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Good Luck Chuck (2007)

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Reviews Counted:109

Fresh:5

Rotten:104

Average Rating:2.9/10

Consensus: 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.

Rated: R

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Sep 21, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $35,000,629

Synopsis: Standup comedian Dane Cook (EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH) stars in this romantic comedy as Charlie Logan, a successful dentist cursed with the affliction of having the women he dates fall in love with the... Standup comedian Dane Cook (EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH) stars in this romantic comedy as Charlie Logan, a successful dentist cursed with the affliction of having the women he dates fall in love with the next guy they meet. After a 1985 flashback reveals how, as a child, Charlie came to be hexed, the film finds the grown bachelor taking advantage of his predicament. Because he's never really loved any of the women he's dated, it doesn't hurt much when they leave. But when rumors start circulating that sleeping with Charlie is a lucky love charm, Charlie's popularity reaches new heights that even he, an experienced ladies' man, cannot keep up with. And this luck couldn't come at a worse time, as Charlie's just met his dream girl, penguin zookeeper Cam (Jessica Alba). Perhaps in Charlie's favor is the fact that Cam, despite her beauty and brains, happens to have a hex of her own--extreme clumsiness. Everywhere she goes, minor disaster quickly follows. Will Charlie be the next casualty of her accident-prone charm? While GOOD LUCK CHUCK revolves mainly around a sweet and simple romance, it contains enough one-liners to amuse fans of Cook's standup routine. Though conversations between Charlie and his plastic-surgeon best bud Stu (Dan Fogler) are almost all about sex, the dynamic between Cam and her brother (played by 30 ROCK's Lonny Ross) is slightly more offbeat. The film's sex-driven humor leads to a surprisingly graphic sex-scene montage between Cook and a string of women eager to sleep with him if it means they'll find true love immediately afterwards. [More]

Starring: Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler, Lonny Ross

Starring: Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler, Lonny Ross

Director: Mark Helfrich

Director: Mark Helfrich
Screenwriter: Josh Stolberg
Producer: Mike Karz, Barry Katz, Brian Volk-Weiss
Composer: Aaron Zigman
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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A tedious stream of nightmarish deja vu.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
11/07/07
Jonathon Williams
Jonathon Williams
Little White Lies

Not funny or romantic; too raunchy for all ages.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
11/01/07
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

The movie goes out of its way to be offensive, even by today's standards. The interesting thing is that it does it in an otherwise charming romantic comedy that's actually funny.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
10/26/07
Paul Byrnes
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald

The ultimate low point comes during the closing credits, when Dane Cook's Charlie performs bestial acts with a stuffed toy penguin. As if grapefruit used in the same way as American Pie's apple pie isn't bad enough.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/22/07
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
10/20/07
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

Who are these people?

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
10/19/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

It’s our dumb luck that this movie has be foisted upon us.

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
10/06/07
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

A ramshackle piece of fleeting entertainment.

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
09/29/07
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Screen International

Good Luck Chuck is a soft-core male indulgence posing as a hip Hollywood good luck chuckle.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
09/29/07
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
rec.arts.movies.reviews

If you like slapstick, see it.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
09/29/07
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Entertainment Insiders

You could probably make a good movie out of Good Luck Chuck's pitch; that just didn't happen here. And I like a good, funny, smutty comedy; the problem is that Good Luck Chuck is a bad, unfunny smutty comedy.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
09/27/07
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Cinematical

Cook and Alba generate about as much chemistry as a mongoose paired with a rattlesnake.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
09/26/07
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

Good Luck Chuck is the anti-Superbad.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
09/26/07
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

Can we finally just admit that Dane Cook isn't funny?

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/26/07
Chris Nashawaty
Chris Nashawaty
Entertainment Weekly

Legislation needs to be passed guaranteeing that any movie in which Dane Cook appears will find his character smacked in the face with a shovel and dumped into an open grave.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
09/26/07
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Ewww...gross!

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
09/25/07
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

This is an unoriginal, dull-witted, juvenile, crude, offensive, idiotic and pointless romantic comedy that makes no sense. None.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
09/25/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Good Luck Chuck is so undistinguished that it feels like an extended screen test.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/25/07
Tim Grierson
Tim Grierson
L.A. Weekly

I'm tempted to suggest it was made for 13-year-old boys, but I remember being 13, and I'd have been offended if anyone had suggested movies this awful were made for me.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
09/25/07
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Only a truly unhappy, crabbed mind could possibly imagine most of these jokes.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
09/24/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
 
 
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