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This Americanized remake of the French film \"Le Chevre\" is essentially a mild, one joke comedy. That said, that one joke is reasonably amusing and leads to some effective slapstick, all performed with bravado by the talented Martin Short. He and the other cast members make this pleasant, if not hilarious, to watch. Certainly there's gorgeous Mexican scenery to enjoy as well. Eventually the movie does get a little tiresome but it *does* continue with the gags right up to the end credits.Sheila Kelley co-stars as Valerie Highsmith, the daughter of a business magnate played by Sam Wanamaker. Her character is terminally accident prone, and when she disappears, a psychiatrist in Wanamakers' employ (Harry Shearer) has a brainstorm: use Eugene Proctor (Short), the unluckiest man in the company, to try to track her down. Hopefully these two hapless souls will be just unlucky enough to be drawn to each other somehow. Naturally, dedicated private detective Raymond Campanella (Danny Glover) thinks this is a stupid idea, and he starts to grow weary of Proctors' endless pratfalls, but starts to become a believer as he and Proctor get some leads.If it weren't for Short, this wouldn't work as well as it does. He just throws himself right into the part. And Glover, just as he did in the \"Lethal Weapon\" franchise, proves to be the consummate straight man. Shearer doesn't really get a chance to be funny, but Wanamaker is good, and the sexy Ms. Kelley is an appealing klutz. Also providing fine support are Scott Wilson as small time crook Frank Grimes - who comes to deeply regret his association with Valerie, Jorge Russek as helpful Mexican police inspector Segura, Jorge Luke as an amiable pilot, and Sergio Calderon as a sleazy bartender.The best gag revolves around a bee sting, with fun makeup effects by the ever reliable KNB effects group.All in all, it's watchable enough, and good for some modest chuckles.Six out of 10.

Valerie Highsmith (Sheila Kelley) is the bumbling daughter of a wealthy businessman on vacation in Mexico. Purse snatchers leave her on the streets with amnesia. Small time con man Frank Grimes comes along and takes her hostage. Her father sends investigator Raymond Campanella (Danny Glover) but he has no luck. Because of her bad luck, her father is convinced to send the equally bad luck accountant Eugene Proctor (Martin Short) to follow Valerie and partnered with Campanella.This is adapted from a French movie and I have yet to laugh at a French comedy. Some of that is the language difference but I also think the French aren't that funny. This should work better with Short as the wacky funny man and Glover as the straight man. Short has his moments and Glover's best comedic partner remains Mel Gibson. The comedy is very broad and very limited. It's pretty stupid but not stupidly funny. Worst of all, the investigation isn't that compelling. Seeing Valerie doing similarly stupid things could make the concept work better. It may also work better if Eugene is an idiot but he's not really written as such. He could also be resigned to the bad luck. I'm not sure if Eugene is calibrated correctly.

There was a particular point in time, where Dane Cook was cast as romantic lead ... in raunchy comedies mostly. And I was a bit surprised Netflix had this in the uncut/unrated form. It's not that much longer, but has a few more bits ... to show. No pun intended.Although if that offends you, do not even think about watching the movie. Sensibilities be damned, but the movie has more than a couple of scenes that might make you cringe to say the least. Be it the crazy (cursed) individual of your choice (the bad luck Alba or the only once a woman getting lucky Cook) or the best friend of our male lead ... who seems to share the title \"creep\" with his buddy.Again there is much to hate, but there can be also much to love. It all depends on how much slack you are willing to cut the movie ... because it is a movie or if you are not able to go there and just plain hate it for the cliches it serves up for a laugh (or tries to serve up for a laugh) ...

Charlie Logan (Dane Cook) has been hexed by a disgruntled girl since a childhood game of spin the bottle gone wrong. He is now a womanizing dentist. His best friend Stu (Dan Fogler) since childhood is now the plastic surgeon next door. Charlie gets a reputation as a good luck charm. Every woman he sleeps with finds their dream beau immediately after splitting up. He is enchanted by bumbling Cam Wexler (Jessica Alba). Cam is leery of Charlie's womanizing reputation, and Charlie doesn't want Cam to find her dream man.There is something about Dane Cook that annoys me to no end. It's some kind of annoying smugness in his persona. At least, Dan Fogler is outdoing him on that front in this movie. Cook isn't that bad in this movie. And there is the adorable Jessica Alba. However it's still not a good comedy.

this is a funny movie,very funny at times.it's about a woman(Lindsay Lohan)who has everything.perfect job,perfect apt,perfect life,or so it seems.Ashley(Lohan)i s gifted with good luck.everything seems to go her way.then,after kissing Jake (Chris Pine),someone she meets at a masquerade party,her luck changes...for the worse.it just so happens that Jake had been cursed with the worst luck in the world.everything bad that could happen to him,did.the kiss has transferred all of Ashley's good luck to Jake and,and Jake's bad luck to Ashley.what follows is a very funny movie.the ending is predictable.actually most of the movie is predictable,but it's funny enough that it doesn't matter.i think the basic premise is unique.it's sort of a variation on the body/personality switching genre of movie.i guess you would call it a chick flick/romantics comedy.either way,it works for me.i should also mention the music.i thought it was very fun and infectious.the movie has a \"feel good\" tone about,but i don't think it overdoes it.i think it's just the right amount.basically,i liked \"Just My Luck\" quite a bit.i give it a strong 8/10

Despite liking surprisingly a good number of the 2021 Hallmark films and looking forward to another chance to see Ireland on film, the premise was one of the least appealing of the year. It did have me worried that 'As Luck Would Have It' would be every bit as impossible to relate to and less than tasteful as the premise, plus it is never nice to see any beautiful location risking being replaced by something else nowhere near as beautiful.Luckily, 'As Luck Would Have It' was so much better than expected and is much more relatable and tasteful in execution than it sounded on paper. It turned out to be for me one of the best 2021 Hallmark films up to this point and overall and a strong contender for the best of the Spring Fling films (the first good one at least) despite having the least appealing sounding concept of them. It is always interesting when something in execution manages to be the complete opposite of its concept and it is great when it's in a positive way like here.'As Luck Would Have It' isn't perfect. The ending does feel too neat and could have a little longer to resolve.Personally also found Allan Leech's character not easy to warm to at first, luckily he got a lot more likeable the more he grew and learned to respect.Everything else is very well done. The scenery is spectacular, and made me want to book a trip to Ireland in the (probably distant) future. The photography does nothing to cheapen its beauty and actually does everything it can to make its beauty shine as much as possible. The music doesn't intrude or over-bear while still having presence. The direction keeps things moving at a nice clip.The script is a good mix of funny and touching, nothing feels overdone so no over-jokiness or over-sentimentality. The story has a lot of charm and heart, which is not what one expects reading the premise. It's always easy to follow while not being simplistic, and while it doesn't surprise very much it's not too predictable too. JoAnna Garcia Swisher is a complete natural and is warmly engaging. Despite the character taking longer to find his groove, Leech has a nice easy going charm and has natural and genuine chemistry with Swisher. The supporting cast are solid and there is no stereotyping thankfully, having seen the Irish stereotyped so many times in film and television. The location from a culture aspect is made the most of.Overall, very good and so much better than it sounds. 8/10.

I confess that I may be biased because I have enjoyed everything I have seen JoAnna Garcia Swisher do (and this isn't the first time I have seen her kiss a handsome Irish lad in Ireland). She is beautiful, funny and engaging. Together with her fellow lead, Allen Leech, she captured your attention and then together they made the romance believable. It wasn't over acted which was refreshing...and came across as natural.JoAnna plays a character who goes to Ireland to talk a town council in to selling their castle to be demolished and redeveloped by her development firm into a modern resort to draw tourists to the town. The town, as luck would have it, has a matchmaking festival which she enters because the council doesn't even listen to her pitch due to her not being familiar with their community. As it turns out she is thoughtful, engaged and hard working...she earns the respect of the head of the council...and a shot at a new pitch.Sweet film, worth watching...especially for JoAnna.

I candidly admit I did not quite know what to make of this film until I learned the backstory from Ephraim Katz's highly esteemed Film Encyclopedia. Apparently, this documentary was actually conceived and created as a kind of cinematic \"endurance test\" for young inductees into the Serbian armed forces. While I found this a bit bizarre at first, a brief recap of the film more or less confirmed it. For instance, the opening scene in this documentary is a five-minute static shot of shrubs and trees on an otherwise barren hilltop, which is then followed by a second five-minute static shot of what appears to be a large rock pile. This is followed by a ten-minute sequence of an horrendously bad oompah band, tubas and all, playing squealing out-of-tune music at a bone-rattling volume, and after that, there is another ten-minute sequence of three men in work clothes walking slowly down an endless hallway in some sort of nondescript workplace as they mutter inaudibly to one another, and so on. I believe the title of the film, Good Luck, is further evidence of the endurance test nature of this documentary. And if, after reading this, you still have the temerity to embark upon a viewing of this film, I have only two final words for you: Good luck. 59ce067264

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