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Lucky You
2006
Billie Offer (Barrymore) is a young singer from Bakersfield with more heart then talent. Huck Cheever (Bana) is a poker player whose emotions at the table often undermine his exceptional skill, especially when he is heads up with his father, poker legend L. C. Cheever (Duvall). The one aptitude Billie and Huck seem to share is .. Read more
| Starring | Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Debra Messing, Jean Smart |
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| Director | Curtis Hanson |
| Genres | Drama |
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Lucky You
Billie Offer (Barrymore) is a young singer from Bakersfield with more heart then talent. Huck Cheever (Bana) is a poker player whose emotions at the table often undermine his exceptional skill, especially when he is heads up with his father, poker legend L. C. Cheever (Duvall). The one aptitude Billie and Huck seem to share is a knack for reading people - the difference is what they do with that gift. While Huck's instincts enable him to take advantage of his opponents at the poker table and expertly avoid both emotional connections and long-term commitments in his personal life, Billie uses her intuition to see the emotional truth of those around her and sympathize with their pain. When these two meet, the real game begins.
| Starring | Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Debra Messing, Jean Smart, Eric Bana |
|---|---|
| Director | Curtis Hanson |
| Studio | WARNER BROS |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 4 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 22 Oct 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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Remember Swingers? 'You're money, baby!' Well Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) is so not money, he's flat broke. And that may as well stand for Lucky You, too. Curtis Hanson's film has been sitting... read more »
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Cards on the table... its not really worth a gamble...
If you can watch approx 1 hour 40 minutes of poker playing, with 15 minutes of sort of rom-com added its for you, if not it really really will wear you down.
It is sort of good enough, but there is just way way too much poker playing going on to make this anything like entertaining. I know nothing whatsoever about playing the tables, and after this I don't feel like I have missed out on much. You could give this one a miss. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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Poker Mania
This film starts off quite poor and slow, but then you warm to the characters and things start to pick up.
I will say this though, if you don't like Poker then this is NOT for you.
Storyline wasn't too bad and the acting wasn't that bad either.
Overall I thought this film was quite good and enjoyed it, especially trying to the name all of the Poker stars in this film.
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Lucky You
- 19 Jun 2007
Remember Swingers? 'You're money, baby!' Well Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) is so not money, he's flat broke. And that may as well stand for Lucky You, too. Curtis Hanson's film has been sitting on the shelf for some time now, and was finally released in the US the same week as Spider-man 3 (not even the incredible hulk would relish that fight). Not surprisingly it bombed. Although he's a chronic gambler and a card sharp, Huck only cares about money in so much as it buys him a seat at the table.... Read more
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