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Bookmark this pageGood Luck Chuck (2007)
Director: Mark Helfrich
Movie review
From Time Out London
Dentist Charlie (Dane Cook) has become known as a good luck charm, so women are begging to sleep with him. Once you’ve bedded him, you meet your true love and get married. So hey, he’d be doing them a favour, right? Cue endless montages of Cook servicing a series of unfeasibly attractive women. Add Jessica Alba into the mix and you truly have a 14-year-old boy’s fantasy. She’s Charlie’s ideal woman: cute, penguin-loving and accident prone, so she bumps into lamp-posts while he’s wisecracking.
But this rom-com is seriously lacking in the laugh department, never mind the aimless narrative based on some hocus pocus about a curse (this was originally a short story, and it shows). Alba and Cook do have charm and a hint of chemistry, and there are moments when his natural comic ability peeks through (probably a rare moment of ad libbing). But the script is so reliant on wish-fulfillment it forgets to add those important little touches: you know, wit, sincerity, characterisation, that kind of thing… A very cheap shot – and hardly anyone calls him ‘Chuck’.
Author: Anna Smith
Time Out London Issue 1942: November 7-13 2007
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- Ktd said...
- Posted on Dec 08 2007 16:16 Awsoommmm film lik coud watch it 24/7 lol
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- spike said...
- Posted on Dec 05 2007 18:40 this film is lame... i wouitts stroganoffld rather eat chef's winn
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- Tomeelondon said...
- Posted on Dec 05 2007 11:44 ok so it was a little sexist and the cringe factor was a little high but not as bad as boris (sasha cohen). Its obvious redeeming quality was Jessica Alba looking her best yet, and now I know who Dane Cook is, a very good stand up comedian, I'd like to see more of Jessica both at the movies and in any other respect if possible.
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- Miss Sally Ann Harvey said...
- Posted on Dec 05 2007 11:20 Brilliant. So funny, I was screaming with laughter through out. I would go and see it again and am going to buy the dvd when its out. Definately worth watching-unless our a prude! Fantastic comedy from start to finish!!!
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- fff said...
- Posted on Nov 30 2007 18:32 fffff
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- kirsty said...
- Posted on Nov 29 2007 19:54 thiss fillm was soo funny i couldnt say 1 bad thing about it..ohh the rudnes haha but just story line isnt it... i think it is appropriate for people ageg 15...im 15 myself..its nothing and not THAT bad , it isnt as though we havent heard of or seen before on other filss.. live a little the fillms ace ... Bestt 1 soo far in 2007.. HAS TO BE SEEENN !!! TRUST ME... if yoo enjoy comedy and romance This film has bothh... brilliant story line different to otherss ,,, Boysss will like this film haha xx EXELENT FILM 6 STARSS mwah
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- G said...
- Posted on Nov 29 2007 16:31 I'm pretty easy to please, especially where Jessica Alba is involved. But this film was just dire; there was very little in the way of remotely intellectual humour (the fourth time Alba falls over is as unfunny as the first three) and a bit too much crass sexual content. Give it a miss.
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- cl06y1 very good said...
- Posted on Nov 29 2007 08:20 VERY GOOD
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- cl06y1 said...
- Posted on Nov 29 2007 08:19 very good but alot of sex!
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- Penguin lover said...
- Posted on Nov 28 2007 14:31 This film was an insult to penguins actually. It was nothing but romping nudity. I would not be happy for my 15 year old daughter to see it. I'm not a prude but this was a bit much. Not recommended unless you want a cheap thrill. Waste of money. Would not even give it 1 star!
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- Deano said...
- Posted on Nov 26 2007 17:48 jks film made me crack up
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- deano said...
- Posted on Nov 26 2007 17:47 jks film made me crack up a numerous amount of times
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Posted on Nov 22 2007 18:42
has to be one of the funnest films made this yeah!
one of the top 10's in my chart - Report as inappropriate
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- Michelle said...
- Posted on Nov 21 2007 17:07 Gonna give this film a whirl...seems a bit predictable but I like those cheesy happy films!
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- Shez said...
- Posted on Nov 20 2007 14:54 I loved the film, made me laugh loadsa! Different to most films of its type, lots of boobs and sex, but soooo funny! Got to be seen!
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Cast & crew
Director: Mark Helfrich
Producer: Barry Katz, Mike Karz
Cast: Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler, Lonny Ross full cast
Rated: 15
Duration: 99 mins
UK Release: Nov 9 2007
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