Good Luck Chuck
by Mark Helfrich
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Actor: Connor Price, Dan Fogler, Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Troy GentileDirector: Mark Helfrich
Producer: Barry Katz
Producer: Brian Volk-Weiss
Producer: Cece Karz
Producer: Karen Russell
Producer: Michael Paseornek
Writer: Josh Stolberg
Writer: Steve Glenn
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 96 minutes
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Movie Reviews of Good Luck Chuck
Movie Review: A Decent Matinee Diversion
Summary: 3 Stars
***WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS***
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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