Just My Luck
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 12, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
11
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Lohan is superfluous to the qualities that elevate the film above other Clearasil comedies. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
Has the feel of a contemporary screwball romance, if not the crackling one-liners of classic screwball. But Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine make a charming star-crossed couple, and tweens and teens will find enough plot reversals to keep them hooked. Read full review
58
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
All this might be forgivable if Just My Luck had a little more substance, but it never moves beyond the single joke of its premise. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Just My Luck is a bit of lukewarm cappuccino froth confected to float Ms. Lohan to the next stage of her career. Read full review
50
VarietyJustin Chang
Helmer Donald Petrie seems at times to be making the modern-day equivalent of a Doris Day comedy, setting the pic in a lacquered fantasy New York, piling on cutesy-coy dialogue and mining a fluffy premise for all manner of far-fetched cleverness. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
An occasionally entertaining, always fluffy teen romantic comedy with some moderately funny physical comedy by gadabout star Lindsay Lohan. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Watching Just My Luck, I wished I were a teenage girl, not for any perverse reason but because then I might have enjoyed it a lot more. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It's watchable, but barely. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineAngel Cohn
It's enjoyable and profoundly unlikely to make a lasting impression on anyone. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Whimsical fantasy tends to work best when its premise is used sparingly, but in this case the fantasy element takes over the story, becoming mechanical and often confused. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Looking tired and sallow and drained of her customary glow, Lindsay Lohan marches grimly through this mechanical tween comedy as if it were a particularly tedious homework assignment. Which it is. Read full review
40
EmpireAnna Smith
Occasional funny moments but this is very very thin. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneJessica Reaves
Presumably, this movie was designed to be a fun romp, and in that it fails. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Lohan's good work in movies like "Mean Girls" and the "Freaky Friday" remake is a faint memory as she struggles through antics, unfunny pratfalls and squirmingly bad set pieces. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Just my luck that I saw the trailer for the film several times and already knew all of this, which made the long-form version of the movie redundant. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Even in her dullest vehicle, Lindsay Lohan exudes an unfakable shine. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWinda Benedetti
The whole affair comes off as thin and artificial as a super model after a botox party. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
This mangy comedy only demonstrates that Lohan's star power is too bright for falling into mounds of mud, rooting around in cat litter for a contact lens, and getting punched out by a roughneck jailbird, as she does here. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Just My Luck is way too long for such a slight premise, and Lohan, so appealing in Mean Girls, is years too young for the part. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The picture gives us two protagonists and sets up a situation in which only one of them can have a decent life. Then, having devised this sour souffle, the screenwriters find no adjustment to make it palatable. The resolution is flip, at best. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Just My Luck, a lazy spitballing session of karmic humor, hinged on the sort of generic rom-com contrivances that keep movies like these from ending at a reasonable time. Read full review
20
Film ThreatMichael Ferraro
The kind of film that's too romantic for younger viewers and too redundant for young teens. For both sets, the laughs come infrequent (if at all), no thanks to Lohan giving another sub par performance. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleToddy Burton
No doubt this film will please the pre-teen set, but they'd be so much better off staying home and renting "Mean Girls." Read full review
10
Washington PostStephen Hunter
In the end, I can't think of a movie that matters less than Just My Luck. It's just negligible. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
Stay as far away from Just My Luck as you can. Read full review
0
New York PostLou Lumenick
An appallingly unfunny and unromantic romantic comedy. Read full review
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