64
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussSan Francisco ChronicleBob StraussAn unforgiving little thriller with a conscience and irony to burn (and boy, do they burn), Your Lucky Day is one of the last chances to see beloved Oakland native Angus Cloud onscreen.
- 75RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyIt works as a genre film; it's thrilling and suspenseful, with enough twists to keep you guessing, but the pointed commentary is impossible to ignore.
- 75ColliderChase HutchinsonColliderChase HutchinsonIt is very much an ensemble film, yet it also serves as one of the final demonstrations of how Cloud could command a scene like no one else. That alone makes Your Lucky Day a bittersweet gift, but the sharp film also has quite a lot else going on as well.
- 70We Got This CoveredScott CampbellWe Got This CoveredScott CampbellYour Lucky Day finds Angus Cloud and the rest of the cast on sparkling form in a twisting, turning, and altogether unpredictably thrilling time.
- 63Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeSlant MagazineSteven ScaifeThe film coasts far on the pleasant surprise of some sharp plotting.
- 58IndieWireKatie RifeIndieWireKatie RifeYour Lucky Day moves along at an engaging pace throughout, although it doesn’t reach its brutal potential as a thriller until two-thirds of the way through. Up to that point, it’s burdened by clumsy repetition of its central theme.
- 50Austin ChronicleJenny NulfAustin ChronicleJenny NulfThe heart is in the right place for Your Lucky Day, but the execution is a little loose. Brown puts a lot of tenderness in his film, particularly with the film’s central couple, but there’s not enough friction and surprise to create a tight holiday-set thriller.