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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

US 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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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: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
06/13/06
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

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: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
06/15/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film

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

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

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

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/25/06
Peter T. Chattaway
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today

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

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/11/06
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

OMG! It's The Passion of the Lohan!

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
08/20/06
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

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: Moviola | comment Comment
07/16/06
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

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

Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
07/08/06
Joe Utichi
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus

The real rot is in the script.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
07/01/06
Geoffrey Macnab
Geoffrey Macnab
Guardian [UK]
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Make your own luck and skip this twaddle.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
07/01/06
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC

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: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
06/30/06
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

Occasional funny moments but this is very very thin.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
06/30/06
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
Empire Magazine
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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: ViewLondon | comment Comment
06/29/06
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Yet another trite, gimmicky rom-com.

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06/24/06
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

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: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
06/09/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

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

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
05/25/06
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

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

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
05/21/06
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

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

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
05/20/06
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
 
 
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