Lucky You Critic Reviews

The compelling and interesting aspect of Lucky You is not so much the compulsion that drives the main character but the way in which he interacts with those around him. The movie isn't a downer, but neither does it end with all loose ends nicely tied off. In this case, redemption does not equate with salvation.Read the full review

Starts off promisingly, then grows as lifeless as a poker face.Read the full review

Playing the character with this much girlish innocence is risky. Barrymore can seem dumb, but as Lucky You unfolds, we realize that the character is just a device to bring viewers into the parallel universe of poker.Read the full review

Even though it is sometimes dull and generally thin, there is something winning about the movie's genial lack of ambition.Read the full review

The result is that most of the picture plays out as a series of scenes in which our hero sits there, gets angry and loses all his money.Read the full review

Curiously lifeless, Lucky You feels like poker without stakes; it goes through the motions with nothing to play for.Read the full review

The result is dull and lifeless.Read the full review

Poker has proven itself a popular spectator sport on television -- at least in the short run -- but as scripted drama, where you can pretty much guess the winner of a given hand, it's dull, dull, dull.Read the full review