I enjoyed this odd-ball crime comedy, it came across like a low budget Tarantino film, with European overtones in terms of style, this film involves one unfortunate guy who gets out of jail and the crazy day he has trying to keep his life together and the characters that affect his world, I have to give props to Crispin Glover for providing the most unhinged villain, he is hardcore crazy as Luc the retirement planner, the parole officer in the film was hilarious , the bar scene has to be seen, very dark and funny as well,it goes by rather quickly this film so it won't take up too much of your time, good action scenes and acting overall.
66 Reviews
I love you honeybun, or not.
danielcereto20 October 2019
First, I appreciate this kind of movies from time to time that tries hard to copy the original style from Pulp Fiction or Lock and Stock.
Second, this one tries hard but fails soon, as soon as the script create weird situations and decisions from the characters.
Lastly, some movie characters could have been great, with a more risky script, but the movie fails on originality and sinks by itself. The ending is a cheesy joke.
Overall watchable but not a great one. I suggest to watch it if you're a great fan of Guy Ritchie's movies or Tarantino. I didn't love as I would this one honey bunny.
Identity Crisis
jeroduptown20 August 2021
Quite a fun crime comedy
Gordon-1115 December 2019
I think this is quite a fun crime comedy. There's blood, action, love and jokes. The French madman is a memorable character, while the art by the wife quite resembles what I think of the modern art world. I enjoyed watching this film.
Why did I watch this?
fastpuppy7 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
First of all the accents are painful to listen to.
Glover is a better actor than this (I am not sure why he doesn't make better movies) and so is Dobrev. I am not sure why either of them decided they can pull off these cartoonishly bad accents.
Stylistically, the movie has it's moments but the story is thin at best. Sure, a revenge movie where an assassin who doesn't care about the consequences of his actions tracks down a recently released convict. We have all seen it done more convincingly.
The audience is left doing the heavy lifting the writer and director failed to do and the level of suspension of disbelief required is near insurmountable if you have the mental capacity to walk and chew gum at the same time.
Glover is a better actor than this (I am not sure why he doesn't make better movies) and so is Dobrev. I am not sure why either of them decided they can pull off these cartoonishly bad accents.
Stylistically, the movie has it's moments but the story is thin at best. Sure, a revenge movie where an assassin who doesn't care about the consequences of his actions tracks down a recently released convict. We have all seen it done more convincingly.
The audience is left doing the heavy lifting the writer and director failed to do and the level of suspension of disbelief required is near insurmountable if you have the mental capacity to walk and chew gum at the same time.
Pulp Fiction Style...
antique-modern13 October 2019
Very poor man's Pulp Fiction
sergeyk-432-11048621 October 2019
Loony performance from Crispin Glover.
Andrew_Wiper21 October 2019
Violent, gory, crude and vulgar. If this is your kind of thing, you will probably enjoy "Lucky Day". Roger Avary directs and writes this film. He co-wrote Pulp Fiction and also wrote screenplays for Silent Hill and Beowulf. He directed Killing Zoe and The Rules of Attraction (both underrated in my opinion).. He has done some good stuff and I enjoyed all those movies. That being said, I was expecting a little more with this one. It wasn't great but it definitely wasn't bad either. It diverted my attention for a solid 95 minutes. If you ask me, the reason to watch this movie is for Crispin Glover's performance as the psychopathic hit man with a crazy French accent. So over the top but it makes the movie that much better. I'm not saying the other actors weren't good in it because they work with what they are given and they do a good job. Luke Bracey and Nina Dobrev (who puts on a convincing accent as well), were both solid in their roles. The movie could have had a little more storyline added in there, but it was watchable. I'll give it a 6.75/10
Bad acting, dumb plot, mess of a movie.
blackberryjohn10 September 2020
Really disliked this movie. Not sure what they were going for but they failed. The black humor falls flat, none of the characters were interesting and the plot was nonsense. REALLY disliked the art show subplot. Skip this garbage movie.
give it a shot.
natcalgary30 January 2020
This is one of those movies I put a star next to to watch sometime in the future then forgot about it because there were so many bad reviews.
I finally got around to it and it was not all that bad. Sure there were some problems with it. But over all the story lone, acting and end did not come off as amateurish as some have claimed.
6.1
I finally got around to it and it was not all that bad. Sure there were some problems with it. But over all the story lone, acting and end did not come off as amateurish as some have claimed.
6.1
Terrible
suhstayn13 July 2020
Lots of terrible irritating fake french accents. Intended I assume to be terrible in an effort to be funny -- but it doesn't work. It is just damn annoying. And it is annoying throughout the whole film. And then those mustaches ... ugh!
The acting across the board was poor. I often wonder when this happens does it say more about the director's qualities than the actor's.
Anyway. Bad acting. Bad dialogue. Mediocre plot. Over the top irritating fake french accents. Put it all together and you have an awful film that is a complete waste of time.
The acting across the board was poor. I often wonder when this happens does it say more about the director's qualities than the actor's.
Anyway. Bad acting. Bad dialogue. Mediocre plot. Over the top irritating fake french accents. Put it all together and you have an awful film that is a complete waste of time.
Some people aren't getting it
dtnmusic13 October 2019
This was a fun movie and the acting was great. Yes, there was some weird unnecessary attachment to pulp fiction (25 years later!) but I'm pretty sure that was intentional. I can tell Roger Avary was almost doing an homage to Pulp Fiction and it didn't weaken the film for me. Crispin Glover was awesome, the actor that played Red was solid, the female lead was great too. The over-the-top bits were perfectly executed, finding the balance between absurd and comical while keeping the story flowing. I didn't know what to expect going into this, but I left the theatre wanting to see it again. It packed a lot of action and great acting into a film that was probably 10 mil budget (low in this day and age.)
Grounded in unreality...in a good way!
little_wing8 January 2020
Written and directed by the writer/director of Killing Zoe and co-writer of Pulp Fiction. Knowing this will give the viewer an up front idea of where this film is coming from and where it's headed. It's a fun film with characters that are completely grounded in unreality. Good for the most part, but for some occasional uneven writing and Crispin Glover's portrayal of psychotic pseudo French hitman Luc, which was somehow way off the mark in a role he should have been made for. In the end I really liked it but was also angry because I could see it's far greater potential.
Could have been better.
dar041720 November 2019
A Wasteful, Unfunny, Canadian Bacon Cinematic Butcher Fest.
tkaine314 October 2019
For a film that's supposed to be over the top with outrageous scenes and funny antics this was just way out of place. The characters were super unoriginal like the foreign hitman who flys in from another country who's butchering a French accent that's so bad it's not funny. The timing of all the scenes were awkward and super corny at best. There's even a ton of mistakes. Like the hitman steals the car from the garage and leaves his suitcase on the roof of the car then drives off and it appears later when he goes in the bar. Or When he's pulled over by the cops and has gloves on and then steps out and doesn't hav'em on and then shoots the gun and they magically appear on again. I mean did they even screen this in the editing process c'mon I'm not even a stickler for these things so i know millions of others seen it also. Just real shabby work all around the board and you can tell this film was not cheap to make so somebody funded a crappy attempt at an off the wall comedy. The acting is bad because the writing is horrible and the actors even show it on their face they know it's not good and you can even tell they know. Theres so much not to like I wouldn't recommend this film it's definitely not worth a watch.
artificial but still artistic
ops-525352 December 2019
Its a very black ''petit comedy'', over a very short and contant story. its bloody in the action, and very lighthearted in the humour. the filming are held in a high quality zone, and so are the sound work. the carachters are archetypes , used since the start of making pictures on the silverscreen. the acting are fair and square, were everyone has their own kind of issues to attend to. its the big, the bad, the fawn and the phoenix, all brought together in love ,greed and hate.
the grumpy old man did not get aroused, but i will still recommend a look. its a film that you can ditch out of anytime and never ever think about it.
the grumpy old man did not get aroused, but i will still recommend a look. its a film that you can ditch out of anytime and never ever think about it.
It's weird, but still watchable, barely, I mean
Bad-Good-Great4 November 2019
But the real problem is the cast, and the worst mistaken cast is Luke Bracey, who played the role, Red. What a terrible actor. The whole movie is completely ruined by this guy, Jesus. He's not into this role and into this movie, and his weird Aussie accent also made him out of the place. His acting is awkward, lukewarm, contrite, forced, didn't even try hard to let himself into that role and into this movie. This guy is the first actor made me curse a lot. I noticed that Tomer Sisley played a bar tender role in it, and immediately thought that he might be the better choice for the Red role. Luke Bracey is a disaster. This guy should change his profession right away, I seriously think any movie he's in it would totally ruin it.
Tomer Sisley is a weirdo actor but a very talented one. He's the one that made this movie barely watchable in an over-the-top absurd way. There were many segments quite funny but the large part of this movie was not good, between melodrama and farce. I just don't understand what's the purpose Red's daughter would insist speaking French only. The dialog between the Red's wife and his daughter was in French, but what's the particular purpose? Then a guy speaking in heavy Aussie accent English also further messed up in a farce style. I don't know why, but even during my writing of this clueless review, I still feel bad about Luke Bracey, the lousy and bad actor in this movie.
Tomer Sisley is a weirdo actor but a very talented one. He's the one that made this movie barely watchable in an over-the-top absurd way. There were many segments quite funny but the large part of this movie was not good, between melodrama and farce. I just don't understand what's the purpose Red's daughter would insist speaking French only. The dialog between the Red's wife and his daughter was in French, but what's the particular purpose? Then a guy speaking in heavy Aussie accent English also further messed up in a farce style. I don't know why, but even during my writing of this clueless review, I still feel bad about Luke Bracey, the lousy and bad actor in this movie.
Flush
meree15200031 October 2020
Fan of "Pulp Fiction"? This is the light version.
peterp-450-2987166 November 2019
Purpose for coming to the United States, Mr. Chaltiel?
Uh... Business... Pleasure...
Well, which one is it?
A little bit of both. I take pleasure in my business.
These days it's kind of hype to create reboots or remakes of films from a bygone era. Even though I hate this kind of filmmaking and I see it as easy money, I got enthusiastic about "Lucky Day". It's not a reboot or a remake in the strict sense of the word. But the similarities with "Pulp Fiction" are so obvious, I automatically call it the ultimate reboot for this legendary 90s movie. And if there's one person who could do the job without any problems, it would be Roger Avary, co-writer of "Pulp Fiction". The only thing you could ask yourself is: "Who was waiting for this?".
The whole movie is about Red (Luke Bracey), a safecracker, who leaves prison after 2 years and returns to his French-speaking wife Chloe (Nina Dobrev) and cuddly daughter Beatrice (Ella Ryan Quinn). He's determined not to return to his criminal life. He just has a little rainy-day stash hidden away somewhere. The news of his release, however, also reached someone else. None other than Luc Chaltiel (Crispin Glover) personally flew over from France to take revenge on Red. Luc's brother got killed during a robbery that went completely awry. And Red was part of the gang.
This movie has "Pulp Fiction" written all over it. It's a cocktail of various facets that were so characteristic of this milestone in Tarantino's oeuvre. Chloe's hair itself looks like a copy of that from Uma Thurman's. And there is also the overall atmosphere with a matching soundtrack and a mixture of absurd, cartoonish supporting characters. But it's mainly about extreme violence and bloody scenes. So expect some like-watermelons-exploding heads and slashed throats. And all this is bathed in black, sometimes vulgar, humor. Crispin Glover as a car thief, who drives his car twice over the victim. His explosive confrontation with a police patrol. The absurd gunfight in the bar. The psychopathic way in which he causes a bloodbath during an art exhibition. Perhaps it's not so impressive these days since we are overwhelmed with films full of extreme hard violence. But it still was enjoyable.
Without a doubt, Crispin Glover's character is the most eye-catching part of this film. You always wanted to know how the weird and silly George McFly (Yep, father of Marty McFly in "Back to the Future") would look like as a ruthless, brutal, psychopathic assassin with a heavy French accent? Well, this is your chance. Crispin Glover brilliantly parodies this. Maybe slightly exaggerated, but still extremely great. And extremely violent. For many, the French accent will be annoying. Yes, it might be even slightly offensive towards our French fellow men. To me, it felt like a theatrical parody. I read somewhere that you could compare him with Pepé Le Pew. But in the end, this extremely exaggerated accent suited his exorbitant attitude as the well-dressed, capricious murderer who's looking for revenge.
"Lucky Day" has more of those absurd characters in store. For instance, Tomer Sisley as the eccentric bartender with a Hitler mustache. An over the top absurd role. Or the foul-mouthed probation officer Ernesto Sanchez (Clifton Collins Jr.). Compared to these characters, Red and Chloe can be called normal. Even though Chloe is rather eccentric when looking at her artworks. Art inspired by prison walls.
For me "Lucky Day" certainly wasn't a boring movie. It was the perfect material to fill up free leisure time. The comparison with "Pulp Fiction" is made quickly. But admittedly it can't match this brilliant film. For that, it lacks panache and originality. The brilliant renditions of Travolta, Jackson, and Thurman are of course matchless. And on a narrative level, "Lucky Day" must of course also recognize its superior. The harsh and relentless style full of violence, bloody brutality, and vulgar language certainly was highly present. But we were able to experience that already 25 years ago. It seems as if time stood still for Avary. Just like I still love music from the 80s. But hey, there's nothing wrong with that. Not?
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These days it's kind of hype to create reboots or remakes of films from a bygone era. Even though I hate this kind of filmmaking and I see it as easy money, I got enthusiastic about "Lucky Day". It's not a reboot or a remake in the strict sense of the word. But the similarities with "Pulp Fiction" are so obvious, I automatically call it the ultimate reboot for this legendary 90s movie. And if there's one person who could do the job without any problems, it would be Roger Avary, co-writer of "Pulp Fiction". The only thing you could ask yourself is: "Who was waiting for this?".
The whole movie is about Red (Luke Bracey), a safecracker, who leaves prison after 2 years and returns to his French-speaking wife Chloe (Nina Dobrev) and cuddly daughter Beatrice (Ella Ryan Quinn). He's determined not to return to his criminal life. He just has a little rainy-day stash hidden away somewhere. The news of his release, however, also reached someone else. None other than Luc Chaltiel (Crispin Glover) personally flew over from France to take revenge on Red. Luc's brother got killed during a robbery that went completely awry. And Red was part of the gang.
This movie has "Pulp Fiction" written all over it. It's a cocktail of various facets that were so characteristic of this milestone in Tarantino's oeuvre. Chloe's hair itself looks like a copy of that from Uma Thurman's. And there is also the overall atmosphere with a matching soundtrack and a mixture of absurd, cartoonish supporting characters. But it's mainly about extreme violence and bloody scenes. So expect some like-watermelons-exploding heads and slashed throats. And all this is bathed in black, sometimes vulgar, humor. Crispin Glover as a car thief, who drives his car twice over the victim. His explosive confrontation with a police patrol. The absurd gunfight in the bar. The psychopathic way in which he causes a bloodbath during an art exhibition. Perhaps it's not so impressive these days since we are overwhelmed with films full of extreme hard violence. But it still was enjoyable.
Without a doubt, Crispin Glover's character is the most eye-catching part of this film. You always wanted to know how the weird and silly George McFly (Yep, father of Marty McFly in "Back to the Future") would look like as a ruthless, brutal, psychopathic assassin with a heavy French accent? Well, this is your chance. Crispin Glover brilliantly parodies this. Maybe slightly exaggerated, but still extremely great. And extremely violent. For many, the French accent will be annoying. Yes, it might be even slightly offensive towards our French fellow men. To me, it felt like a theatrical parody. I read somewhere that you could compare him with Pepé Le Pew. But in the end, this extremely exaggerated accent suited his exorbitant attitude as the well-dressed, capricious murderer who's looking for revenge.
"Lucky Day" has more of those absurd characters in store. For instance, Tomer Sisley as the eccentric bartender with a Hitler mustache. An over the top absurd role. Or the foul-mouthed probation officer Ernesto Sanchez (Clifton Collins Jr.). Compared to these characters, Red and Chloe can be called normal. Even though Chloe is rather eccentric when looking at her artworks. Art inspired by prison walls.
For me "Lucky Day" certainly wasn't a boring movie. It was the perfect material to fill up free leisure time. The comparison with "Pulp Fiction" is made quickly. But admittedly it can't match this brilliant film. For that, it lacks panache and originality. The brilliant renditions of Travolta, Jackson, and Thurman are of course matchless. And on a narrative level, "Lucky Day" must of course also recognize its superior. The harsh and relentless style full of violence, bloody brutality, and vulgar language certainly was highly present. But we were able to experience that already 25 years ago. It seems as if time stood still for Avary. Just like I still love music from the 80s. But hey, there's nothing wrong with that. Not?
More reviews here: movie-freak.be
Copying Tarantino didn't work
roxlerookie16 October 2019
Given the budget of this film, it makes it one of the worst I've seen. So cringey. It was physically painful to watch until the end. I'm French, so I guess the whole thing was especially painful to me. FFS that was bad, and not in an enjoyable way.
Radio this to you little friends
nogodnomasters27 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Red (Luke Bracey) gets out of prison and returns home to his artist wife (Nina Dobrev) and daughter (Ella Ryan Quinn) who only speaks French. He has a difficult and comical parole officer (Clifton Collins Jr.) and has stolen bonds stashed. Luc Chaltiel (Crispin Glover) is a psychopathic killer who is out to kill someone in a grindhouse style.
You can see a lot of "Pulp Fiction" in this film which was on the vulgar side at times. I thought the supporting cast was excellent while Luke Bracey would not have been my first option. If you like the grindhouse style, you might want to check this one out.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
You can see a lot of "Pulp Fiction" in this film which was on the vulgar side at times. I thought the supporting cast was excellent while Luke Bracey would not have been my first option. If you like the grindhouse style, you might want to check this one out.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
Better Than Average
vexvane-872618 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I would have rated it higher than 6, but last third of film, including conclusion, was very weak.
Funny thing is, in end credits, guy who got throat car slashed by Luc when he was stealing his car is called "Gavin McAnus", and it was such an obvious parody of Gavin McInnes. I guess it is missable if you do not know who Gavin is or that leftist media keeps calling him "Gavin McAnus". Would really like to know why add Gavin in movie just to make fun of him, I guess its personal.
Most likeable character in whole thing is actually the villain, Luc. Even tho he does some pretty horrible things, it is done with dark humor.
Rest of the movie sadly just drags on, too slowly, and towards end even Luc cannot carry it any more. It felt like they just wanted to wrap it up.
If it were not for few hilarious scenes which will stay with me a while, film would be maybe 3/10. Luc character by himself adds 3 points for first half of the film. And everyone should see it just for that.
Really this film could have been a LOT better with tighter script. For example virtually all scenes involving child could have been removed as they added nothing to the movie. Parole Officer role was really under developed. There were few poor attempts at Tarantino styled banter, but those fell flat. Mark Dacascos was just wasted, no idea why add him for cameo role like that. And ending was just terribly bad, not funny, poor attempt at tear jerk moment which had no effect on me whatsoever.
I would however watch a movie with just Luc being Luc.
Funny thing is, in end credits, guy who got throat car slashed by Luc when he was stealing his car is called "Gavin McAnus", and it was such an obvious parody of Gavin McInnes. I guess it is missable if you do not know who Gavin is or that leftist media keeps calling him "Gavin McAnus". Would really like to know why add Gavin in movie just to make fun of him, I guess its personal.
Most likeable character in whole thing is actually the villain, Luc. Even tho he does some pretty horrible things, it is done with dark humor.
Rest of the movie sadly just drags on, too slowly, and towards end even Luc cannot carry it any more. It felt like they just wanted to wrap it up.
If it were not for few hilarious scenes which will stay with me a while, film would be maybe 3/10. Luc character by himself adds 3 points for first half of the film. And everyone should see it just for that.
Really this film could have been a LOT better with tighter script. For example virtually all scenes involving child could have been removed as they added nothing to the movie. Parole Officer role was really under developed. There were few poor attempts at Tarantino styled banter, but those fell flat. Mark Dacascos was just wasted, no idea why add him for cameo role like that. And ending was just terribly bad, not funny, poor attempt at tear jerk moment which had no effect on me whatsoever.
I would however watch a movie with just Luc being Luc.
Worst movie ever
max-z-m22 November 2020
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