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Lucky

Lucky (2017)

September. 29,2017
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7.3
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Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.

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GurlyIamBeach
2017/09/29

Instant Favorite.

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FeistyUpper
2017/09/30

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Calum Hutton
2017/10/01

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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Cheryl
2017/10/02

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

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Harm ten Napel
2017/10/03

This quietly meandering movie deals with the not often accentuated aspects of life such as decay and death in a gentle way. Moreover it exemplifies that life is valuable in all its stages and must and can be lived to the end in a beautiful, meaningful and proud manner. The tortoise (or turtle...) stands metaphorically for the desire for eternal life but it is concluded that it has to be left go off. The message of the movie is to face the end with courage and a smile like the Buddhist girl surrendering to the American soldiers on one of the many beaches of death during world war II. In the synopsis here the movie is said to be about an atheist, but I did not see such a denouncement made very explicit. Some of the symbolism could be interpreted as hinting at humanism, the big book on a stand in the man's house that suspiciously looks like a bible is in fact a dictionary. Everyday he passes by a green garden, appropriately accessible via a tunnel, but he does not seem enamored by its lure and just swears at it, you could infer his longevity a mere consequence of his refusal to enter. That the director has a penchant for hidden meanings and symbolism, some of which I probably missed or otherwise cannot explain extensively in a review could well have been an influence by his father David Lynch, well known for entering the realm of the surreal, who was in fact added to the cast as the man who lost said tortoise. Added gravity when watching this movie is the knowledge the lead actor had died before the movie was hardly fresh out of the cutting room so in this respect the movie itself is becoming a case in point of its own message. A final observation is that emotionally lasting movies do not require an extravagant budget.

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Kapten Video
2017/10/04

Harry Dean Stanton was a venerable character actor with a career spanning over 60 years. He died last September being 91 years old, and "Lucky" is next to last movie that he got to star in.It is a bittersweet story about an old man living alone who's actually is in great health and physical shape despite smoking and drinking alcohol regularly. He spends his time watching TV and just hanging around the little town that he lives in... and at one point starts worrying what exactly happens next.Stanton is joined by wonderful supporting cast, including David Lynch (yes, the man more known as director of weird movies), Ed Begley Jr., Tom Skerritt, Beth Grant, James Darren, Barry Shabaka Henley, Ron Livingston, Hugo Armstrong, Yvonne Huff, et al.The problem with movies about being old is that there's been a number of them recently, most of them not adding anything unique or interesting to the topic.I get it, the population of the developed world is getting older, and naturally many of the actors with it. They still need work to pass the time and find some purpose, but as a movie fan, I find it progressively harder to have enthusiasm for such projects.In other words, "being old" has turned into a genre, and genre movies usually don't have enough personality or originality to justify basically watching the same thing over and over again.That's why I tend to avoid CGI animations, superhero movies, and horror movies for example, even if the specific projects are commercially successful and highly praised by the fans.Maybe I'm just being bored that almost every "old person movie" is about having lost purpose in life and/or rediscovering some of that during the course of the story.I understand that for many, aging really may equal to losing active role in life, and just vegetating till one dies. But it's not the same for everybody, especially if one is a spiritual person and doesn't concentrate on mostly materialistic goals in life.And, really, do we need movies - a powerful means of mass communication - constantly re-affirming that yup, this is what's waiting for us near the end?If the reader was hoping that this rant will lead to stating that "Lucky" was different, then I have to crash one's hopes. It does not actually feel markedly more original or deeper than the usual.What it does have, is a lot of charm, certainly more than the average. There's something instantly inviting about the laid-back atmosphere and simple but thoughtful approach, which consists mainly of a bunch of veteran actors hanging around, doing what they're goot at, talking about nothing at everything at once.Even David Lynch is charismatic to watch, although most of us probably think of him as a director, not actor.The first-time director John Carroll Lynch is actually a venerable character actor who's getting old, too. It would have been cool if he reserved a role for himself as well.The great thing about "Lucky" is that it doesn't overstay its welcome, ending in 88 minutes.Lynch the director has adequately understood that there's not enough content to carry the story longer and higher, so it wouldn't pay to reach for something more epic. It's just a little meditation on mortality, the general atmosphere being in priority, and the movie doesn't need more.I like what Detroit News's critic has written about "Lucky": more than anything, it's a tribute to Stanton, who wore each of his 91 years in the deep crevasses on his long face, in his weathered voice and on his frail frame.That's exactly how the project should be remembered: a moving tribute to the legendary thespian.

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dizzveiter-10964
2017/10/05

Sensível. Cheio de vida. Atuação magistral. Vale a pena conferir.

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kjtrail
2017/10/06

If you have something better to do, like trimming you nose hairs, or scrubing your floors with a toothbrush, then maybe you should just get to work. Those things will be more enjoyable than this film.

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