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Just My Luck (2006)

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Reviews Counted:106

Fresh:14

Rotten:92

Average Rating:3.7/10

Consensus: Just My Luck is a screwball rom-com that fails to take advantage of Lindsay Lohan's considerable charm. The film (along with Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion) marks the end of Lohan's teen queen phase as she begins playing characters that are older, but not necessarily wiser. Lohan's character is supposedly cursed with bad luck, though the movie confuses misfortune with plain stupidity, leading Lohan into a long series of silly and senseless physical gags.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some brief sexual references

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:May 12, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $17,229,124

Synopsis: Ashley Albright (LINDSAY LOHAN) is the luckiest woman in the world, a person to whom all the good things in life have come far too easily. She can pick a lottery ticket at random and hit the... Ashley Albright (LINDSAY LOHAN) is the luckiest woman in the world, a person to whom all the good things in life have come far too easily. She can pick a lottery ticket at random and hit the jackpot. In New York, the world's busiest city, Ashley never has to wait for a cab. And she has a terrific job as an account exec at a prestigious public relations firm. Everything goes Ashley's way. And now, she's been given a great opportunity to advance her career: she is to plan a masquerade ball in downtown Manhattan for record mogul Damon Phillips (Faizon Love) and his company. Jake (CHRIS PINE), on the other hand, is a bad luck magnet. His skies are always raining; his pants are always on the verge of splitting at the seams. His job is cleaning toilets at a bowling alley. But even a steady bombardment of catastrophes doesn't dim Jake's dreams. He thinks he may have his chance at the brass ring with his discovery of a rock band McFly. If Jake can keep his bad luck at bay for just one night, he'll sneak into a masquerade ball and get McFly's CD into the hands of music titan Damon Phillips. On this night when dreams can be made or broken, fate brings Ashley and Jake together on the dance floor. Instantly taken with one another, they share an electrifyingly kiss – and with that one kiss, their luck switches places. Suddenly, Ashley's dress rips. Her heel breaks. Her good luck seems to have finally run out. Jake, in his rush to catch Phillips before he leaves, ends up saving the record mogul's life and earning with that one simple twist of fate, the chance to make all his dreams come true. As Ashley desperately races to regain the luck she blithely took for granted, she begins to see that it's not so much having good luck but what you do with it that counts, and that her greatest chance of redemption lies with the guy who holds the key to her sudden change of fate. --© 20th Century Fox [More]

Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Samaire Armstrong, Faizon Love

Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Samaire Armstrong, Faizon Love, Chris Carmack, Carlos Ponce, Teddy Castellucci

Director: Donald Petrie

Director: Donald Petrie
Screenwriter: Jonathan Bernstein, James Greer, Mark Blackwell
Producer: Arnon Milchan, Bruce Willis
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Mark Bazer

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 23 2009 03:15 AM

Boston Phoenix

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Jim Lane

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 07 2008 03:16 AM

Sacramento News & Review

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Anton Bitel

even if it offers Lohan her first role as a grown-up, places her in a corporate New York, and contrives a scene in which she gets to wear a dress owned by Sarah Jessica Parker, the sex in this city never seems to get beyond first base.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 15 2007 06:28 AM

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David Noh

The film can barely breathe beneath the non-stop barrage of low-comedy shtick.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 01 2007 03:38 AM

Film Journal International

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1.5/4

Peter T. Chattaway

One day Lohan will make movies for grown-ups, but this movie certainly isn't one of them.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 25 2006 02:22 PM

Christianity Today

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1/5

David Cornelius

Is this movie actively hoping people will hate it for being so stupid?

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 11 2006 11:55 AM

eFilmCritic.com

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0/4

Bill Chambers

OMG! It's The Passion of the Lohan!

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 20 2006 03:58 PM

Film Freak Central

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2.5/4

Jorge Avila Andrade

Entretenida parábola de que la vida puede ser tan blanca o negra como nosotros mismos queramos hacerla. Si no se ve con esta idea en mente, mejor evítela.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 16 2006 10:57 PM

Moviola

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3/5

Joe Utichi

It's very difficult not to get on board with this quirky comedy.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 08 2006 03:55 AM

FilmFocus

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1/5

Geoffrey Macnab

The real rot is in the script.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 01 2006 03:51 AM

Guardian [UK]

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2/5

Stella Papamichael

Make your own luck and skip this twaddle.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 01 2006 03:51 AM

BBC

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3/5

David Edwards

Despite the Manhattan dating scene stuff, the PG certificate means there's not much sex in this city, but more than enough raunchy undertones to keep teenage girls happy.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 30 2006 03:16 AM

Daily Mirror [UK]

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2/5

Anna Smith

Occasional funny moments but this is very very thin.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 30 2006 03:15 AM

Empire Magazine

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3/5

Matthew Turner

Fans of Lindsay Lohan's previous films will be pleased to learn that she's lost none of her comic timing and self-deprecating charm - she's extremely appealing here, even if she does need to rediscover the joys of food.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 29 2006 03:15 AM

ViewLondon

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1.5/5

Rich Cline

Yet another trite, gimmicky rom-com.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2006 03:53 AM

Shadows on the Wall

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Urban Cinefile Critics

A totally predictable and competently made feelgood fantasy flick for females under 30. If you want an escape and rest your brain, try your luck

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 13 2006 04:55 AM

Urban Cinefile

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2/5

Pablo Villaca

Conta com a distinção de ter sido produzido por ninguém menos do que Bruce Willis, o que me leva a crer que ele tenha batido a cabeça durante as filmagens de Sin City.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 09 2006 12:44 AM

Cinema em Cena

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3/10

Jim Judy

No amount of rabbit foot rubbing, four-leaf clovers or upturned horseshoes can save this often excruciating mess.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 25 2006 07:33 PM

Screen It!

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1.5/4

Scott Nash

Just My Luck takes an intriguing idea and goes nowhere with it.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 21 2006 10:44 AM

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Owen Gleiberman

... a variation on Freaky Friday buffed with a bit of 13 Going on 30's yuppie-career-princess gloss.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2006 03:45 AM

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