Lucky You Reviews

I have always been fascinated by poker. Eventually, I played the game for a while with some colleagues and I loved it even more. Unfortunately, my learning curve was pretty limited so I quit after 6 months (I still managed to win once with a mythical Royal Flush, something that never happen to most of the poker players during their entire life). With this in mind, I was of course really eager to check this movie. Eventually, many elements were done right but they still messed up the tone and the romance was hardly interesting. Indeed, I thought that the tone was just way too light and Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore were just way too soft for this. I mean, you have here a story about a talented player who’s still a complete loser because he is a compulsive gambler and doesn’t know when to stop but the makers kept throwing some goofy scenes trying to convince us that it was not so bad after all. Still, Robert Duvall was, as usual, pretty terrific and I liked the dynamic between the father and son, even though the animosity from Bana towards Duvall was rather exagerated in my opinion. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, it remains rather entertaining and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in poker.

Romance is barely present in this movie as poker takes over 80% of the movie. Aficionados of poker should enjoy this, as it present many aspects of playing the game.
As for the romance, it's pathetically predictable.
The acting is so-so, the directing is okay, there's nothing really worth mentioning.
It's just a clean movie without any violence or guns.
Enjoyable.