Lucky You
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In Theaters : 04 May, 2007
DVD Release : 18 September, 2007 |
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Two Hours of my Life I'll Never Recover
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I've totally loved everything America's Sweetheart Drew Barrymore has come out with since her movie since 1998's "Ever After", especially the romantic comedies. I also love poker. Combine the two and I thought this movie was going to be fantastic!
But it wasn't.
First of all, Drew Barrymore's character (Billie) was completely unrealistic. Here is a girl who is disgusted by dishonesty but yet hangs out with a guy who robs from her, lies to her, and encourages her to lie and cheat herself. Why does she even bother?
Eric Bana's character is a bit more interesting as Huck, a professional gambler who takes all risks at the game of poker but plays it safely in life. The movie is all about him trying to reverse those two roles... to play safely in poker and live on the edge in life while dealing with a girlfriend, a dysfunctional father, compulsive gaming, and a damaging history. But I just wasn't sold that the events that happened to him were motivation enough to make him want to change his life.
And then the poker. I love Texas Hold'em on ESPN but what makes poker so fun and interesting is that everything is random. In this movie, everything is scripted down to what the river is going to turn over. There are very few surprises and even these surprises are completely scripted. It just took all the fun out of poker.
So, the poker isn't excited and the characters are only modestly interesting if you can get past the fact that the two main characters would never get together in a million years.
The only thing I can applaud is the acting as the all-star cast does do the best they can with a boring, slow, and awkward script. The performances by Barrymore, Bana, and Duval are outstanding. But if you are looking for good acting then I've got other movies to suggest that would be much more interesting.
I just can't rate a movie more than two stars when I debate turning it off halfway through and then regret actually finishing it when I leave it on. I just didn't get anything out of this movie and I wouldn't recommend it to anybody unless there is an actor in here you absolutely must see. |
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