by Lions Gate
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| Sales Rank: | 4123 (lower is better) |
| Price Used: | $2.15 |
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| Director: | Mark Helfrich |
| Release Date: | 2008-01-15 |
| Label: | Lions Gate |
| UPC: | 031398221906 |
| Binding: | DVD |
| Published By: | Lions Gate |
| ASIN: | B000Y7U93C |
| Category: | DVD |
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Product Description
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/09/2008 Run time: 101 minutes Rating: Ur
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In a perfect world, Good Luck Chuck would've captured the humor of Superbad and the raunch of the American Pie films. But what we're left with, instead, is a raunchy film with an anemic storyline. Cursed as a child with a hex that prevents him from finding true love, Charlie "Chuck" Logan (Dane Cook) finds that the women he dates find the men of their dreams immediately after they've dumped him. For a guy who enjoys dating beautiful women, it doesn't seem like such a horrible thing. But then he meets and falls for beautiful and klutzy Cam Wexler (Jessica Alba). Charlie wants to have a meaningful relationship with her, but how can he make her fall in love with him without losing her to some unknown man waiting to sweep her off her feet? Good Luck Chuck isn't an original movie; Cook and Alba make for an attractive couple that exudes warm chemistry. And Alba proves that while she may be famous for her body, she's quite adept at physical comedy. Dan Fogler doesn't fare as well. He has the thankless role of playing Charlie's obnoxious best friend Stu, a borderline perv plastic surgeon who proudly displays a set of Pamela Anderson's breast implants in his office (which, coincidentally enough, is located right next door to Charlie's). The dialogue is crass and the direction is all over the place. Everything is played for laughs, but little actually is very funny in this comedy. This movie actually could've used a bit more good luck. And lots more wit. --Jae-Ha Kim
Customer Reviews
At your own peril, give it a try... - Reviewed on 2008-09-22
This film is simply... the antithesis to what we consider a great film. When you start seeing, you want to turn it off because you can not believe the raunchiness of it all, and soon, you start laughing at some of the situations and continue to watch in the hopes that it gets better... and sometimes it does, and sometimes it is so bad that you continue to laugh asking ourselves... Where in the name of heaves did this plot come from?
The main actor, Dane Cook, plays Charlie "Chuck" Logan, a kid that we see as the movie starts playing a game, where a friend places a curse on him, that he shall never find true love and that all women that have a relationship with him, will find true love when they leave him.
The word gets out and soon, every woman in the world is at his door because once they date him, they will find the man of their dreams. Most men would kill for this to happen, but Charlie has met Cam Wexler, played by Jessica Alba, and he is in love. When they are about to become serious, he realizes that once she is with him, she will leave him for the next romance which will turn into the real thing. Many circumstances will leave you laughing your heart off, some will leave you so disgusted... you may choose to turn off the TV, but if you see it to the end, for the most part, this movie is rather funny.
When the movie was over, we started to laugh at the fact that we had just endured a rather new experience... so... at your own peril... give it a try!
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Book Subjects
- Adult Humor
- Adult Situations
- Color
- Comedies
- Comedy
- Comedy Video
- Curses and Spells
- Drug Content
- English
- Feature
- Feature Film-comedy
- Goofy
- Light
- Looking For Love
- Madcap
- Movie
- Not For Children
- Nudity
- Playing the Field
- Profanity