Pure Luck

19911991
PGPG
1h 36m

Pure Luck (1991)

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Comedy Crime Mystery

An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky.An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky.An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky.

Director
- Nadia Tass
Writers
- Francis Veber(film La Chevre)
- Herschel Weingrod(screenplay)
- Timothy Harris(screenplay)
Stars

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Danny Glover and Martin Short in Pure Luck (1991)

Danny Glover and Martin Short in Pure Luck (1991)

Danny Glover in Pure Luck (1991)

Danny Glover and Martin Short in Pure Luck (1991)

Danny Glover and Martin Short in Pure Luck (1991)

Danny Glover and Martin Short in Pure Luck (1991)

Martin Short in Pure Luck (1991)

Danny Glover and Martin Short in Pure Luck (1991)

Nadia Tass in Pure Luck (1991)

Danny Glover and Martin Short in Pure Luck (1991)

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The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant also cursed with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl... —Luis Carvacho <lcarvach@lascar.puc.cl>

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Taglines
- Somewhere on the Mexican Riviera, a beautiful, rich heiress has gone missing. Only one man can find her. Unfortunately, they sent two.
Genres
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

Trivia
Highsmith (Sam Wanamaker) has insured a world famous pianist hands for eight million dollars. In Danny Glover's first scene, he is reading a newspaper with the headline of "Renowned Pianist's Hands Broken in Freak Accident."

Goofs
When Eugene gets the car stuck in the sand on the side of the road, Raymond is pointing a gun at the guy who kidnapped Valerie. The gun changes from a Colt to a Baretta several times between shots.

Quotes
Eugene Proctor: I am trained in martial arts. Judo, aikido, karate. The first thing they teach you is self-control. If someone calls you a jerk, you don't hit them. You just walk away.
Large Man: Jerk.
Eugene Proctor: ...Ah! See? Complete control.
Large Man: Moron!
[Eugene walks into a door]

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Barton Fink/Double Impact/Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll/Pure Luck/The Commitments (1991)

Top review

Wonderfully funny, slapstick adventure.

What has everybody got against this movie? It's damn funny! Martin Short and Danny Glover going over from NYC to Mexico to search for the accident-prone daughter of Short's big company boss Highsmith. Monosoft, played by the brilliant Harry Shearer, has the idea of sending Eugene Proctor (Short) to Mexico with detective Raymond Campanella (Glover). The jokes come thick and fast and, although sometimes predictable, the movie goes along fine with plenty of wonderful slapstick thrown in all over the place. Probably the funniest scene of Eugene inflating to twice his size because of a bee sting in the helicopter! All in all, this is not a movie to be taken too seriously! It's a funny, light-hearted film with plenty of action and comedy thrown in that will always entertain well for people of all ages.8/10

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Release date
- August 9, 1991 (United States)
Countries of origin
- United States
- Mexico
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Also known as
- Hoàn Toàn May Mắn
Filming locations
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Production companies
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Budget
- $17,010,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $22,641,969
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,010,810
- Aug 11, 1991
Gross worldwide
- $24,941,969

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Runtime
1 hour 36 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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