Good Luck Chuck (2007)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Mark Helfrich

Writers (WGA):

Josh Stolberg (screenplay)
Steve Glenn (short story)

Release Date:

21 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

There's something about Jessica.

Plot:

In order to keep the woman of his dreams from falling for another guy, Charlie Logan has to break the curse that has made him wildly popular with single women: Sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love. |

Plot Keywords:

True Love | Curse | Teenage Girl In Underwear | Sex In Car | Sex In Kitchen

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 7	12:30 AM	SHOW
Fri. July 10	11:00 PM	SHOW

Cast

Connor Price	...	Young Charlie
Troy Gentile	...	Young Stu
Mackenzie Mowat	...	Birthday Girl
Sasha Pieterse	...	Goth Girl
Caroline Ford	...	Jennifer
Dane Cook	...	Charlie
Chelan Simmons	...	Carol
Dan Fogler	...	Stu
Natalie Morris	...	Natalie
Ellia English	...	Reba
Chang Tseng	...	Karaoke Singer
Michael Teigen	...	Wedding D.J.
Chiara Zanni	...	Bride
Benjamin Ayres	...	Groomsman (as Ben Ayres)
Carrie Fleming	...	Dirty Talker (as Carrie Anne Fleming)

Also Known As:

Le porte-bonheur (Canada: French title)
The Warm-Up Guy (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of strong sexual content including crude dialogue, nudity, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

USA:96 min | USA:101 min (unrated version) | Argentina:101 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:18 | USA:R | Ireland:16 | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | Taiwan:R-18 | Germany:16 | France:Unrated (with warning) | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:7 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | Brazil:18 | Japan:R-15 | Peru:18 | Norway:15 (re-rating after appeal) | Argentina:13 | Italy:VM18 | Iceland:14

Filming Locations:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Karz Entertainment

Trivia:

In the movie, the building where Chuck and Stu work at is named the Seltaeb building. Backwards, "seltaeb" is "beatles". Seltaeb was also the name of the corporation which in 1964, oversaw product licensing arrangements for The Beatles.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Charlie first sees Cam, the color of the liquid in the glass on the tray turns from red to clear.

Quotes:

Charlie: Stu, Cam. Cam, Stu
Stu: It's actually *Doctor* Stu. I'm a reconstructive surgeon. If anyone has an accident or was born with a deformity, I'm there to help.
Charlie: And by "deformity" he means small breasts.
Stu: He's just jealous because he has to clean plaque all day long while I'm out making the world a better place.

Movie Connections:

References Jerry Maguire (1996)

Soundtrack:

I Was Zapped By The Lucky Super Rainbow

Better luck next time, Dane

A very uneven comedy. If 3 out of every 10 jokes working is enough for you, then go ahead.

If you're hoping to see Dane Cook (nearly) undressed, you won't be disappointed. He strips more in this movie than Demi Moore in "Striptease".

If you're hoping to see Jessica Alba undressed -- too bad! Scanty attire is the best you'll get.

If you're hoping to see Dane be as funny as he is in his stand-up -- you'll be disappointed.

If you're hoping to see Jessica be funny -- what are you, nuts? She's got no comedy chops! And that old tired "pretty girl falls down a lot" shtick wasn't funny when it became a movie cliché about 5 years ago.

The only funny moments seem to be when Dane is improvising. When he's doing the written parts of the script, it clunks hard. (Him dressed in a penguin costume? Yikes.) The two leads try SO hard to show us they have chemistry (a lot of shoulder wiggling and cutesy facial expressions mostly) that it backfires.

There were a lot of gross-out moments that just weren't funny -- the fat sidekick scrubbing his backflap with a scrub-brush for sexual pleasure, a penguin eating his crap, two seduction scenes with obese women (straight out of "Norbit" -- also unfunny).

The sidekick is so foul and obnoxious he throws the movie completely off-balance. You feel like the movie needs a sorbet after one of his scenes to get the bad taste out of your mouth.

The only likable person was the guy playing Jessica's brother (Lonny Ross of "30 Rock"). I actually think he might have made a better romantic lead, than Dane -- who was somehow off-putting.

Maybe Dane will have more input into his next comedy movie. Maybe that will help.