Luck
Apple TV+ | Release Date (Streaming): August 5, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
13
Negative:
5
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80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinAug 3, 2022
Luck contains all the warmth and ingenuity that was nowhere to be found in Pixar’s own recent Lightyear, and has the attitude – if not always the supreme clarity and craftsmanship – of his old studio’s vintage productions. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeAug 3, 2022
Luck’s sweetness comes from the details of Sam’s story and subsequent adventure. Read full review
70
TheWrapCarlos AguilarAug 3, 2022
Despite having an emotional arc that becomes evident within its first few minutes, Luck registers as original enough conceptually to maintain one’s interest as we follow the formulaic structure of its screenplay. The resulting fable feels like a typical case of “you’ve definitely seen this before, but not precisely in this manner.” Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeAug 7, 2022
While Pixar movies tell their stories visually, Luck finds itself wielding densely detailed exposition about the process of deploying luck to the human world. Still, there’s much to enjoy. Read full review
60
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeAug 4, 2022
Luck offers fresh ideas; its only misfortune is to present its gifts in recycled wrapping. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeAug 3, 2022
While the new studio’s debut can’t touch “Toy Story,” it’s an auspicious start for a talented group of storytellers. Read full review
60
Screen RantGraeme GuttmannAug 3, 2022
Luck may not reinvent the wheel — at this point, what can? — but it does what films like this do best, bringing forth a message about family and perseverance with humor, heart, and a lot of magic. Read full review
60
EmpireJohn NugentAug 3, 2022
If you can stomach the wobbly lessons, the sometimes clunky writing and the offensively bad Irish accents, this is a perfectly fine thing to pop your kid in front of for a couple of hours. Read full review
60
Paste MagazineAmy AmatangeloAug 3, 2022
The plot of Luck is far too dense and convoluted. I suspect the movie’s target audience won’t have the patience for it. Maybe they will be distracted by the sparkly crystals and funny unicorns. Read full review
55
SlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiAug 3, 2022
The premise of Luck — what if good and bad luck were engineered? — is too thin to make either element feel fulfilling. Instead, the film's most imaginative qualities feel flattened, while its attempts to lend a fresh, modern edge to these old-age concepts feel unsharpened and bland. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAug 7, 2022
The enchanting setting becomes a backdrop to action that’s dispiritingly mundane. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyAug 4, 2022
Luck is a somewhat confounding blend of past, present, and future. The confoundedness comes of throwback elements and visionary never quite cohering — that, and an increasingly cluttered plot turning a sweet-natured film into a bit of a slog. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzAug 3, 2022
Burdened with a needlessly complex conceit, flat character design, limp jokes, and a soundtrack completely absent a single ear-worm (unless you count an overreliance on Madonna’s Lucky Star), Luck feels dredged from the bottom of Pixar’s few lows (Cars comes to mind) than plucked from its many highs (Inside Out would like a word). Read full review
42
ColliderRoss BonaimeAug 3, 2022
Possibly the biggest surprise to Luck is just how generic and uninspired it feels, despite how many ideas are crammed into this story. There’s no wonder, no excitement, no jokes that land. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAug 8, 2022
Luck feels overthought and overwritten. There's a lithe, fun, bright, and much shorter movie in here somewhere. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 3, 2022
Everything about this robotically made movie looks derivative and contrived; the videogame aesthetic is dull and the quirky high concept plays like a pound-shop knockoff of Inside Out and Soul. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 3, 2022
Two Oscar winners in the cast, plus Pegg and Pixar’s good luck charm John Ratzenberger, and “Luck” turns out to have none. Read full review
37
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanAug 3, 2022
Luck takes things that are intangible — in this case, random felicity and affliction — and imagines them as palpable. It doesn’t quite work. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubBrent SimonAug 4, 2022
The movie’s slipshod reasoning and grating rhythms suggest strongly that Lasseter’s ignominious professional defenestration (he was driven from his perch in 2017-18 amidst allegations of sexual misconduct) has impacted his storytelling judgment, the expertise and skill level of people who wish to work with him, or both Read full review
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IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 3, 2022
Luck is a terrible idea for a movie, executed poorly, and by someone who used to know better. The best thing I can say about the finished product is that, unlike most forms of bad luck, this one is wonderfully easy to avoid altogether. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comChristy LemireAug 5, 2022
Luck truly is best suited for small children with low standards. Older kids will be bored. Adults will find it especially dreary, even though there’s actually a relevant message in here about the merits of failure and the perils of lawnmower parenting, buried somewhere beneath all the sparkles and desperation. Read full review
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