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Good Luck Chuck
Directed by: Mark Helfrich
Starring: Dane Cook
Genre:
Comedy
Run Time: 96
min.
Release Date:
September 2007
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Reviewed by
Byron Merritt |
Dane Cook is funny but Dan
Fogler is hysterical. This is what makes most of GOOD LUCK CHUCK
a worthy matinee diversion for the 18-and-over crowd.
Director Mark Helfrich of the RUSH HOUR movie franchise pulls in
a mediocre comedy with plenty of trashy jokes, lots of sexual innuendo
(and quite a bit of flat-out sexage and breastage), and a surprising
character study of sex in the 2000's.
The story is that of Charlie (comedian turned actor Dane Cook), a
dentist who is suddenly seen as a good luck charm of sorts. What he does
is have sex with women and then the very next person that that woman
dates, she falls head-over-heels in love with and marries. It happens
without exception, and women flock to his dental office hoping to get
into Charlie’s pants just once so that they can find their true love
after him.
Aiding Charlie in this discovery is buddy Stu (Dan Fogler,
BALLS OF FURY),
a plastic surgeon who specializes in breast augmentation, and who also
has an office next door to Charlie’s dental practice. Stu is the
consummate ‘guy who’s never grown up,’ thinking only about when and
where his next sexual exploitation might happen (this includes lonely
nights at home with grapefruits warmed up in microwaves!)
Charlie initially follows Stu’s advice and has sex with just about any
attractive woman who comes knocking. But then Charlie meets Cam (Jessica
Alba, FANTASTIC FOUR) and Charlie is immediately smitten. Wanting to
follow his heart, Charlie fears that by getting intimate with her he’ll
lose her.
Stu and Charlie eventually rig up a test run to see if Charlie’s good
luck powers are real or if they’re just extreme coincidence. Initially
everything seems to go Charlie’s way, but soon he discovers that they
aren’t. The test run fails and Charlie remembers a childhood curse put
on him (which is how the film starts).
Amongst this mix is another great character named Joe (Lonny Ross) who
is Cam’s brother and a technician at a water park. He and his sister
help out with the penguin exhibit, and it is during their conversations
about work, love, and obsession that many funny (and occasionally
profound) moments come spilling onto the screen. Joe is a stoner who
likes to play jokes on the penguins and this is hysterically funny. But
he also helps out his sister in unique and surprising ways (i.e., by
giving her insights into her life that she’d overlooked, etc.).
But without Dan Fogler, this film may have flopped big time. His Stu
character is undoubtedly the funniest of the cast. He’s got all the
great lines (from “man-chowder” on up) and finally gets what he wants
when he discovers the breasts of his dreams.
The jokes are often sinfully gross and there’s plenty of sex scenes to
stir the loins of every pubescent male out there. Even the ending
credits hold a crude yet laugh-out-loud moment, not willing to let the
audience leave until they’ve hit upon every sexual depravity known to
man. Even so, this is a good diversion for a slow afternoon, and it’s
one that’s sure to make you wheeze and laugh at its ridiculous nature.
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DVD cost: $19.99
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Newsworthy:
The quartet that sings to
Cam is Antique Gold, the 2006 Seniors Champions of the Barbershop
Harmony Society.
Movie Quote: "Women
seem to be coming on to me in a very unusual manner."
Other Actors/Actresses
from Good Luck Chuck
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