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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanApart from the deja vu all over again, Lucky Break is no worse a film than "Breaking Out," and "Breaking Out" was utterly charming.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere 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.
- 70Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsOverall, it's good, not great.
- 60Village VoiceEd ParkVillage VoiceEd ParkMike Leigh mainstay Timothy Spall deftly shades in the designated goner, fellow "Still Crazy" alum Bill Nighy is sweetly wispy as the capable fop, and anger-management counselor Olivia Williams trembles pleasantly as usual.
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe big musical setpiece, rife with possibilities for humor and uplift, needed to be funnier and more energetic than the half-hearted lyrics and choreography bother to muster.
- 50New Times (L.A.)Andy KleinNew Times (L.A.)Andy KleinThis is mostly well-constructed fluff, which is all it seems intended to be.
- 33Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEvery 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.
- 30SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekPerfectly inoffensive and harmless, but it's also drab and inert.