Good Luck Chuck
Lionsgate | Release Date: September 21, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
19
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
16
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50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
At least Jessica Alba's legion of fans will have something to smile about. If nothing else, Helfrich has shown her in the best light. If only there was something worth seeing here other than her. Read full review
40
Washington PostDesson Thomson
The movie spares no effort to reach out to the crudest, youngest audiences it can. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyTim Grierson
Though he’s known for his mildly edgy standup, someone in authority has decided Cook would be well-suited for fluffy romantic comedies, but like last fall’s Employee of the Month, Good Luck Chuck is so undistinguished that it feels like an extended screen test. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
The script by Josh Stolberg has no fizz. It's possible to sit for half an hour without cracking a smile. Part of the problem is sheer repetitiveness; another problem is that Stu's leering remarks are repulsive rather than endearing. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian Lowry
Dane Cook sells out arenas with his stand-up act, and Jessica Alba is, well, Jessica Alba, but once "Chuck" exhausts their devoted bases, this doesn't promise to bring much good luck to Lionsgate. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
It's a strictly date-night-rental affair, and if you still get Ryan Reynolds and Dane Cook confused, this will do little to help sort things out. Read full review
40
EmpireHelen O'Hara
If "Wedding Crashers" is in your top ten rom-coms ever, you might not hate this. Otherwise, it’s too gross to be sweet and too sweet to be gross. Read full review
38
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Like everything else about this insulting romantic comedy, the Jessica Alba/Dane Cook love match is degraded by vile jokes, a boorish attitude toward women and a smutty tackiness not seen since those stupid nudie-cuties of the 1960s. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
There's still time, but for now, Fogler gets my vote for the worst performance of the year. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
The main audience for this dim little sex comedy has no particular interest in seeing Ms. Alba act. They want to see her in her underwear and also to confront one of the central cultural questions of our time: will she take her top off? Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Good Luck Chuck is this year’s low-ender to beat. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
There's an audience out there for this kind of thing--Cook is obviously a populist, and Norbit made bushels of money--but if this is what passes for funny, what in the world of comedy DOESN'T qualify? Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Here is the dirty movie of the year, slimy and scummy, and among its casualties is poor Jessica Alba, who is a cutie and shouldn't have been let out to play with these boys. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
One Star (and only for quoting Knee-Chee). Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
This is less an affront to women than it is to comedy. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
That closing-credits sequence is by far the funniest thing in the disappointing movie, Read full review
20
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Veers between flaccid slapstick and mean-spirited vulgarity. Read full review
16
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It tries to be a sappy love story, an incredibly vile gross-out comedy and an envelope-pushing soft-core porno movie all at once. It ends up being an unappealing abomination. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle Smith
Good Luck Chuck, a fungal little sex comedy, doesn't need a review. It needs a tube of ointment and a shot of penicillin. Read full review
0
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
It's stupefying in its dullness and vulgarity. Read full review
0
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
It was like a Farrelly brothers gross-out without the laughs. Read full review
0
PremiereGlenn Kenny
If raunch-comedy maestro Judd Apatow had not just an evil, but an evil-and-untalented twin, this grotesque excrescence would be his signature work. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty
Can we finally just admit that Dane Cook isn't funny? In a comedy so lame its plot could've been swiped from a Bazooka Joe wrapper. Read full review
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