Lucky Numbers

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Lucky Numbers

R,

2000,

1h 45m,

Comedy

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23%

92 Reviews

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Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel, and the game turns rough.

Critics Consensus

Nora Ephron's attempt at dark comedy is an uneven product, both in terms of the direction and the acting. The characters are unlikable to the point where you don't care what happens to them, and Ephron condescends to the material.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 25, 2010

2/5

Not a great movie, and definitely not for kids.

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John Anderson

Newsday

Jan 1, 2000

It's the easiest kind of comedy, comedy of derision. No joke about the rubes is left alone. And no obvious plot twist is, either.

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

Jan 1, 2000

Now I like dumb comedy as much as the next dimwit, but not when the filmmakers condescend to their characters in order to make the audience feel superior.

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

Dec 10, 2020

1/5

Many gifted comedic actors flail their way miserably through this trite, tone-deaf nonsense.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 6, 2020

7/10

Hysterically populated by scoundrels; they're all cheating, cursing liars on the verge of murder, though they're also of the deviously charming sort.

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Bob Grimm

Sacramento News & Review

Aug 7, 2008

3/5

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Anakin M

Feb 23, 2018

People need to lighten up and laugh at a hilarious comedy when they see it. It's what makes us human! I laughed my arse off

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Albus W

Aug 2, 2010

An OK comedy with a few amusing moments, but strictly by the numbers. Nothing too special here. (First and only full viewing - 8/2/2010)

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Synopsis

Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel, and the game turns rough.

Director: Nora Ephron
Producer: Sean Daniel, Nora Ephron, Jonathan D. Krane, Andrew Lazar
Screenwriter: Adam Resnick
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures
Production Co: DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures, Studio Canal, Mad Chance
Rating: R (Drug Use|Brief Violence|Language|Sexuality)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 27, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.0M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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