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Lucky You (2007)
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Cast
as Huck Cheever
as Billie Offer
as L.C. Cheever
as Suzanne Offer
as Ready Eddie
as Michelle Carson
as Telephone Jack
as David Oppenheim
as Frank Belando
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Chinese Restaurant Waiter
as Chico Banh
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Roy's Guy
as Herself
as Herself
as Himself
as Herself
as Dealer
as Dealer
as Filipino Player
as Jason Keyes
as Pawnbroker
as Isabel
as Ginger
as Room Service Waiter
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Dealer
as Dealer
as Man in Cowboy Hat
as Dealer
as Shannon Kincaid
as Russian Player
as Ray Zumbro
as Tournament Official
as Dealer
as Elderly Dealer
as TV Commentator
as Tournament Director
as Elderly Female Player
as Ralph Kaczynski
as Dealer
as Satellite Cashier
as Old Man
as Himself
as Himself
as Woman With Straight
as Cocktail Waitress
as Himself
as Poker Room Host
as Roy Durucher
as Bobby Basketball
as Billie's Admirer
as Dealer
as Big Buckle Iverson
as Cowboy
as Shannon Kincaid
as Poker Room Cashier
as Cocktail Waitress at First Table
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Young Female Player
as Russian Player
as Dealer
as Dealer
as Josh Cohen
as Dealer
as Dealer
as Gary
as David Chen
as Lester
as Karim Kasai
as Chris Ferguson
as Marsha Waggoner
as Lounge Singer
as Roy's Guy
as Washroom Attendant
as Roy's Guy
as Tommy the Poker Host
as Card Grabber
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Hanson and Roth shuffle the two sides of the movie, the poker tournament and the love affair, with a Howard Hawksian feel for casual professionalism.
While fans of Eric Bana may get a kick out of his meaty, manly performance, Drew Barrymore is a huge mistake.
Lucky You is hardly Mr. Hanson's strongest effort, but it does contain many of his saving graces: a warm regard for his characters, an unhurried pace for his narrative and a grown-up sense of morality.
Feels like Showgirls without the tits or dancing.
It's a ponderous, anemic bore about how to play poker that exploits the trendy gambling fever that is all the rage on the Internet and cable TV, but doesn't have enough energy to keep the most catatonic tournament-poker addict awake.
Most of Lucky You, starting with the title, is ordinary or outright awful. Moviemakers, it seems, cannot bluff their way to success.
Audience Reviews for Lucky You
This was movie was so boring. Long scenes just watching people play poker... not the most enthralling set up for a movie. I mainly stuck through this one because I do like Drew Barrymore and have enjoyed most of her movies. She's sweet in this as always, but it's not enough to make for interesting viewing. To me, anyhow. Perhaps if you are a poker enthusiast you might feel differently!
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[font=Century Gothic]In "Lucky You," Huck Cheever(Eric Bana) is a professional gambler living in Las Vegas who spends all of his time trying to gain entry to the World Series of Poker which requires a $10,000 entrance fee. During his rounds, he rescues Billie(Drew Barrymore), sister of an old acquaintance who is in town from her native Bakersfield to pursue a singing career. He gives her a tour of the Las Vegas that he is familiar with, one where the gamblers do nothing else, pretty much living and sleeping in the casinos. In one case, that's literally true. [/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Directed by Curtis Hanson, "Lucky You" may not have a particularly strong story, but it is a well-told character study(of a character who is not really that likable but that works too), starting with the bravura opening scene set in a pawn shop. On the other hand, the daddy issues are way too familiar. And while the climax is in the expected place, events do not unfold exactly as predicted. But isn't that the way it is with true life where no matter how talented a person is, luck is always a large factor in a deciding their destiny?[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]The casting is superb, and not only with the principal actors. Most of the faces seen in the movie do not look like they came from Hollywood. Instead, they look like real people who came to Las Vegas and are still trying to find a way out. And not even Drew Barrymore is exempt from this particular spell of deglamorization. [/font]
Super Reviewer
Enjoyable enough for poker fans, but overall, too many other stupid things going on. It solidified my conviction that Drew Barrymore should stick to strictly comedic roles.
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