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Lucky Break Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    48

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 30

    out of 100

    Variety Derek Elley

    Chained to the floor by a script that isn't particularly funny, direction that goes for realism rather than stylization and an almost complete lack of comic timing.

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  • 30

    out of 100

    The New York Times Dave Kehr

    Mr. Cattaneo restricts himself to the smiling blandness that has become the stock in trade of British comedies made for export, turning in a film that is forced, familiar and thoroughly condescending.

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  • 33

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Every porridgy inmate in this instantly forgettable romp warbles in the prison's amateur musical, and one of them demonstrates a rather extreme devotion to the tomatoes he grows in the on-site greenhouse.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Loren King

    The movie moves predictably to its feel-good finale.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

    Lightly reflective and consistently entertaining, Lucky Break is an easy-to-take diversion.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    There is not much here that comes as a blinding plot revelation, but the movie has a raffish charm and good-hearted characters, and like "The Full Monty" it makes good use of the desperation beneath the comedy.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    A minor comedy, though a major delight.

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