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Lucky You (2006) Certificate PG

Lucky You
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Rated 2.5 stars
Average rating
(52%)
 
Starring: Drew Barrymore | Robert Duvall | Debra Messing | Jean Smart | Eric Bana
Director: Curtis Hanson
Studio: WARNER BROS
Run time: 124 mins
Genres: Drama
Languages: English
Released: October 22, 2007

Billie Offer (Barrymore) is a young singer from Bakersfield with more heart then talent. Huck Cheever (Bana) is a poker player whose emotions at the table often undermine his exceptional skill, especially when he is heads up with his father, poker legend L. C. Cheever (Duvall). The one aptitude Billie and Huck seem to share is a knack for reading people - the difference is what they do with that gift. While Huck's instincts enable him to take advantage of his opponents at the poker table and expertly avoid both emotional connections and long-term commitments in his personal life, Billie uses her intuition to see the emotional truth of those around her and sympathize with their pain. When these two meet, the real game begins.

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Rating of 2 stars out of 5
Time Out

Curtis Hanson hasnt hit his stride since winning the Oscar for LA Confidential; 8 Mile was workable, and...

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25 out of 31 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 1.0 stars
Cards on the table... its not really worth a gamble...

PaulaWestwood from , 24th June, 2007

If you can watch approx 1 hour 40 minutes of poker playing, with 15 minutes of sort of rom-com added its for you, if not it really really will wear you down. It is sort of good enough, but there is just way way too much poker playing going on to make this anything like entertaining. I know nothing whatsoever about playing the tables, and after this I don't feel like I have missed out on much. You could give this one a miss.

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7 out of 7 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
Calling all Poker Players

Rob Wright from England, 16th September, 2007

This is an ok Rom Com but where it shines is as being the best Poker movie since Rounders. You will lose count of the number of Poker stars that Cameo in this film its like an invitation only night at Full Tilt Poker also manages to capture some of the glory and pain of the game.

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5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 0.0 stars
most boring film ever

A Customer from London, 21st January, 2008

don't bother- watching paint dry is more interesting!

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4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
Great movie if you like poker/slower music

A Customer from Leicester, 5th December, 2007

Great movie, great soundtrack (especially the new dylan song). It's a fairly typical romantic comedy menu, with a lot of poker playing thrown in. If you like poker playing, it's great, but as you see from the other reviews, if you're not a card fan, pass on this one. There's too much card psychology for you. In America everyone appears to be getting into watching texas hold 'em and this movie capitalizes on it.

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Rated 2.0 stars
I should of Folded!!!

TheFirstStar from , 28th February, 2010

i agree with the review ' 1 hour and 4o mins of poker playing with about 15mins of romcom added' not impressed. good cast but they were sorely misused..couldnt relate to the characters, not much story. boring. boring. boring. real let down!!!

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Rated 2.0 stars
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1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 3.0 stars
Change the Deck!

Charles Brickley from Andover, Hampshire England, 14th September, 2009

On the surface this was a novel and interesting way of telling the Gambler's story of thrills and spills, using real Poker players to give it authenticity and a cast of rock solid actors to act out the wordy bits. But like the tag line to the movie 'Change your game. Change your life.' something needed to change to add zest to this story of buzz, bedlam, thrill addiction, broken hearts, broken pockets and double dealing. Director Curtis Hanson ('L.A. Confidential' and 'In Her Shoes') plotted the story well enough and the talents of Messrs Duvall, Bana and Miss Barrymore were all top drawer, yet somehow the pace was not quite right. Perhaps the plot was too poker faced or the sub plots too tedious, but something managed to distract from the main story of the showdown between Father and Son, Master and Pupil. Perhaps some essence of pleasure had been left with the Pawnbroker and the Editor forgot to get it back into the movie? Once again it was worth having the rental, because I defy anybody to want to watch this film again in a hurry, albeit it was not a total waste of two hours. Worth the money? I would not bet on it!

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Rated 2.0 stars
boring

Betty23 from , 5th September, 2009

thought it started off gd but in the end got boring

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