Lucky You, yes you; with the poker face

talkwrite · May 7, 2007

I saw Lucky you on Friday and Thank God I play poker(~ or try to) or I would never have figured out most of the exchanges. There is a lot of unexplained game win/loss terminology that shows risk and threats to our hero. I wonder how it will do in the river....

I rate it PG - Pretty Good: He's cute, she's funny and it's pretty true to life.

katiemac · May 7, 2007

I was wondering about this film. Not my cup of tea anyway, but it's been sitting on the studio shelves for 2 years. So, glad someone liked it!

maestrowork · May 7, 2007

It was funny to me because the film was slated for an earlier release and the preview marketed it as a father-son drama (about poker players) with a dash of romance in it. But then they delayed the release, and the new previews depicted it as a romantic comedy! They almost completely took the Robert Devull plot out of the previews, and focused almost entirely on Bana and Barrymore. I bet their figured out their target male audiences wouldn't care, so they'd rather market it to the women as a romcom.

ChunkyC · May 7, 2007

You've summed up what I've heard about it, talkwrite. Basically, if you're not into the poker scene, you'll be left scratching your head wondering what's going on.

Lucky You, yes you; with the poker face

talkwrite

Passion in full bloom

katiemac

Five by Five

maestrowork

Fear the Death Ray

ChunkyC

It's hard being green