Good Luck Chuck (2007)
Average Rating: 2.8/10
Reviews Counted: 114
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 108
A shortage of laughs and an undercurrent of mean-spiritedness undermine Good Luck Chuck, squandering a decent premise on gross-out humor and shopworn slapstick.
Average Rating: 2.7/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 25
A shortage of laughs and an undercurrent of mean-spiritedness undermine Good Luck Chuck, squandering a decent premise on gross-out humor and shopworn slapstick.
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A serial dater afflicted with a lifelong curse of loneliness attempts to win the love of a clumsy but beautiful penguin expert in the one romantic comedy that proves true love never comes easy. As a ten-year-old boy, Charlie (Dane Cook), breaks the cardinal rule of spin-the-bottle by refusing to kiss a demented goth girl. Crushed by the disheartening snub and determined to ensure that Charlie never finds true love, the vengeful brooder places a hex on the cowardly rule breaker that follows him
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Cast
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Dane Cook
Charlie Logan -
Jessica Alba
Cam -
Dan Fogler
Stu -
Ellia English
Reba -
Sasha Pieterse
Goth Girl -
Lonny Ross
Joe -
Chelan Simmons
Carol -
Connor Price
Young Charlie -
Troy Gentile
Young Stu -
Mackenzie Mowat
Birthday Girl -
Caroline Ford
Jennifer -
Natalie Morris
Natalie -
Chang Tseng
Karaoke Singer -
Michael Teigen
Wedding D.J. -
Chiara Zanni
Bride -
Ben Ayres
Groomsman -
Carrie Anne Fleming
Dirty Talker -
Agam Darshi
Female Wedding Guest -
Crystal Lowe
Cam's Wedding Friend -
Steven Glenn
Carol's New Man -
Téa Helfrich
Screaming Little Girl -
Yasmine Vox
Pleasure -
Tava Smiley
Woman in Car -
Connor Crash Dunn
Frisbee Kid -
Norma Cowley
Frisbee Grandmother -
Elizabeth Schnitzker
Ceiling Lover -
Michelle Andrew
Red Haired Lover -
Annie Wood
Lara -
Eliza Bayne
Wheelbarrow Lover -
Ed Welch
Dirty Talker's True Lov... -
Tammy Morris
Contortionist Lover -
Kari-Ann Wood
George W. Lover -
Camille Atebe
Butch Cop -
Jessica Olafson
Kitchen Counter Lover -
Susan McLellan
Shower Lover -
Zara Taylor
Magazine Lover -
Viviana Dal Cengio
Thankful Lover -
Cassandra Sawtell
Girl in Penguin Habitat -
Jodie Stewart
Eleanor Skepple -
Ian Farthing
Eleanor's Boyfriend -
Charlie Metzger
Singing Quartet Member -
George Metzger
Singing Quartet Member -
George Wakeham
Singing Quartet Member -
Martin Lovick
Singing Quartet Member -
Lindsay Maxwell
McTitty -
Aaron Dudley
Not George -
Liam James
Boy in Penguin Habitat -
Kevin Crofton
Aquaworld Security -
June B. Wilde
Desperate Woman -
Jodelle Ferland
Lila -
Michelle Harrison
Anisha -
Steve Bacic
Howard -
Georgia Craig
Howard's Wife -
Jody Racicot
Ticket Agent -
Robert Kelly
Airport Security Guard -
Emma Barker
Not Cam -
Taayla Markell
Flight Attendant -
Heather Doerksen
Woman on Plane -
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All Critics (114) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (112) | DVD (9)
A cesspool of irrational plot points and flaccid punch lines.
Top CriticWhat isn't forgivable, though, is being boring, and Good Luck Chuck has all the engaging magnetism of an unflushed toilet.
The script is so reliant on wish-fulfillment it forgets to add those important little touches: you know, wit, sincerity, characterisation, that kind of thing... A very cheap shot - and hardly anyone calls him 'Chuck'.
Can we finally just admit that Dane Cook isn't funny?
This is an unoriginal, dull-witted, juvenile, crude, offensive, idiotic and pointless romantic comedy that makes no sense. None.
Good Luck Chuck looks like the unscreenable bits of bad movies best forgotten retrieved from the cutting-room floor.
We've never gotten the appeal of Cook, and this did nothing to explain it.
The cracking performances from Alba and Cook do wonders at papering over these creative fissures.
If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all, right?
The only plausible scenario in this movie is the idea that a woman would be so annoyed by Dane Cook, she'd be willing to put a curse on him.
... a bit like being at an entertaining party ruined by a some obnoxious loud-mouths shouting obscenities.
Whether or not you appreciate Dane Cook's spastic, hyperactive brand of observational humor, he cannot be held solely responsible for the unmitigated disaster that is 'Good Luck Chuck.'
...comes off as the latest misfire from erstwhile comedian Dane Cook...
Apparently someone out there thought it would be a good idea to capitalize on American's love for penguins AND gross-out comedies.
Because the jokes fall flat, the dialogue is dumb and the Swiss cheese script reads like an afterthought, the only logical conclusion is that all of the above is just a transparent excuse for a constant parade of topless females.
A transparent excuse for a constant parade of topless females eager to assume a compromising position. The only thing missing was a cheesy porn soundtrack.
It's all pretty lewd and crude, with excess and exposure and grotesque fat gags passing for humor.
To paraphrase one of Chuck's girlfriends, this is a film that finds no shame in licking the sand off the balls of comedy.
Good Luck Chuck is the cinematic equivalent to a sexually-transmitted disease. It starts out unnoticeable, then starts to itch a little bit, before finally burning and blistering.
Raunchy in the extreme, Good Luck Chuck like its sexually jaded cavity expert, forlorn dentist Charlie, wants it both ways, juxtaposing Alba's lovestruck innocent with Cook's overcooked, reluctantly lusty flesh magnet.
Crude, vulgar and dispiriting to watch.
Audience Reviews for Good Luck Chuck
Super Reviewer
This one was a great surprise to me, I was all set to watch a passable RomCom, but this was definitely a funny, albeit pretty crude Comedy. Dane Cook (not heard of before) was of course the star of this film, it was easy watching, cringeable in parts, corny but quite original.
Super Reviewer
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- Cam: People will believe what they want to believe.
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