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Lucky Numbers
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
John Travolta,
Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Paramount
Pictures |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Nope, they'll be
pissed at you for taking them. |
| Date Movie: |
Nope, she'll be
pissed at you for taking her. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Lisa Kudrow almost
gets naked, and there's insinuation of a stripper shooting
ping pong balls out of her..., but mostly talk. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nothing
gratuitous. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
I laughed once. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Russ' reaction, on
the newscast, when he finds out the bookie's body has been
found. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
I don't remember
it exactly, so maybe not really memorable, but something
like "he had a brick tied to his arm which wasn't
enough to weigh him down." |
| Directed By: |
Nora Ephron |
| Produced By: |
Andrew Lazar,
Jonathan Krane, Sean Daniel, Nora Ephron |
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Lucky Numbers
A Movie Review |
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And this year’s winner of the prized "James T.
Kirk School of Overacting Award" goes to….. John Travolta for
his role as Russ Richards in "Lucky Numbers!" I don’t
know if he was supposed to act that way, but all I know is that in
the end, all "Lucky Numbers" did was make me not want to
go to Harrisburg, PA.
It’s every person’s dream, well, maybe not every person’s,
but it would be nice to do – rig the lottery. Russ is a
weatherman. He’s a little down on his luck because, well, he’s
broke and is about to have his house and Jaguar taken away. Not
knowing where to turn, well, he takes the advice of Gig, the dude
who runs the local strip bar where the girls don’t get naked
(damn!), to have Gig's buddy rob Russ' snowmobile store because,
well, with the recent warm spell sales are non-existent. Russ sees a
brilliant robbery going down but Gig’s buddy is a bonehead and the
robbery goes wrong, and now Russ owes the robber, too. So Gig plants
the idea of rigging the lottery, Russ’ floozy girlfriend, Crystal
(Lisa Kudrow), is all for it, and as smooth as some things go for
the lottery rigging, too many things go wrong and all of a sudden
Russ is mixed up in various murders, winning the lottery but since
too many people know what’s going on and want their take X really
isn’t winning anything, and I was just bored.
Lisa Kudrow plays the bubble-headed blonde to a tee, Gig is a
pretty good sleazy dude, and Bill Pullman, the bumbling detective,
adds nicely to the cast. And, oh yea, Ed, Al Bundy, O'Neill is just
a sleazy as the TV station manager deciding that money is better
than honesty. The problem was John Travolta, who was so over the top
that I just couldn’t take it any more. I know the movie was
supposed to be like a comic farce and a funny look at greed gone
wrong, and part of that is overacting, but it just didn’t work for
me. Do you want a better movie about fixing the lottery, or one just
as stupid? Yes. Well then rent "The Squeeze" with the
world’s greatest actor Michael Keaton. It’s just as goofy
but doesn't try to take itself nearly as serious. "Lucky
Numbers" just lost it along the way. It’s 2 stars out of 5.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
