Just My Luck (2006)

Lindsay Lohan
Chris Pine
Samaire Armstrong
Bree Turner
Faizon Love
Missi Pyle
Chris Carmack

Directed by Donald Petrie

Plot: Ashley Albright is the luckiest woman in the world, a person to whom all the good things in life have come far too easily. She can pick a lottery ticket at random and hit the jackpot. In New York, the world's busiest city, Ashley never has to wait for a cab. And she has a terrific job as an account exec at a prestigious public relations firm. And now, she's been given a great opportunity to advance her career: she is to plan a masquerade ball in downtown Manhattan for record mogul Damon Phillips and his company. Jake, on the other hand, is a bad luck magnet. His skies are always raining; his pants are always on the verge of splitting at the seams. His job is cleaning toilets at a bowling alley. But even a steady bombardment of catastrophes doesn't dim Jake's dreams. He thinks he may have his chance at the brass ring with his discovery of a rock band McFly. If Jake can keep his bad luck at bay for just one night, he'll sneak into a masquerade ball and get McFly's CD into the hands of music titan Damon Phillips. On this night when dreams can be made or broken, fate brings Ashley and Jake together on the dance floor. Instantly taken with one another, they share an electrifyingly kiss--and with that one kiss, their†luck switches places.

Review: I first want to point out that I will watch almost any movie, but this is one I had planned on skipping. My fiancé loves these kind of movies so I rented it for her. After she watched it I figures since I already had it, I would watch it and let everyone know what I think.
First off, I am not a big Lindsay Lohan fan, but do not dislike her. With that being said she was irritating in this movie. The film is not bad, but it’s not good either. It had some funny moments and the supporting cast was good, but I thought Lindsay fell short. What hurt it for me is that she seemed to just be her and it was very annoying. I don’t know anything about Chris Pine, but I thought he did a pretty good job. He pulled off the bumbling comedy aspect as well as the straight man. If it’s possible, I think this is probably one of Lindsay’s worse movies., but not a horrible movie, just not up to par with some of her others. I would recommend this to kids and woman who love romantic comedies, but not to anyone looking for an all around good film.
 

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