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Lucky You, 2007

Starring: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall

Directed by: Curtis Hanson

Written by: Curtis Hanson, Eric Roth

Language: English, Spanish

Country: USA, Australia

Runtime: 124 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:5.9

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The mood of Lucky You is clever, sentimental, and feel good. The plot centers around an ego clash, gambling, and estrangement. It is a drama, sports, and romance movie. In approach, Lucky You is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a casino. The setting is Las Vegas. Lucky You happens in contemporary times.

Summary of Lucky You

Director Curtis Hanson (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, WONDER BOYS) raises the stakes and takes on Las Vegas in LUCKY YOU. Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) plays poker for a living, using every opportunity that arises in daily life to hone his skills and test the odds. He is fueled by both a compulsion to win and the desire to do better than his father, L.C. Cheever (Robert Duvall), who is a championship poker player. Huck's skills come naturally, but he lacks patience. When he meets Billie Offer (Drew Barrymore), an earnest, honest girl from Bakersfield pursuing her dream of being a singer, he sees the possibility of a real relationship for the first time. But Huck's habits are hard to break, and he'll have to make some changes if he wants to make this relationship work.

Barrymore is sweet as Billie, but it is the relationship between Huck and his father that moves the story along. Huck harbors ill feelings towards L.C. from his childhood--feelings that are complicated by his burning desire to best his father at poker. Bana effectively shows the animosity Huck feels towards his father with subtle changes to his facial expression and body language, and Duvall actually makes the hard-nosed L.C. likable. Ultimately, the real star of this movie is poker. Throughout the film, it's the strategies and bets, the flops and the rivers, that draw the viewer in. Professional poker players served as consultants and extras in the film, lending authenticity to the World Series of Poker where father and son face off. Debra Messing plays Billie's sister, Horatio Sanz is Ready Eddie, who can turn any situation into a bet, and Robert Downey Jr. appears all too briefly as Huck's friend.

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Language:	English, Spanish
Country:	USA, Australia
Release date:	1 May 2007
Runtime:	124 min

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Eric Bana

as Huck Cheever

Drew Barrymore

as Billie Offer

Robert Duvall

as L. C. Cheever

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Salon.com

Even if you think you know where Lucky You is headed, there's something pleasurable about watching it unfold, maybe chiefly because Hanson isn't trying too hard. Full Review

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by: Stephanie Zacharek

TV Guide

A well-acted character piece. Full Review

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by: Ken Fox

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As dull a film as I can ever remember seeing. There is room in this world for films about professional poker players (Rounders), compulsive gamblers (The Killing of a Chinese Bookie) or outlandish poker situations (Big Hand for the Little Lady).... Read and rate it

19.March.2009
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by: Brad Cole
Brad Cole rated this movie2/10Bad

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