Can't decide whether it's a cautionary tale about gambling, a weepy father-son drama or a breezy rom-com.
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06/30/07
Lucky You (2007)
28 %
Reviews Counted: 134 Fresh: 38 Rotten:96 Average Rating: 4.9/10
Consensus:
Lucky You tries to combine a romantic story with the high-stakes world of poker, but comes up with an empty hand.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Theatrical Release: 22-06-2007
Synopsis: Director Curtis Hanson (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, WONDER BOYS) raises the stakes and takes on Las Vegas in LUCKY YOU. Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) plays poker for a living, using every opportunity that arises in daily life to hone his skills and test the odds. He is fueled by both a compulsion to win and the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Debra Messing, Horatio Sanz
Director: Curtis Hanson
Screenwriter: Curtis Hanson, Eric Roth
Producer: Carol Fenelon, Denise Di Novi
Composer: Christopher Young
Screenwriter: Curtis Hanson, Eric Roth
Producer: Carol Fenelon, Denise Di Novi
Composer: Christopher Young
Reviews
Below average, overlong drama that fails to deliver an emotional punch, largely because it's unsure of whether it wants to be a father-son drama or a romcom.
06/22/07
But Lucky You would be distinctly better if it were shorter in length and clearer about the rules of the game. Its idea that gamblers carry on much the same in life as they do at the tables is hardly original enough to sustain the whole film.
06/22/07
The beats here aren't bad, they're just slow, slight and rather predictable.
06/22/07
As Kenny Rogers once said: “It’s all about knowing when to hold ’em and knowing when to fold ’em”. In poker terms this over-long flop is a busted flush.
06/22/07
Although Lucky You was made nearly two years ago, it seems Warner Brothers didn’t quite know what to do with it, hence it being quietly slipped out in a quiet week between blockbusters. Maybe they hoped nobody would notice.
06/22/07
A frustrating case of good pedigree, bad form. Delayed time and again, this mish-mash of listless plotting, shallow characters and uninvolving action sadly wasn’t worth the wait. Poker fans are better off looking up The Cincinnati Kid or Rounders.
06/22/07
Gamble on the movie, by all means: it has its low-key pleasures. But perhaps safer to fold, and hope Hanson deals us an ace again soon.
06/22/07
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In the past, poker-playing in the movies was likely to be something exciting but dangerous, not something to be dwelt on technically, and analogous to other criminal and self-destructive activities in the storyline.
06/22/07
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Though Curtis Hanson captures the savage swings from high to low, he fails to when it comes to the addictive quality of poker
06/22/07
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While fans of Eric Bana may get a kick out of his meaty, manly performance, Drew Barrymore is a huge mistake.
06/22/07
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A ‘realistic’ Vegas movie that will set no-one’s soul on fire, but is further proof that Hanson can lend his talents to any style of movie.
06/22/07
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Hanson and Roth shuffle the two sides of the movie, the poker tournament and the love affair, with a Howard Hawksian feel for casual professionalism.
04/10/08
Since Lucky You overdid the poker cliches to death, let me end with one of my favorites: 'You got to know when to hold'em, know when to fold'em.' It seems this film never learned that lesson.
03/03/08
Better to fold 'em than to spend time watching Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore go literally nowhere.
01/04/08
Personally, I think this is one of those misunderstood films that never got a fair shake. DVD often corrects such oversights, and my hope is that Lucky You will finally find the appreciative audience it deserves.
09/28/07
...a well-intentioned romantic-gambling film that misses the mark by providing little we haven't seen before and better.
09/16/07
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