Unlucky for some

When I saw the trailer for 'Just My Luck (2006)' I really wanted to see it, because it looked like quite a good humoured family comedy. But I missed my opportunity at the cinema - luckily, as it now turns out. Having just finished watching it on TV I felt compelled to write this review as a warning to others. To sum it up this whole movie is just a vehicle to promote the British band McFly to a wider audience! Yes, it is interspersed with some attempts at comedy and very badly done character building, but it isn't enough, probably because there just isn't time with so many McFly singles being played.

The plot without McFly certainly has the potential to make it a classic, but not in this incarnation. Timing is everything in comedy and its rare to see comedy done so badly. One scene which really bugged me is a 'too much washing powder in the washing machine' gag, which is rather trite in itself. But in this movie what makes it totally unbearable is that you first see the character actually noticing that there is too much powder and yet they do nothing about it and then turn the machine on, which oh surprise surprise, bubbles away!? I'm sorry that's not unlucky, it is just plain stupid! There are other examples of poorly done humour, but too few and too poor to bother mentioning.

Take my advise, if you really want to watch 'Just My Luck' make sure its the 1957 film of the same name, staring Norman Wisdom - its totally different, thankfully!

3/10