Lucky Town
by Paul Nicholas (VI)
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Actor: James Caan, Kirsten Dunst, Luis Guzm?n, Robert Miano, Vincent KartheiserDirector: Paul Nicholas (VI)
Brand: Lions Gate
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-07-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Lucky Town
Movie Review: Perfect example of why movies go straight to DVD
Summary: 1 Stars
There were two decent things about this film: Luiz Guzman, who is always reliable; and Vincent Kartheiser, who I feel is (as of yet, I hope) overlooked as a decent actor.
The rest of it was exruciating. If I hadn't been sick in bed with nothing better to do, I would have stopped watching it at the beginning scene. While watching Colonel (Kartheiser) and Lidda (Dunst) get together at the convenient store I thought of at least three more plausible scenarios where they could have hooked up. Lidda didn't need to put on that crazy act of kissing him, which was completely out of character when you consider her throughout the entire film. Their "budding relationship" was painful to watch, as the dialogue in the car, prior to reaching Las Vegas, seemed to be scratched out of notes from a fourth grader's scream of consciousness excercise. Actually, that might be too flattering.
The situations were implausible, the segues weren't segues - they were gigantic craters that forced the viewer to make enormous mental leaps to hop from one scene to the next. What in the world was Kirsten Dunst thinking? I can understand Kartheiser, as he's still working his way up, but I can't understand why Dunst picked this script. Perhaps the executives sent special goggles to the actors so that when they read the script the words were somehow rearranged on the page to reflect something entirely different. Maybe they thought they were reading a sequel to Leaving Las Vegas. Who knows.
This was a sensational waste of time. Unless you're a fan of Kartheiser, avoid it. If you're a fan of Dunst, you'll be disgusted. Her acting was atrocious.
Summary of Lucky Town
When lidda a beautiful young girl sets off to las vegas to surprise her long-lost father charlie this city of sin deals her more than just a bad hand. Vegas toughest gangster thinks charlie has betrayed him and lidda becomes the bait in his plan for revenge. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/20/2003 Starring: Kirsten Dunst Luis Guzman Run time: 105 minutes Rating: R Director: Paul NicholasChock full of strippers, gamblers, and wisecracking hit men, Luckytown is tailor-made for lovers of the Vegas movie. Kirsten Dunst plays Lidda, an 18-year-old who goes off to Sin City to find her long-lost father. Along the way she picks up Colonel, an old high school crush who just happens to dream of being a professional gambler. Soon her story begins to intertwine with that of Tony, a sleazy strip-club owner, and Jimmy, his oddly philosophical thug. Luckytown is well intentioned and has a few good moments, but the script never quite turns into the stew of immorality that it hopes to be. On the other hand, it does have James Caan playing the world's greatest poker player like the old pro that he is, and that's never a bad thing. --Ali Davis
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