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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 7975
Released: August 22, 2006 |
| Our Price: $4.25 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
From the director of How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days comes a "funny twist-of-fate comedy" (KBWB-TV)! Lindsay Lohan lights up the screen as Ashley the luckiest girl in Manhattan. But little does she know her good fortune is about to change. When Ashley shares a kiss at a party with Jake a bad luck magnet they miraculously switch paths. Suddenly Ashley is plagued by one hilarious disaster after another and Jake is headed for fame instead of failure. As she desperately races to find Jake and reverse her misfortune Ashley discovers that her terrible twist-of-fate is the luckiest thing that ever happened to her.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543255161 Manufacturer No: 2235516
Description of Just My Luck:
Ashley (Lindsay Lohan) is lucky: She always gets a taxi, she always says the right thing when the right person needs to hear it, gorgeous dresses get mis-delivered to her apartment. But when she kisses a cute guy at a masquerade ball, her luck vanishes--because the guy is a total loser named Jake (Chris Pine, The Princess Diaries 2) whose collapsing life desperately needs a little luck. Suddenly everything goes right for Jake, while Ashley--who now can't take a step without breaking a heel--has to go on a mad search for the unknown guy she kissed so she can retrieve her stolen luck. Just My Luck isn't as creative with this whimsical premise as it could be, but there are amusing moments as the movie wends its way to the inevitable happy conclusion. As a Lindsay Lohan vehicle, this isn't as smart and funny as Mean Girls or as all-around likable as Freaky Friday, but it's superior to Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen or Herbie: Fully Loaded. Lohan's fans are likely to enjoy the light pop of the British band McFly, who play themselves and have a scruffy charm. --Bret Fetzer
Just My Luck Reviews:
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2008-06-30 - The technical aspects of this movie are OK, and of course New York city looks bright and inviting. Success and failure are measured by the size of apartments and the ability to date rich guys or hot (pretty stupid) girls. The film is simply dumb, to the point where you cannot ignore this quality even when watching in zombie mode. Also, it tries to sell a light-pop British boy-band with too much fury. Like a movie from the Disney Channel. What more?, ah, Lindsey Lohan is extremely beautiful, all the time, and the deleted scenes are good and should have been included in the movie. That's it.
what can I say... I love Lindsay! 
2008-06-25 - Ok so admittedly, the only reason I saw this movie in the first place, and the only reason I own this DVD, is because Lindsay Lohan is in it. Yes, I am a HUGE LL fan. Prior to what others say, I think she is incredibly talented, even in corny movies such as this one. In all honestly, this definitely isn't one of Lindsays best movies, and if it had been someone else who starred in it, I'd no doubt be giving it one star. But Lindsay adds charm to this movie and makes it worth watching.
Yes its corny at times, and yes its predictable (the basic gist: girl who has all the luck in the world meets boy who has all the bad luck in the world, they kiss, their fortunes get reversed, and of course develop romantic feelings for eachother...etc) and some parts are even downright ridiculous. But like I said, Lindsay makes it work, and she actually has really good chemistry with her co-star Chris Pines.
but if your not a fan of Lohan whatsoever, and if you in no way enjoy any type of chick flick, then I'm willing to bet your not gonna enjoy this one, so I don't recommend that you watch this movie but if you are a Lohan fan and you do enjoy chick flicks, even slightly ridiculous ones, then I do recommend that you watch this.
If anything, it'll atleast give you something entertaining to watch on a boring sunday afternoon!
Cutely cliched...
2008-02-21 - In fact, the only thing original in this movie is that the lead actress (Lohan) starts off with luck, then gets bad luck after kissing some stranger (Pine) at a mascarade party and then kissing him later on (shedding bad luck) to kiss again and get it.
Weird, I know. But more or less, that's the premise of this been-there-done-that-but-still-cute tale...
Lindsay does decent acting once again, but it's not her best. Mean Girls and especially Freaky Friday were her highlights.
Lindsey and Pine have great, great chemistry but Katie "gets in the way" at first. Later, things are realized and "fine" again.
Like I said a many movie clichés roll, punch after punch, but the heart of the movie is still realized.
Do the lead actor and actress end up together? YOU figure that one out!
Positives:
You more or less stay glued, regardless of some bad and overused clichés pop up.
Great chemistry between the two leads.
Acting is decent.
Music is OK, but a bit too predictable.
Band's music is OK too but one song when they rehearse REALLY sticks out well.
What Lindsay's character thinks of Katie at first it is HILARIOUS! :)
The real Katie rocks. \m/
Nice length.
Negatives:
Cliché, cliché, cliché!
Very predictable sometimes.
There's nothing new here.
Ending was as predictable as the movie.
3.7 stars.
A Cute Movie 
2008-02-07 - This movie was intended for teenagers and it wasn't a bad movie. Its nothing horrible, I would buy it. People write reviews, they haven't seen the movie. They just don't like a person in the movie, which is pointless. If you don't like the actors, then why watch the movie. It was agood movie as i said. But wacth it for yourself.
Just my kind of film!
2008-01-05 - Just My Luck is a cute romantic comedy with an almost Freaky Friday kind of twist. Instead of swapping lives, luck is traded, as the title suggests. A down-on-his-luck musician hits the big-time, and a girl with the golden touch loses it all.
Will they ultimately get together, learn some lessons about what's really important and fall in love? I'm sure you can guess the outcome, but it's guaranteed you'll have a ball seeing how it all comes about.
Just My Luck could be just the right dose of escapist entertainment to brighten up your day.
