Hit by Lightning

Name: Hit by Lightning
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Crime
Released: October 31, 2014
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 31

2014

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: October 31, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Aging and single, Ricky Miller (Jon Cryer), spends his days managing a fast food chain, doting on his cats, and yearning to fall in love. Terrified that his ship has sailed, he turns to online dating, where he meets the mysterious Danita, a woman without a picture who asks him out on a date. Fearing the worst, Ricky goes to meet Danita,Aging and single, Ricky Miller (Jon Cryer), spends his days managing a fast food chain, doting on his cats, and yearning to fall in love. Terrified that his ship has sailed, he turns to online dating, where he meets the mysterious Danita, a woman without a picture who asks him out on a date. Fearing the worst, Ricky goes to meet Danita, only to find that she is charming, intelligent, and stunningly beautiful. Most puzzling, she seems to be totally smitten with Ricky from first sight. Egged on by his best friend Seth (Will Sasso) who is skeptical of the situation, Ricky looks for the catch. Danita confesses that she is in a loveless marriage to a very successful crime novelist, who was once accused of killing his ex-wife a few years prior. She fears her husband will strike again, and the only way that she can be free of him is for Ricky to kill him. Hopelessly in love with Danita, but horrified by the predicament, Ricky wonders can homicide lead to happy ever after? [Gravitas Ventures]… Expand

Director: Ricky Blitt

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Martin Tsai

Oct 30, 2014

An offbeat rom-com that ventures down the film-noir path, Hit by Lightning manages to make dark comedy fresh by combining two formulas. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Oct 29, 2014

Thanks to Jon Cryer’s likable-schlemiel shtick, a lost-cause rom-com is more watchable than it has any right to be. But that’s not enough to make Hit by Lightning remotely involving. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Oct 30, 2014

Even with a few late twists, concept exceeds execution. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Oct 30, 2014

Hit By Lightning might have worked as black comedy, but Blitt clearly lacks any instinct for genuine darkness. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Oct 29, 2014

From its uninspired, sitcom-y look to its phoned-in dialogue (“I love you plus infinity”; “I love you plus double infinity”) to its creaky plot, Hit by Lightning is anything but electrifying. Read full review

Chris Packham

Oct 28, 2014

It's a black-comedy plot without any blackness or actual comedy, unless mugging and bro-heiming by Mad TV's Will Sasso counts as hilarious. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Oct 29, 2014

Cryer makes a likable sad-sack and Will Sasso provides balance as his narcissistic best friend. But both guys deserve better. As do we. Read full review

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Mou7ster

Nov 10, 2014

This movie was bellow average in every category but ...WILL FREAKING SASSO i literally just finished watching the movie to laugh at will sasso's jokes and impressions he is one of my favorite entertainers and i really think he deserves to be in better casts

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Ralfbergs

Jun 18, 2015

A really weak movie with really few episodes to laugh at (and still barely). Jon Cryer plays the same roles as he did in Two and a half men basically only he is a bit luckier here I guess, but still, I'm not lying, there are even jokes about him crying while having sex here as there areA really weak movie with really few episodes to laugh at (and still barely). Jon Cryer plays the same roles as he did in Two and a half men basically only he is a bit luckier here I guess, but still, I'm not lying, there are even jokes about him crying while having sex here as there are similar ones in 2 and a half men. So he basically plays the same role and doesn't add much, plus acting from whole cast is quite weak if not to say bad. The script is a bit weird too, with Jon Cryer's character meeting love of his life on some e-dating type of thing. Anyway, felt like a waste of time after I watched it (probably should've switched it off earlier). Maybe if you really like Alan in Two and a half men, you might like it better as it won't bring anything new to the table.… Expand

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