noble path of becoming a doctor.

Some may be hoping for a grittier rock bottom, like Gina ending up on the streets as a prostitute or something equally tragic, but it stops short of going full-on exploitation. I'm glad it didn't go there because it keeps her more relatable. Sometimes films like this want to revel in the grime, and the viewer assuages themself with the thought that, "Well, I'm not waking up face down in the gutter, so I don't have a problem." Gina is able to contain most of the desperation and despair beneath a mostly composed veneer, even as her world is crashing down all around her - a reminder that some addictions can't be seen at just a glance.

This film is probably more relevant today than when it was made given that gambling is now more available than ever. Gina wouldn't even need to drive three hours up highway 50 from San Francisco to South Lake Tahoe to get her fix. She could be in a card room in less than an hour these days. She could just go online.

There's two more quick things to say about this great little film. The first is an awesome synth soundtrack by Eddie Van Halen (who Bertinelli was dating at the time), and the second is all the early-1980s scenes of San Francisco, with old icons like Enrico's Coffee, Union Square and Chinatown.

Reviewed by chris330r 8 / 10

A movie without an ending

I came across this on Amazon for free and really enjoyed it. Watching Gina's "seduction" by gambling was hard to watch at times, especially how she kept dipping into her trust fund to chase after her next win. As stupid as she was, I still sympathized with the character and felt badly for her. It was clear to me that she was using gambling as fulfillment for the empty marriage she had to her med school husband who never had any time for her. She complains to her friend how she feels trapped in the marriage to a husband she never sees and how she "can't date". She obviously jumped into that marriage way too soon at 20 (or earlier as it's not determined the age she was when marrying, but she turns 21 in the film). It was a good film, but lacked a proper ending imo. I won't spoil anything, but I felt there should've been more to show before ending the way it did. Still, a solid 8 stars and Bertinelli is always nice to watch and the San Francisco early 80's street scenes were nice to see.

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