Lucky

Name: Lucky
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: September 29, 2017
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Barry Shabaka Henley, Beth Grant, David Lynch, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Dean Stanton

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: September 29, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Barry Shabaka Henley, Beth Grant, David Lynch, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Dean Stanton, Hugo Armstrong, James Darren, Ron Livingston, Tom Skerritt, Yvonne Huff

Summary: Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky (Harry Dean Stanton) finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self exploration, leading towardsLucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky (Harry Dean Stanton) finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment.… Expand

Director: John Carroll Lynch

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Zoe Margolis

Sep 13, 2018

Weighed down by existential questions, Lucky carries the burden of life’s unanswered questions on his sun-lined face; it’s a fearless portrayal of someone facing the finality of their life. Read full review

The Playlist Kyle Kohner

Sep 18, 2017

Lucky is a film perfectly nuanced for Stanton but executed in its full potential by none other — it’s a sobering portrait dedicated to one of cinema’s greatest actors. Read full review

Ty Burr

Oct 4, 2017

The film is valuable for gently insisting on both the indignities and the dignity of old age, and it’s invaluable as a keepsake of a most individual screen presence. It is, simply, a lovely time at the movies. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Sep 28, 2017

The accumulation of spot-on performances and long-familiar faces, small-town routines and dusty-worn locations, finally coalesces into a picture that’s greater than the sum of its oft-clichéd parts. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Oct 5, 2017

Lynch has crafted an almost proudly minor work, a hangout movie whose reason for being is Stanton’s presence. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Oct 5, 2017

Director John Carroll Lynch’s quietly assured directorial feature debut works from a simple, homey script by Logan Sparks and Drago Sumonja, and Lucky feels like the work of Stanton’s friends, which it is. Read full review

Richard Brody

Sep 25, 2017

The late Harry Dean Stanton, in one of his last roles, infuses the slightest gesture and inflection with the weight of grave experience, but this maudlin drama mainly renders his grit and wisdom wholesome and cute. Read full review

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btweenthelines

Aug 27, 2020

★ Reality... is a thing. Superbly casted with some of the greatest performances of character actors of the past decade. A huge congratulations to John Carrol Lynch for the film. Of course, Stanton carries the film in a way only he could. Bravo, Harry. We sure miss you.