Lucky Numbers Reviews

Lucky Numbers Review
by Chad Polenz
There's some movies I enjoy even though I know I probably shouldn't and have a difficult time trying to explain why I did. "Lucky Numbers" is a perfect example of this because it's such a blatant rip-off of "Fargo" and every movie based on an Elmore...more

Lucky Numbers Review
by Ram Samudrala
/Lucky Numbers/ is a lot better than Travolta's last effort, /Battlefield: Earth/. The character he plays in this film isn't really that much different, but the context is more appropriate. more

Lucky Numbers Review
by Dennis Schwartz
LUCKY NUMBERS (director: Nora Ephron; screenwriter: Adam Resnick; cinematographer: John Lindley; editor: Barry Malkin; cast: John Travolta (Russ Richards), Lisa Kudrow (Crystal), Tim Roth (Gig), Ed O'Neill (Dick), Michael Rapaport (Dale), Daryl Mitchell...more

Lucky Numbers Review
by Homer Yen
Here's a piece of advice that you've always heard. "Don't wait until the last minute!" If you do, you'll have very few options at your disposal. In the dark comedy, "Lucky Numbers," manic Russ Richards (John Travolta) finds that he's at the point...more

Lucky Numbers Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten Paramount Pictures Director: Nora Ephron Writer: Adam Resnick Cast: John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport, Bill Pullman more

Lucky Numbers Review
by Berge Garabedian
Not a great twelve months for either of the principals from this movie. Earlier this year, Nora Ephron wrote and produced one of the year's least likeable "comedies" called HANGING UP, featuring a bunch of annoying women (ironically, Lisa Kudrow played...more

Lucky Numbers Review
by Susan Granger
Susan Granger's review of "LUCKY NUMBERS" (Paramount Pictures) This is John Travolta's unlucky year. First, "Battlefield Earth." Now, this long-delayed dark comedy directed by Nora Ephron ("Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail"). Travolta is...more

Lucky Numbers Review
by Rose 'Bams' Cooper
LUCKY NUMBERS (2000) Rated R; running time 108 minutes Genre: Comedy Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan) IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0219952 Official site: http://www.luckynumbersmovie.com/ Written by: Adam Resnick Directed by: Nora...more

Lucky Numbers Review
by Ross Anthony
"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...more

Lucky Numbers Review
by Steve Rhodes
In LUCKY NUMBERS, by director Nora Ephron (YOU'VE GOT MAIL), Russ Richards is a local celebrity who has it all, right down to an omelet that a diner has named after him. The television weatherman at a station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he is so...more

Lucky Numbers Review
by Christopher Null
LUCKY NUMBERS A film review by Robert Strohmeyer Copyright 2000 filmcritic.com filmcritic.com more
Lucky Numbers Review
by Jon Popick
A few years back, Nora Ephron seemed like one of Hollywood’s rising stars. She nabbed three Oscar nominations early in her career for penning a Mike Nichols film (Silkwood) and two Meg Ryan films (When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, the...more
Lucky Numbers Review
by Robin Clifford
Russ Richards is the TV weatherman at WPTA in Harrisburg PA and a local celebrity who has his own, reserved table at Denny's. He is also about to lose his shirt in an unsuccessful snowmobile franchise as the city basks in the spring-like December...more
Lucky Numbers Review
by Bob Bloom
Lucky Numbers (2000) 2 stars out of 4. Starring John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Ed O'Neill, Tim Roth and Michael Rappaport. Written by Adam Resnick. Directed by Nora Ephron. more