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.
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Lucky You (2007)
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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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release: May 4, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $5,727,530
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... [More]
Starring: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Debra Messing
Director: Curtis Hanson
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Top Critic
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
As soon as it has to face the real world, and deal with "emotions," it goes completely slack.
09/14/07
...everything about the movie is a little out-of-it, and not just because it's been lying on the studio shelf for a couple of years.
07/10/07
It's a shame that Barrymore's scenes are such a washout because the rest of the film is perfectly fine.
06/30/07
The end result is a movie that would have been better off eschewing its comedic aspirations in order to tell a serious story, which Hanson and Duvall have more than proven they’re capable of.
06/30/07
Can't decide whether it's a cautionary tale about gambling, a weepy father-son drama or a breezy rom-com.
06/30/07
Lucky You is a decent and often engaging character study that deserved more respect from critics and the studio than it received.
06/22/07
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
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