Good Luck Chuck (2007)

Director:

Mark Helfrich

Writers (WGA):

Josh Stolberg (screenplay)
Steve Glenn (short story)

Release Date:

21 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

He has to break his curse before she breaks his heart.

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Bride | Teenage Sexuality | Dating | Flatulence | Chipped Tooth

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

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
Ben Ayres	...	Groomsman
Carrie Fleming	...	Dirty Talker (as Carrie Anne Fleming)

Also Known As:

The Warm-Up Guy (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of strong sexual content including crude dialogue, nudity, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

Argentina:101 min | USA:101 min (unrated version) | USA:96 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:18 | France:Unrated (with warning) | Ireland:16 | Japan:R-15 | Australia:MA | Peru:18 | Germany:16 | Brazil:18 | South Korea:18 | Norway:15 (re-rating after appeal) | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R21 | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:R-18 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB)

Filming Locations:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Karz Entertainment

Trivia:

Originally, New Line Cinema was set to distribute, but they gave the film to Lionsgate shortly before production. A similar situation occurred when the studio gave distribution rights for Alpha Dog (2006) to Universal Pictures, but that case was related to controversy over real-life events.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In one scene, Cam appears to have locked her keys inside her car, a silver Toyota Prius. However, the Prius uses a key-recognition system to prevent such occurrences from happening.

Quotes:

Charlie: I'm a doctor.
Stu: He's a heart surgeon. You're a dentist. It's like saying General Patton and Colonel Mustard are both military men.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-09-22)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Good Luck Chuck

Better luck next time, Dane

A very uneven comedy. If 3 out of every 10 jokes working is enough for you, then go ahead.

If you're hoping to see Dane Cook (nearly) undressed, you won't be disappointed. He strips more in this movie than Demi Moore in "Striptease".

If you're hoping to see Jessica Alba undressed -- too bad! Scanty attire is the best you'll get.

If you're hoping to see Dane be as funny as he is in his stand-up -- you'll be disappointed.

If you're hoping to see Jessica be funny -- what are you, nuts? She's got no comedy chops! And that old tired "pretty girl falls down a lot" shtick wasn't funny when it became a movie cliché about 5 years ago.

The only funny moments seem to be when Dane is improvising. When he's doing the written parts of the script, it clunks hard. (Him dressed in a penguin costume? Yikes.) The two leads try SO hard to show us they have chemistry (a lot of shoulder wiggling and cutesy facial expressions mostly) that it backfires.

There were a lot of gross-out moments that just weren't funny -- the fat sidekick scrubbing his backflap with a scrub-brush for sexual pleasure, a penguin eating his crap, two seduction scenes with obese women (straight out of "Norbit" -- also unfunny).

The sidekick is so foul and obnoxious he throws the movie completely off-balance. You feel like the movie needs a sorbet after one of his scenes to get the bad taste out of your mouth.

The only likable person was the guy playing Jessica's brother (Lonny Ross of "30 Rock"). I actually think he might have made a better romantic lead, than Dane -- who was somehow off-putting.

Maybe Dane will have more input into his next comedy movie. Maybe that will help.