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Just My Luck

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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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Director Donald Petrie's niche seems to be lighthearted, instantly forgettable romantic fantasies like Miss Congeniality and How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, and this sweet-natured bit of fluff fits right in.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/12/06
Angel Cohn
Angel Cohn
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Word on the street -- we're not sure which street -- has it that Just My Luck is Lindsay Lohan's final teen comedy. If so, the timing couldn't be better.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
05/12/06
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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If Just My Luck was intended to showcase a more grown-up Lohan (she'll soon be 20), it fails -- but it gives hints of the fine screwball comedian she's already becoming.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
05/12/06
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Lohan shows signs that she might really be an actress. Maybe a good one. But to say the least, Just My Luck is not a flattering showcase.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
05/12/06
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Judging by her first grown-up romantic comedy, Lindsay Lohan won't usurp Julia Roberts or Reese Witherspoon's place in Hollywood any time soon. Just My Luck is just OK, when it isn't labored.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
05/12/06
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
Sacramento Bee

Lohan has expressed the hope that Just My Luck will display her aptitude for adult roles. But the adolescent energy and all-round over-acting belie that hope.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
05/12/06
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

To call it fluff is being charitable. It's cotton candy: overly sweet and full of empty calories, except instead of causing tooth decay, it rots the brain.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
05/12/06
Pam Grady
Pam Grady
Reel.com

I liked the film's idea that luck is like love -- something that diminishes when you hoard it and multiplies when you share it.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
05/12/06
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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A romantic gimmick comedy that stands out as hackneyed even in this tired genre.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
05/12/06
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

Just My Luck runs out of luck long before it runs out of film.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
05/12/06
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Lindsay Lohan may be all grown up in the tabloids, but her latest movie doesn't reflect any newfound maturity.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
05/12/06
Lisa Rose
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
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An appallingly unfunny and unromantic romantic comedy starring tabloid bait Lindsay Lohan.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
05/12/06
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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The new Lindsay Lohan romantic comedy, Just My Luck, needs more than just luck to overcome an achingly stupid script. It needs a miracle.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
05/12/06
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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It turns out Lohan isn't the one with the bad luck; the audience is.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
05/12/06
Sue Pierman
Sue Pierman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A romantic comedy even more idiotic than its embarrassing (and somewhat creepy) poster would indicate.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
05/12/06
Connie Ogle
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald

Good as Lohan is, she's better with interesting material.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
05/12/06
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

Lindsay Lohan's new romantic comedy, Just My Luck, is strictly for tweens.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
05/12/06
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

Just My Luck is a cute idea with nowhere to go after the first hour.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
05/12/06
Loey Lockerby
Loey Lockerby
Kansas City Star

Just My Luck is a vehicle for Lohan, and not much more.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
05/12/06
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

Just my luck that the movie is directed by Donald Petrie, who made the a similar Manhattan-set How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, though this time it's vaguely crossed with the magic plot of 13 Going on 30.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
05/12/06
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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