Lucky You

Year: 2007

Grade: D+

Country: USA

Director: Hanson

Review

curtis hanson has some decent work to his name – 8 mile, l.a. confidential, in her shoes, etc. so, in spite of the previews, i decided to check this one out. unfortunately for us this is one of those instances when the marketing department did an accurate job of depicting how bad the film is. it never really knows what kind of film it is – is it a gambling or poker film like cincinnati kid or rounders, or is it a romance, or is it about a man’s broken relationship with his father? in the end, it’s all of these things and it just feels bloated and messy. add to this lackluster performances from bana (munich, chopper) and barrymore and you get a fairly poor film.

Watched in theater