Just My Luck (2006)

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The technical aspects of this movie are OK, and of course New York city looks bright and inviting. Success and failure are measured by the size of apartments and the ability to date rich guys or hot (pretty stupid) girls. The film is simply dumb, to the point where you cannot ignore this quality even when watching in zombie mode. Also, it tries to sell a light-pop British boy-band with too much fury. Like a movie from the Disney Channel. What more?, ah, Lindsey Lohan is extremely beautiful, all the time, and the deleted scenes are good and should have been included in the movie. That's it. June 30, 2008

what can I say... I love Lindsay!

Ok so admittedly, the only reason I saw this movie in the first place, and the only reason I own this DVD, is because Lindsay Lohan is in it. Yes, I am a HUGE LL fan. Prior to what others say, I think she is incredibly talented, even in corny movies such as this one. In all honestly, this definitely isn't one of Lindsays best movies, and if it had been someone else who starred in it, I'd no doubt be giving it one star. But Lindsay adds charm to this movie and makes it worth watching.

Yes its corny at times, and yes its predictable (the basic gist: girl who has all the luck in the world meets boy who has all the bad luck in the world, they kiss, their fortunes get reversed, and of course develop romantic feelings for eachother...etc) and some parts are even downright ridiculous. But like I said, Lindsay makes it work, and she actually has really good chemistry with her co-star Chris Pines.

but if your not a fan of Lohan whatsoever, and if you in no way enjoy any type of chick flick, then I'm willing to bet your not gonna enjoy this one, so I don't recommend that you watch this movie but if you are a Lohan fan and you do enjoy chick flicks, even slightly ridiculous ones, then I do recommend that you watch this.

If anything, it'll atleast give you something entertaining to watch on a boring sunday afternoon! June 25, 2008

Cutely cliched...

In fact, the only thing original in this movie is that the lead actress (Lohan) starts off with luck, then gets bad luck after kissing some stranger (Pine) at a mascarade party and then kissing him later on (shedding bad luck) to kiss again and get it.

Weird, I know. But more or less, that's the premise of this been-there-done-that-but-still-cute tale...

Lindsay does decent acting once again, but it's not her best. Mean Girls and especially Freaky Friday were her highlights.

Lindsey and Pine have great, great chemistry but Katie "gets in the way" at first. Later, things are realized and "fine" again.

Like I said a many movie clichés roll, punch after punch, but the heart of the movie is still realized.

Do the lead actor and actress end up together? YOU figure that one out!

Positives:
You more or less stay glued, regardless of some bad and overused clichés pop up.
Great chemistry between the two leads.
Acting is decent.
Music is OK, but a bit too predictable.
Band's music is OK too but one song when they rehearse REALLY sticks out well.
What Lindsay's character thinks of Katie at first it is HILARIOUS! :)
The real Katie rocks. m/
Nice length.

Negatives:
Cliché, cliché, cliché!
Very predictable sometimes.
There's nothing new here.
Ending was as predictable as the movie.

3.7 stars. February 21, 2008

A Cute Movie

This movie was intended for teenagers and it wasn't a bad movie. Its nothing horrible, I would buy it. People write reviews, they haven't seen the movie. They just don't like a person in the movie, which is pointless. If you don't like the actors, then why watch the movie. It was agood movie as i said. But wacth it for yourself. February 7, 2008

Just my kind of film!

Just My Luck is a cute romantic comedy with an almost Freaky Friday kind of twist. Instead of swapping lives, luck is traded, as the title suggests. A down-on-his-luck musician hits the big-time, and a girl with the golden touch loses it all.

Will they ultimately get together, learn some lessons about what's really important and fall in love? I'm sure you can guess the outcome, but it's guaranteed you'll have a ball seeing how it all comes about.

Just My Luck could be just the right dose of escapist entertainment to brighten up your day. January 5, 2008

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