Luck

"Sometimes all you need is for everything to go wrong."

2022 1h 45m EN

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7.8

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★7.8TMDB · 2,133

AnimationAdventureComedyFantasyFamily

Synopsis

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Suddenly finding herself in the never-before-seen Land of Luck, the unluckiest person in the world must unite with the magical creatures there to turn her luck around.

“Sometimes all you need is for everything to go wrong.”

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Cast

Eva Noblezada
Sam (voice)
Simon Pegg
Bob (voice)
Jane Fonda
Dragon (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg
Captain (voice)
Colin O'Donoghue
Gerry (voice)
Lil Rel Howery
Marvin (voice)
Flula Borg
Jeff the Unicorn (voice)
John Ratzenberger
Rootie (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peggy Holmes
Writers: Ray Shenusay, Kiel Murray, Glenn Berger
Languages: English
Countries: Spain, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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2 / 7

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Spain, United States of America.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor William J. Caparella shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Eva Noblezada and Simon Pegg and Jane Fonda carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Sometimes all you need is for everything to go wrong.".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7214954 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Peggy Holmes directs. John Debney scores. William J. Caparella cuts. Produced in Spain, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 4 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: Spain, United States of America.
3Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor William J. Caparella shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Eva Noblezada and Simon Pegg and Jane Fonda carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Sometimes all you need is for everything to go wrong.".
7IMDB entry: tt7214954 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 12 themes, including "superstition", "bad luck", "leprechaun", "computer animation".
9Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: John Debney
Editing: William J. Caparella
Production design: Fred Warter
VFX supervisor: Javier Romero Rodriguez
Sound: Tony Villaflor
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Luck (2022)

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Manuel São Bento2022-08-12
★ 5/10
MORE SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/ "Luck meets the minimum requirements of having a light story with simple characters and sweet messages, but it's far from an inspiring, imaginative, incredibly entertaining work. The humor related to the protagonist's misfortunes induces some moments of laughter, but even these are cliches repeated countless times throughout the history of cinema. Strangely, the 3D animation fails to offer expressiveness and emotion to the characters, being limited to the beautiful environment that surrounds the narrative. The score tries to elevate the overall film with sentimental tunes and melodies, but unfortunately, it's not enough to avoid the first animated disappointment of the year." Rating: C
The Movie Mob2022-08-19
★ 7/10
Overall : Luck feels as warm and familiar as a favorite blanket reminding us of some of our favorite Pixar movies from 25 years ago. A sweet movie with a sweet message. John Lasseter’s return to animation felt like a return to the Pixar stories of the 90s - hope-filled stories about finding meaningful friendships and family. Luck had moments of laughter and moments that touched your heart. It didn’t rise to the level of Toy Story or Finding Nemo, but it is definitely a good one. My three-year-old immediately wanted to start it over again when it ended, and she loved the fun creatures and bright-colored worlds. So it looks like Luck will be around the house quite a bit for the next few months.
CinemaSerf2022-08-29
★ 5/10
In theory, this ought to have been much better - but somehow it just doesn't ever get going. The story centres around "Sam" who has the most damnable ill-luck. If it can go wrong for her (and those around her) then you can bet your last lucky penny then it will! Sitting, despondently, outside a café one day, she shares her sandwich with a black cat and thereafter her adventures start as she discovers this cat comes from the land of luck. Good luck, actually, reigned over benignly by the dragon (Jane Fonda). As with everything, though, it's an equilibrium and there is a fine balance to be had with bad luck - which they try to contain in a machine. Her arrival spells doom for this finely stable environment. Soon she and the cat "Bob" are having to spin plates a-plenty to stop their universe collapsing into chaos. It's far too wordy and worthy - the sentiment was all just a bit too sweet, sugary and over-whelming for me. It is a perfectly adequate production and the animation does enough, but at 1¾ it's all just to thinly stretched out and actually quite slow. It will be fine for the kids on the television at Christmas, but it's very limited cinema release speaks volumes...