The Grand

The Grand (2007) is an improvised poker comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Director Zac Penn handed his cast a setup and almost no dialogue, then let them ad-lib their way through the final table of a high-stakes championship. Most of what you hear was invented live, on camera.

Six players reach that table, each carrying a different kind of desperation. Woody Harrelson plays a recovering addict trying to save his grandfather's crumbling casino with one big win. David Cross and Cheryl Hines are siblings who'd rather destroy each other than split a pot, and Werner Herzog steals every scene he's in as a soft-spoken assassin known only as The German. Dennis Farina, Ray Romano and Jason Alexander round out the field, with Gabe Kaplan calling the action like it's the Super Bowl. The laughs come dry and deadpan, mockumentary-style — closer to Christopher Guest than to a gag reel. If you like awkward silences more than punchlines, this one's for you. Stream The Grand (2007) online on iFILM.