Lottery Ticket

Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: August 20, 2010

5.6	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Ratings

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OscarPicks2010Nov 29, 2010

There is a message in here somewhere but the audience just struggles to find it underneath all the cliche script and tiresome stereotypes. The idea that someone in the projects is going to win a ticket and not get killed for it is impeccable.There is a message in here somewhere but the audience just struggles to find it underneath all the cliche script and tiresome stereotypes. The idea that someone in the projects is going to win a ticket and not get killed for it is impeccable. Either way, Lottery Ticket does show that money won't make you happy if the people around you aren't. I guess that's the message. But with very little to go on, Lottery Ticket find itself in the middle of nowhere at the end of the film.… Expand

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ShiiraAug 24, 2010

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kevin(Bow Wow) is a nice guy who has the misfortune of being born in the hood, where nice guys finish last, since nice guys don't join gangs and traffic in drugs. The gangbanger gets the hot girl; the nice guy gets the hot girl's dog poop. The hot girl never gives Kevin a chance; he's a working stiff, a Foot Locker employee living the unglamorous life of an honest day's work. When the gangbanger arrives in his pimp-mobile, he tells Kevin, "You can't get no girl in a Foot Locker shirt." Word. Sitting in the passenger seat, the hot girl smirks at Kevin's nerve for approaching her, before they leave him by the curbside in a wake of car exhaust like a sucker. The hood is no place for a nice guy with a blue collar work ethic. In theory, the hot girl will grow up to be just like one of those women in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever" who pay homage, patronizingly, with faux remorse, to the bus driver, the garbageman, the man behind the deli counter; the "good men" who they would never give the time of day to. Although "Lottery Ticket" means well, the film delivers a mixed message about the virtues of being honest. Kevin's co-worker, an older black man who plays the fool, a laughingstock, because he cares so much about his proletarian job, is portrayed as the guy you don't want to be. It's better to be a crime boss(David Keith) than the assistant manager at a Foot Locker. For many young black men, basketball is their lottery ticket that gets them out of the ghetto, but here, the lottery ticket is the lottery ticket, since Kevin doesn't have hoop dreams, he has shoe dreams. While there is talk about design school for Kevin, it's perfunctory talk. In a sense, the lottery ticket is a metaphor for sports, because Kevin isn't using his brains to escape the inner-city. The odds of picking the right lottery numbers is about the same as being a lottery pick in the NBA draft. "Lottery Ticket" says no to education, no to a nine-to-five job, but yes to a pipe dream.… Expand

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EcochicFeb 2, 2011

Sometimes the humor is a bit corny but overall this is yet another feelgood movie for the Sunday afternoon. Although, it's quite predictable but nice.

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MegWhiteleyApr 16, 2012

All the years we have this type of movies, a normal situation can be a disaster (Madea, Big Momma's, Think Like a Man, etc...) but this type of movies are funny, and Lottery Ticket have much funny elements, th cast is good, the story isAll the years we have this type of movies, a normal situation can be a disaster (Madea, Big Momma's, Think Like a Man, etc...) but this type of movies are funny, and Lottery Ticket have much funny elements, th cast is good, the story is normal, but with a funny development. This movie can not be perfect, but is funny.… Expand

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Joshua_JamaarAug 21, 2010

Lottery Ticket may have been perceived as your typical Black comedy film, but unfortunately this is false. This film is actually a solid comedy, which has doses of ethnic humor, but overall is a comedy that all audiences would enjoy. It's aLottery Ticket may have been perceived as your typical Black comedy film, but unfortunately this is false. This film is actually a solid comedy, which has doses of ethnic humor, but overall is a comedy that all audiences would enjoy. It's a slapstick comedy if you will, and there are unpredictable moments within this film that would make you laugh out aloud. I'd recommend it if you're looking for a slapstick comedy, but already seen the Other Guys.… Expand

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iamtrent424Dec 12, 2010

So easy to predict this whole movie. Good family movie. This movie should be PG.This movie wasn't funny. I cant re call a time that i laugh doing this movie. I didn't really expect this movie to be good anyways. Bow wow havnt made a reallySo easy to predict this whole movie. Good family movie. This movie should be PG.This movie wasn't funny. I cant re call a time that i laugh doing this movie. I didn't really expect this movie to be good anyways. Bow wow havnt made a really good movie yet. This is a good movie for my grandma to watch maybe she would like it better.… Expand

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