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Good Luck Chuck (2007) -- In order to keep the woman of his dreams from falling for another guy, Charlie Logan has to break the curse that has made him wildly popular with single women: Sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love.
Good Luck Chuck (2007) -- In order to keep the woman of his dreams from falling for another guy, Charlie Logan has to break the curse that has made him wildly popular with single women: Sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love.

Overview

User Rating:
5.6/10   23,968 votes
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Director:
Mark Helfrich
Writers (WGA):
Josh Stolberg (screenplay)
Steve Glenn (short story)
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Release Date:
21 September 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
There's something about Jessica. more
Plot:
In order to keep the woman of his dreams from falling for another guy, Charlie Logan has to break the curse that has made him wildly popular with single women: Sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love. | add synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
Great movie if you are open minded and not afraid of a little sex more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Connor Price ... Young Charlie

Troy Gentile ... Young Stu

Mackenzie Mowat ... Birthday Girl

Sasha Pieterse ... Goth Girl

Caroline Ford ... Jennifer

Dane Cook ... Charlie

Chelan Simmons ... Carol
Dan Fogler ... Stu
Natalie Morris ... Natalie

Ellia English ... Reba

Chang Tseng ... Karaoke Singer

Michael Teigen ... Wedding D.J.

Chiara Zanni ... Bride

Benjamin Ayres ... Groomsman (as Ben Ayres)

Carrie Fleming ... Dirty Talker (as Carrie Anne Fleming)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Le porte-bonheur (Canada: French title)
The Warm-Up Guy (USA) (original script title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sequences of strong sexual content including crude dialogue, nudity, language and some drug use.
Runtime:
USA:96 min | USA:101 min (unrated version) | Argentina:101 min
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Filming Locations:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jennifer Love Hewitt was offered the role of "Cam Wexler", but turned it down because of scheduling conflicts. The role then went to Jessica Alba. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: All the cars have Washington License plates indicating they are in the US. Charlie's apartment thermostat reads in degrees Celsius. The U.S. uses the Fahrenheit scale. more
Quotes:
Young Charlie: What's a blowjob?
Young Stu: I have no idea. But I overheard my dad saying that he gets one once a year on his birthday, so it must be good.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-09-22)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Lucky Man more

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136 out of 248 people found the following comment useful:-
Great movie if you are open minded and not afraid of a little sex, 25 September 2007
10/10
Author: crimmers from California

This movie marks, bar none, the greatest departure I have ever come across between the response from both professional and IMDb critics and my own personal opinion. This striking dichotomy has prompted me to post my first ever IMDb review. Literally every professional critic I could find gave this movie a terrible review, which I can only attribute to closed mindedness and a lack of imagination. Apparently every movie must fit neatly into a certain genre, and cannot deviate from standard and infinitely repeated tropes. This movie was supposed to be a "romantic comedy", a genre which I generally do not care for, as they tend to be sappy, depressing, and just generally boring. Nonetheless, virtually all reviewers seem to decry that this movie refused to take out all the "smut" and revert itself into another in a line of bland and lifeless romantic comedies. An oft repeated line I found in reviews was that "this movie is much closer to Caligula than Sleepless in Seattle". I personally cannot think of any higher praise for a movie.

Other IMDb reviewers stated that the only people who would like this movie are college frat boys who want to see "boobies". Well, I can tell you that I and my girlfriend both have postgraduate degrees, and both of us loved it. The movie is funny, cute, sexy, fast paced, and never takes itself too seriously. All of the characters are good-natured and fun, and display realistic responses and a great deal of humanity in reacting to an unusual and very funny situation. Dane Cook's character is a good person, in a realistic (non-Hollywood) sort of way. He tries to help people, but certainly doesn't turn down sex with attractive women when it is, quite literally, thrown at him. When he meets the "love of his life", he ignores all of her (quite significant) flaws and pursues her vigorously. Jessica Alba's character is sweet, funny, and believable in the progression of her relationship with Cook. She is refreshingly understanding and non-jealous about Cook's rather unusual malady. Troy Gentile's character is criticized on these boards for being misogynistic, but is certainly no more so than Jason Alexander's character in "Shallow Hal". Gentile is often extremely funny, generally well intentioned, and a good friend to Cook.

Many have commented that this movie is crude and disgusting. I honestly do not see this at all. The humor is significantly less low-brow than, say, "Superbad", with all of its crude penis jokes (and drawings). Yes, there is nudity and sex, but I don't see why this should make a movie disgusting. I also found it refreshing that the main two characters in this movie were a dentist and a doctor, both educated, successful, and well spoken. In just about all of the recent comedies I can think of, the main characters are reject losers that the audience can enjoy laughing at, rather than laughing with. In Good Luck Chuck, we don't feel especially sorry for any of the characters, but we empathize with and relate to them, and can laugh at their antics and escapades in a good natured and fun way.

Do yourself a favor and ignore the critics. Go see this movie!

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