Good Luck Chuck - Review

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Length: 92 min

Rated: R

Distributor: Lions Gate Films

Release Date: 2007-09-21

Starring: Dane Cook Jessica Alba Dan Fogler Ellia English Simone Bailly

Directed by Mark Helfrich

Produced by Mike Karz, Barry Katz, Brian Volk-Weiss

Written by Josh Stolberg

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Reviewed by Alexandra Calamari : 2007-09-15 17:37:19

If you’ve seen a preview for Good Luck Chuck you’ve probably thought: “oh great another romantic comedy where the hero finds himself in ridiculous and painful situations courtesy of his new smoking hot girlfriend,” or even more likely: “oh great another Ben Stiller movie…wait isn’t this The Heartbreak Kid?” Either way, you’ve been had. For some mysterious reason Lionsgate decided to push the clumsiness of love-interest Cam (Jessica Alba), which contributes only to the few moments of slapstick humor featured in previews. Meanwhile the film’s significantly funnier premise, that every woman who Charlie Logan (Dane Cook) sleeps with marries her next boyfriend, flies under the radar. Maybe the filmmakers were hoping audiences will be pleasantly surprised, or maybe they’re counting on laughs from seeing unsuspecting audience members staring aghast at a montage of Kama-Sutra positions… either way, by targeting the wrong type of audience, the promoters took a big risk and I’m not sure it’s going to pay off.

Good Luck Chuck opens during a routine game of spin-the-bottle as ten-year-old Charlie prays the bottle will fix him up with his cute red-headed crush. Instead, the ill-fated Coke points to a freakish Goth girl who tries to jump Charlie in the closet and then puts a hex on him when he refuses her. It isn’t until twenty-five years later at the wedding of an ex, that Charlie feels the true ramifications of the curse. Now a successful dentist, Charlie is surprised when he is acknowledged in the bridal toast as the good luck charm that brought his ex to her true love. Before the ramifications of this can sink in, Charlie is distracted by the gorgeous penguin specialist Cam, a girl who takes clumsiness to a whole new level.

As rumors of Charlie’s good luck status spread to desperate single women everywhere, Charlie’s office is suddenly filled with women begging for a quickie in order to find their true love. After his breast-obsessed best buddy Stu (Dan Fogler) encourages Charlie to satisfy all these women, Charlie makes the mistake of actually falling for Cam. But when more and more of his sexual partners start popping up engaged, Charlie realizes he has to break the curse before he loses Cam to the next man she dates.

Originally written with a PG-13 audience in mind, Good Luck Chuck was revamped when the writers realized how much more they could do with the film’s sexual humor. While the language is realistic and there are a few near-pornographic sequences you wouldn’t want to watch next to your mother, the script still feels caught between two types of movie: the cheesy rom-com and the shocking sex comedy. As the former, Dane Cook almost passes for the guy-next-door hero with his unique brand of humor, but the relationship between he and Jessica Alba is neither believable nor particularly endearing. Meanwhile, the movie’s gross-out humor (including one gag-worthy scene where Charlie tries to break the curse with the most disgusting woman on earth) and endless breast jokes get very old, very quickly. Ultimately, the humor is best when it is at its most simple - a scene where Charlie has to walk away from a half-naked Cam for fear of the curse is particularly entertaining.

The film has its laugh-out-loud moments, but most of those seem to come from gratuitous sex scenes instead of actual jokes. When a comedy tries too hard to push the envelope, it often misses on the little things, and that’s certainly the plight of Good Luck Chuck.

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Carla J.
March 2, 2008 at 03:50

I loved Jessica's funny, silly side in this movie, and it had a CHANCE to be a light, fun, romantic comedy.. BUT... WHY in the world did they put all the GRAPHIC sex scenes in the movie. They were NOT needed and while it would have been no big deal, there was NO warning that you'd better not watch this with your family around (and I DON'T mean just young children, but older teens, mothers, dads, etc..) It was like having a PORN Flick pop up in the middle of a cute romantic comedy..
Seems like the writers or producers have huge sexual frustration, either that or they need to produce porn films.
The mixture of the light, funny comedy was RUINED by all the split screen sexual porn. It looked like they were trying to copy Nip/Tuck. We were all laughing and enjoying the movie and BAM.. "Chuck" was having sex with about 16 women on a split screen.. VERY uncomfortable with family and friends sitting around. I don't mind porn.. but PLEASE not in a romantic comedy. NO WARNING AT ALL THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN FROM THE PREVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last scene was BEYOND sick. Oral sex on a stuffed animal??????
WHAT A WASTE OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A FUN, CUTE FILM!!!

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Jon Swizzle
February 22, 2008 at 22:39

This was the best movie movie i have ever seen in my entire life and it is a great family movie to watch!!!!I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!

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January 28, 2008 at 14:03

This movie was HORRIBLE
My impression when I saw the previews was that it was a family comedy.
So I watched it...
WITH MY FAMILY
Huge mistake.
I ended up stopping the movie about 20 min in.
I figured I can handle a few boob scenes.

This movie is not worth seeing, unless you enjoy watching other people have sex.
Or if you enjoy watching other people have sex, with your family and friends.

Its ridiculous what they can put on movies now a days.
The beginning of it shocked me beyond reason..
Those little kids, and that little girl, topless...

Absolutely out of this world..
Mark Helfrich
Josh Stolberg
Steve Glenn
Might as well be pedophiles or porn directors.

What a huge waste of money.

I hated this movie
Cannot say it enough.

Dane Cook, your not that good looking, you do not need a movie to boost your self esteem.
Pretty sure women will not sleep with you like that in the real world.

Jessica Alba, you could of done better.
Not a movie for such a pretty, young, talented woman as yourself.
Suprising you took the part...

Anyway, the only other thing this movie has to offer is the infamous fat Dan Fogler.
That dirty sick sad little man.
Horrible jokes, horrible lines.
Typical guy who never gets anything and wishes he did.

No one in the room laughed once during it.

Please people, keep young eyes AWAY from this movie.
And couples, do not watch it, watching your boyfriend get an erection during a movie...well its not somthing you want to expeirience.

I am off of my soap box now.
Let the critizing and judging begin.

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chris
October 24, 2007 at 15:42

this movie was seriously hillarious...dane cook did a fuckin funny job...and alba was smokin hot....anyway go see the movie you will piss your pants.......yes dirty laugauge...yes boobs...yes danes ass but ohwell....FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY

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Jerry
October 15, 2007 at 13:05

I went to see this movie last night and left at the beginning of the kama-sutra sequence but not nearly quick enough to miss the filthy language. I was so disgusted and angry because the viewing public is not adequately warned as to how filthy the language is and that this is really porn. I can't believe this got an R rating! Where are the ratings police? Jessica, shame on you. I hope this is professional suicide for the whole bunch.

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matinopare
October 9, 2007 at 16:13

hi my name is called martinopare from ghana i have seen your porgarm and i want to be in

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David
October 7, 2007 at 01:27

This movie was absolute garbage. It had virtually no humor, unless you find raunchy soft-porn funny. It was pretty much poop and sex jokes, which can carry a movie for about 4 seconds, but there was nothing more for it to fall back on. I'm sad to see an actress like Jessica Alba stoop to such a low level to make a few bucks. I thought she had more class than that. It was completely misadvertised, and I wish I could get my money back. Save your money, don't watch this movie.

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shaina
October 2, 2007 at 18:21

when i first watch the premiere i thought 2 myself & i'm thinking that i should watch this w/ my friends. i like this kind of movie it makes u laugh and laugh. i'm not da type of person that does not get tired of this kind of movie like Derek.

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Derek Sample
September 20, 2007 at 15:47

I saw this movie last night at the Premiere. Though I wasn't that excited to see it - I laughed quite a bit in this movie. I really loved it. Surprising for me as I get tired of these types of films.

I don't think Dane was enough to carry the movie, but his supporting actor, "Stu", definitely helped carry the film and I really enjoyed it. Jessica Alba is adorable too...extremely adorable at that.

In summation, it's worth seeing. It's a good date movie, good guys movie and will probably be a bigger hit on DVD due to the fact that the marketing is definitely targeting the wrong audience. The marketing premise is way off. Go see it.

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