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2006 Certificate PG
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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
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 Certificate PG
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 22 Oct 2007
Production year: 2006
Format DVD

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    Curtis Hanson hasnt hit his stride since winning the Oscar for LA Confidential; 8 Mile was workable, and... read more on Time Out

    • Dave Calhoun, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 24 out of 30 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    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.

      • PaulaWestwood from Ashton-Under-Lyne
      • Posted 24 Jun 2007 unknown

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Change the Deck!

    On the surface this was a novel and interesting way of telling the Gambler's story of thrills and spills, using real Poker players to give it authenticity and a cast of rock solid actors to act out the wordy bits.

    But like the tag line to the movie 'Change your game. Change your life.' something needed to change to add zest to this story of buzz, bedlam, thrill addiction, broken hearts, broken pockets and double dealing.

    Director Curtis Hanson ('L.A. Confidential' and 'In Her Shoes') plotted the story well enough and the talents of Messrs Duvall, Bana and Miss Barrymore were all top drawer, yet somehow the pace was not quite right.

    Perhaps the plot was too poker faced or the sub plots too tedious, but something managed to distract from the main story of the showdown between Father and Son, Master and Pupil. Perhaps some essence of pleasure had been left with the Pawnbroker and the Editor forgot to get it back into the movie?

    Once again it was worth having the rental, because I defy anybody to want to watch this film again in a hurry, albeit it was not a total waste of two hours. Worth the money? I would not bet on it!

      • Charles Brickley from Andover, Hampshire England
      • Posted 14 Sep 2009 18:35

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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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