"Lucky Numbers" is one of those botched criminal
activity films where one thing goes wrong right after
the other; only these culprits are more
regular-person-esque and less bad-guy-like (a smiley,
but dim weatherman and a bubbly, but cruel lotto girl
for starters.)
Unfortunately, this cute chain of mishaps has
little to tie together. There's no emotion arc and
for a comedy, there's only a handful of good laughs.
Still the acting is awesome, Travolta and Kudrow
rock; and the somewhat amusing chain is directed
well.
The end result ... a film that would make a fine
watch on TV if there were nothing else to do, but at
the theater ... just can't fill the big screen.
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