Lucky Numbers
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 27, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
13
Negative:
13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
When Travolta plays, everybody has a good time. Read full review
63
Baltimore SunCheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Ephron's attempt at dark humor isn't a complete payoff overall in Lucky Numbers, but it doesn't fail either. Read full review
63
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
An unsteady stab at noir. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A comedy of bad manners with many punchy moments and many irritatingly glib ones. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
Amusing and at times uproarious. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Tends to beat some plain unfunny material to death. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The plot becomes a juggling act just when it should be a sprint. And there's another problem: Is it intended as a comedy, or not? Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The characters she (Ephron) invents are not very interesting, and aside from the always reliable Travolta, the performances are uniformly aligned. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
At times, it's downright nasty; and that's when I like it best. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Pretty funny caper comedy. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldSara Wildberger
Lucky Numbers is like stuff bought at an outlet mall. Sure, it's got the brand names and designer labels, but the color's a little strange, the style a little off, and nothing fits just right. Read full review
50
USA TodayAndy Seiler
Lucky Numbers is anything but lucky for stars John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Despite a few tangy black comic moments, Lucky Numbers' is bummer theater. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
This invitation to look down upon the stupidity of numskulls is one that should be declined as swiftly as a call to poke fun at Special Olympians. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Clever and diverting dark comedy. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
There's something refreshing about the way it invites us to splash around in its little wading pool of amorality. Read full review
40
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Ephron, try as she might, can't give her codified champagne spin to a Resnick script that all too quickly runs out of fizz.
39
Mr. ShowbizCody Clark
Whatever the amount on Roth's paycheck was, it's the only truly charmed sum Lucky Numbers has to offer. Read full review
30
Film.comRobert Horton
Nasty, regularly amusing black comedy. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The laughs are few in this inert, ungenerous comedy. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Resnick's script never engages, the stars can't find the keys to their broadly played characters, and Ephron's direction is harrowingly out of sync. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
A few mildly amusing gags don't outweigh the trite situations and mean-spirited attitude of this comedy. Read full review
25
New York PostJonathan Foreman
As lifeless and unfunny as a corpse on a slab. Read full review
20
TimeRichard Schickel
Occasionally funny but mostly desperate, small-minded and uncompelling. Read full review
20
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Strictly a minor-league late fall entry. Read full review
20
Film.comGemma Files
Ephron is still a director whose movies veer uncomfortably between the good -- make that adequate -- "You've Got Mail", the bad "This Is My Life" and the ugly Lucky Numbers. Pity. Read full review
20
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
A weak-witted comedy. Read full review
10
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
From the auteur who assaulted us with "Sleepless in Seattle" comes a more punishing film. Read full review
10
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
Airless, joyless, worse than you could even imagine. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Painfully lame and hamstrung by a viciously unfunny sense of humor. Read full review
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