Lucky You

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Lucky You

PG-13,

2007,

2h 4m,

Drama

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Huck Cheever is a talented poker player who must balance an intense love affair with the feats he must accomplish to win a slot in the world championship game in Las Vegas. If he makes it to the table, there is a chance he may have to compete against his father, a poker legend who abandoned Huck's mother years ago.

Critics Consensus

Lucky You tries to combine a romantic story with the high-stakes world of poker, but comes up with an empty hand.

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Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

Apr 10, 2008

3/4

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.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Jun 22, 2007

2/5

But Lucky You would be distinctly better if it were shorter in length and clearer about the rules of the game. Its idea that gamblers carry on much the same in life as they do at the tables is hardly original enough to sustain the whole film.

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Jun 22, 2007

2/5

The beats here aren't bad, they're just slow, slight and rather predictable.

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Heather Boerner

Common Sense Media

Dec 18, 2010

2/5

Don't bet on Barrymore's lackluster poker rom-com.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Sep 19, 2010

3.5/4

Curtis Hanson's film concerns itself with wage-makers' addictive pathological itch, desperate hustles and poker's cult of very strange personalities. Its most striking "Tin Cup" kinship: Vindication and victory don't always arrive together.

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Jeff Bayer

The Scorecard Review

Mar 3, 2008

5/10

Since Lucky You overdid the poker cliches to death, let me end with one of my favorites: 'You got to know when to hold'em, know when to fold'em.' It seems this film never learned that lesson.

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Feb 9, 2019

Stay away! Lots of big names and Robert Duvallï¿ 1/2(TM)s charisma convinced me to stick around until the end. It was a trap! This movie is full of cringeworthy moments and unearned character growth. I only wish the story continued long enough to see Huck beaten to a bloody pulp by the Vegas goons once his sponsor sees Huckï¿ 1/2(TM)s hole cards at the final table on TV!

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Aug 9, 2018

This movie had very specific writing failures throughout the first 90% but was still an amazing film. The ending of the film (I won't be specific because I don't want to spoil anything) was such a spectacular disappointment that for everything done right in the first hour fortry-five, the last five to ten sufficiently flushed this film down the toilet. Don't waste your time.

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Anakin G

Nov 9, 2017

A fun watch, not a bad poker movie, kept my attention

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Synopsis

Huck Cheever is a talented poker player who must balance an intense love affair with the feats he must accomplish to win a slot in the world championship game in Las Vegas. If he makes it to the table, there is a chance he may have to compete against his father, a poker legend who abandoned Huck's mother years ago.

Director: Curtis Hanson
Producer: Curtis Hanson, Carol Fenelon, Denise Di Novi
Screenwriter: Eric Roth, Curtis Hanson
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: DiNovi Pictures, Deuce Three Prods.
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Sexual Humor)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 4, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 2, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.8M
Runtime: 2h 4m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby SRD, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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