Just My Luck

"Everything changed in the wink of an eye."

2006 1h 43m EN

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6.2

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14%

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5.5

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★6.2TMDB · 2,060🥫14%Rotten Tomatoes●29Metacritic★5.5IMDB · 65,111

ComedyFantasyRomance

Synopsis

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Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.

“Everything changed in the wink of an eye.”

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Cast

Lindsay Lohan
Ashley Albright
Chris Pine
Jake Hardin
Samaire Armstrong
Maggie
Bree Turner
Dana
Faizon Love
Damon Phillips
Missi Pyle
Peggy Braden
Makenzie Vega
Katy
Carlos Ponce
Antonio

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Donald Petrie
Writers: Amy Harris, I. Marlene King, I. Marlene King
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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2 / 8

CAST

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240+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Donald Petrie, shot by Dean Semler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

CAST

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Original score by Teddy Castellucci. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Debra Neil-Fisher shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine and Samaire Armstrong carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Everything changed in the wink of an eye.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0397078 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Donald Petrie directs. Dean Semler behind the camera. Teddy Castellucci scores. Debra Neil-Fisher cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 20 years ago.
2240+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Donald Petrie, shot by Dean Semler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Teddy Castellucci. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Debra Neil-Fisher shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine and Samaire Armstrong carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Everything changed in the wink of an eye.".
8IMDB entry: tt0397078 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "kiss", "bad luck", "romcom", "jinx".

The technical file

Cinematography: Dean Semler
Original score: Teddy Castellucci
Editing: Debra Neil-Fisher
Production design: Ray Kluga
Costume design: Gary Jones
Makeup / hair: Francesca Paris
VFX supervisor: Mark Shoaf
Sound: Andy Nelson
Stunt coordinator: Jack Gill
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $28,000,000
Box office: $38,159,905
Return: 136% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Just My Luck (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 14% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 29/100
IMDB rating: 5.5/10 · 65,111 votes
MPAA: PG-13

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7 nominations total

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r96sk2024-06-06
★ 7/10
<em>'Just My Luck'</em> runs a little thin, but it narrowly did enough for me to enjoy it. Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine don't, in my opinion, share as much onscreen chemistry as is generally needed for a romcom, though they are both likeable and produce solid enough performances that I was happy to watch them act throughout. It's amusing seeing McFly - a very good band, back then at least - billed as "Introducing..." given UK audiences would've 100% known who they were at the time of release. The movie does get a bit repetitive as the plot is, as noted, extremely simple, but again there's just about enough in there that I had a positive time watching.

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