Lucky 2011

Critics score:
23 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Nearly every step the movie makes feels completely random, with no payoff. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The concept, perilously high, is further overloaded by performances that are perilously broad, particularly from Graynor and an ill-used Ann-Margret as Ben's mother. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Mr. Hanks performs with customary blankness and a woeful lack of chemistry with his hardworking co-star. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: It gets bogged down in slo-mo indie quirk when it should be faster, more in our face. Read more

Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: Nothing is bleaker than failed black comedy, which this is. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Thank your lucky stars I had to see Gil Cates Jr.'s darkly comic misfire early enough to warn you against wasting your own time and money. Read more

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: Drama cannot live on wobbly metaphors alone, and the untenable roles are played without charisma. Read more