lucky numbers movie review

On Metacritic it has a score of 31 out of 100 based on reviews from 30 critics. Extented Reviews from James Berardinelli.

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. Anything but lucky for those unfortunate enough to see it. It should have been cut back and cranked up. Lucky Numbers is a black comedy about rotten people doing rotten things to each other all in the name of greed.

John Travolta Lisa Kudrow Tim Roth Bill Pullman Ed ONeill. Lucky Numbers is a 2000 black comedy film directed by Nora Ephron. The central figure in this mean-spirited freak show is Russ Richards a self-absorbed TV weatherman with financial woes unseasonably warm temps in Harrisburg Pa have Russs local snowmobile dealership seeing red.

Read Lucky Numbers reviews from parents on Common Sense Media. In theaters on Tuesday Oct 24 2000 Get notified by email as soon as. The numbers come up right but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.

Title refers to its two stars but since the ongoing events result in bad luck it comes off as a misdirection. Powered by JustWatch. Your score has been saved for Lucky Numbers.

John Travolta Lisa Kudrow Tim Roth Ed ONeill Michael Rapaport Daryl Mitchell Bill Pullman Richard Schiff Michael Moore II. Lucky Numbers 2000 R 100 min. Written by Alan Resnick the film is so pointless that it barely deserves a rant.

Nora Ephron Cast. With John Travolta Lisa Kudrow Tim Roth Ed ONeill. Welcome to Cinema Spotlight.

Become a member to write your own review. A movie thats so forgettable you may need to rewind it to remember whats going on. Director Nora Ephron best known for writing and directing sparkly romantic comedies like Sleepless in Seattle goes for a darker kind of comedy in LUCKY NUMBERS.

Movie Review Lucky Numbers is a black comedy about rotten people doing rotten things to each other all in the name of greed. Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. More an affectionate homage than an acerbic satire the movie offers Cage fans an abundance of Easter Eggs.

This is where I take a Director and review their set of films down the line until their recentDirector of Choice. Desperate to escape financial ruin he schemes with Crystal the TV stations lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. Extented Reviews from James Berardinelli.

By Heather Clisby Directed by Nora Ephron Lucky Numbers stars John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow as two desperate people who rig the Pennsylvania Lottery to win the jackpot. Up to 24 cash back Movie Reviews. If your review contains spoilers please check the Spoiler box.

Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Lucky Numbers near you. Their plan becomes a comedy of errors when Crystal gets her stupid cousin Walter to buy the ticket. Starring Lisa Kudrow John Travolta Daryl Mitchell Michael Rapaport Ed ONeill Tim Roth Bill Pullman.

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The Three Movie Buffs review Lucky Numbers 2000 Starring. A TV weatherman and his girl rig the lottery in an unlucky mix of mirth and malice John Travolta nails every laugh he can as Russ Richards a. Instead it keeps introducing new characters until the plot becomes a juggling act just when it should be a sprint.

Either you find the right one and stick with it or youre in trouble unless like Tarantino you really know what youre doing. For John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow the 2000 film Lucky Numbers was not their finest although. There is a 75 character minimum for reviews.

Your review may be edited for content. Of course Walter who wants to use part of his 20000 for his church and part of it to open an adult book store decides that he wants more money. Not sure why this film got bad reviews and was a box office fizzle because the script is clever the plot is clever the directing is clever and the acting is clever.

John Travolta Lisa Kudrow Tim Roth. Approved as a critic by Rotten Tomatoes. Please do not use ALL CAPS.

Still its as harmless as Goldilocks porridge. A television weatherman scams a local lottery. The filmmakers wobbly efforts were so lame and listless that.

LUCKY NUMBERS ultimately has very few redeeming qualities for viewers to appreciate. Your score has been saved for Lucky Numbers. She gets terrific performances from a first-rate cast especially Bill Pullman as a lazy police officer.

Crystal and Walter fight and when Walter has a terrible asthmatic attack Crystal deprives. So much depends on tone in a movie. Russ and Crystal behave like people who know for sure that they were meant to.

Directed by Nora Ephron. Released October 27th 2000 Lucky Numbers stars John Travolta Lisa Kudrow Tim Roth Ed ONeill The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min and received a user score of 50 out of 100 on. Directed by Nora Ephron.

In Lucky Numbers a dark comedy based on a real-life scandal about a 1980 attempt to fix the Pennsylvania State Lottery Kudrow plays Crystal Latroy the delightfully corrupt lotto ball girl. Approved as a critic by Rotten Tomatoes. Lucky Numbers starring John Travolta as a TV weatherman who tries to rig the lottery tells too much story at not enough energy.

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