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'Just My Luck' : Better than average teen flick |
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Written by Knight Ridder
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 |
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THE SHORT REVIEW:
"Just My Luck"
2 out of 4 stars
With: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine
PG-13, 1hr 42 mins
THE LONG REVIEW:
You’re familiar with the movie where the star phones in her performance? “Just My Luck” is the one where the lead faxes in hers — to a machine where the inkjet needs replacing.
Astonishingly, Lindsay Lohan’s going-through-the-motions work in this PG-rated “Sex and the City” doesn’t entirely diminish its “13-Going-on-30” appeal.
In “Just My Luck,” a cute Manhattan professional with an impossibly charmed life meets a struggling rock-band manager with an improbably cursed one. They kiss. Is fate contagious? Because the fortunate girl catches the swain’s misfortune — and vice-versa.
The film observes the calculus of teen movies: Girl = Fashionista; Boy = Rocker. In this case, girl is fashionista with a glam job in public relations; boy is grunge guy who manages a rock band.
Lohan is Ashley Albright, the gal always in the right place at the right time and whose luck is defined by her ability to wear a white raincoat in New York and remain spotless.
Chris Pine is Tim Hardin, calamity magnet, janitor at lanes called Rock and Bowl and manager of a British-invasion band called McFly The person most likely to spill the soup — on himself Tim is the guy who, even if it’s sunny, will get soaked by a freak rainstorm.
In a star turn that hasn’t been seen since the heyday of Lana Turner, Lohan swans through the movie, costars trailing in her well-heeled wake.
As self-centeredness has the effect of drawing sympathy for those not at the center, the other players generate most of the film’s energy and goodwill. Pine is charming. Likewise, Samaire Armstrong as Ashley’s shaggy bud, Maggie.
Lohan is superfluous to the qualities that elevate the film above other Clearasil comedies. I liked the film’s idea that luck is like love – something that diminishes when you hoard it and multiplies when you share it. | Only registered users can write comments.
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