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.

Director:

Mark Helfrich

Writers:

Josh Stolberg (screenplay), Steve Glenn (short story)

Stars:

Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler

1 win & 3 nominations.

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
Tseng Chang	...	Karaoke Singer
Michael Teigen	...	Wedding D.J.
Chiara Zanni	...	Bride
Benjamin Ayres	...	Groomsman (as Ben Ayres)
Carrie Anne Fleming	...	Dirty Talker

Storyline

Early thirty-something dentist Dr. Charlie Logan has never experienced true love, despite having had a number of girlfriends over the years. After an announcement by one of his ex-girlfriends as such at her wedding, Charlie gets a reputation as being a good luck charm. Every woman he has slept with has met and married her dream man immediately following. He is encouraged to exploit this reputation by his long time best friend, Dr. Stu Klaminsky, a sex obsessed, sex starved schlub who became a plastic surgeon just so that he could masturbate over the sight of women's breasts. Charlie doesn't want to be solely a stepping stone for women, which is how they end up treating him once he gains this reputation as a lucky charm, but rather one's true love. He believes the woman of his dreams is accident-prone Cam Wexler, who works as the penguin caretaker at the aquarium. Cam initially doesn't want to date Charlie because of his reputation as a one-night stand type of guy. Charlie in turn ...

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Plot Keywords:

sex | sex scene | true love | breasts | sex in bed | 

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Taglines:

There's something about Jessica.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

lionsgate Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 September 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Warm-Up Guy

Filming Locations:

Cecil Green Park House - 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,652,001, 23 September 2007

Gross USA:

$34,925,283

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, Karz Entertainment, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie actually has the same plot as the 1962 Sudanese novel "The Wedding of Zein" written by Tayeb Salih, yet the movie's credits never acknowledge the novel.

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Goofs

When Cam runs into the pole while she and Charlie are walking, the fake pole wobbles and gives when she bumps into it.

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Quotes

Goth Girl: Charlie Logan, you are not my boyfriend anymore! I hex you!
Young Charlie: You what?
Goth Girl: I hex you. You will never be happy! Around you love will fall like rain. You won't hold it. Your heart will pain! Once the girl has been with you, to the next she will be true!
Young Stu: Was that Phil Collins?

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Alternate Versions

For the R-rated theatrical release two scenes were removed from the sex collage but later reinstated in the unrated DVD version: (i) the holy lover who later meets her boyfriend and (ii) Megan Gillis who turns to be an old high school chum of Chuck who later had a sex change operation. Also the sex scenes for the redheaded and kitchen lovers were re-shot for the unrated DVD version which shows full frontal nudity. In the R-rated theatrical version they were wearing a blouse.

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Connections

Referenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: The Gummy Bear Movie (2017)

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Soundtracks

Lucky Man
Written by Greg Lake (as Gregory Lake)
Courtesy of Sound Choice

User Reviews

Pretty Funny

Okay, I thought that this movie was going to be extremely crude from what my friends told me. Honestly, it wasn't really that bad, I laughed and enjoyed it; it wasn't Dumb and Dumber, but it was pretty good. I don't know why Richard Roper said it was extremely crude and terrible, he's stupid if you ask me. Now there was a lot more sex then I expected, but if you can handle that montage of sex scenes, then you will enjoy the rest of the movie. It was better than Superbad, I'll tell you that much, I liked it and I hope that some people will give it a chance, rather than listen to Roper and not see it. This movie is for mature viewers, that I agree with, but it is not one of the worst movies of 2007.