Good Luck Chuck (2007)

Director:

Mark Helfrich

Writers (WGA):

Josh Stolberg (screenplay)
Steve Glenn (short story)

Release Date:

21 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

There's something about Jessica.

Plot:

In order to keep the woman of his dreams from falling for another guy, Charlie Logan has to break the curse that has made him wildly popular with single women: Sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love. |

Plot Keywords:

Curse | True Love | Acrobatic Sex | Crude Humor | Voodoo Doll

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Dec. 11	11:15 PM	TMC
Wed. Dec. 16	9:30 PM	TMC
Tue. Dec. 22	9:00 PM	TMC

Cast

Connor Price	...	Young Charlie
Troy Gentile	...	Young Stu
Mackenzie Mowat	...	Birthday Girl
Sasha Pieterse	...	Young Anisha Carpenter
Caroline Ford	...	Jennifer
Dane Cook	...	Charlie
Chelan Simmons	...	Carol
Dan Fogler	...	Stu
Natalie Morris	...	Natalie
Ellia English	...	Reba
Chang Tseng	...	Karaoke Singer
Michael Teigen	...	Wedding D.J.
Chiara Zanni	...	Bride
Benjamin Ayres	...	Groomsman (as Ben Ayres)
Carrie Fleming	...	Dirty Talker (as Carrie Anne Fleming)

Also Known As:

Le porte-bonheur (Canada: French title)
The Warm-Up Guy (USA) (original script title)
Charlie, les filles lui disent merci (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
Novio por una noche (Argentina) (DVD title) (Peru) [es]
Õnnetooja Chuck (Estonia) [et]
Charlie viene prima di tuo marito (Italy) [it]
Der Glücksbringer (Germany) [de]
Elas Não Me Largam (Portugal) [pt]
Enas gia oles (Greece) [el]
Facet pelen uroku (Poland) [pl]
Maldita Sorte (Brazil) [pt]
Tutte pazze per Charlie (Italy) (DVD title) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of strong sexual content including crude dialogue, nudity, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

USA:96 min | USA:101 min (unrated version) | Argentina:101 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:18 | USA:R | Ireland:16 | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | Taiwan:R-18 | Germany:16 | France:Unrated (with warning) | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:7 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | Brazil:18 | Japan:R-15 | Peru:18 | Norway:15 (re-rating after appeal) | Argentina:13 | Italy:VM18 | Iceland:14

Filming Locations:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Karz Entertainment

Trivia:

Originally, New Line Cinema was set to distribute, but they gave the film to Lionsgate shortly before production. A similar situation occurred when the studio gave distribution rights for Alpha Dog (2006) to Universal Pictures, but that case was related to controversy over real-life events.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Cam is assisted by Charlie to jump her car and locks the keys in the car. Charlie drives her home to grab her extra pair of keys, when they return, the car is off and the remote on the extra pair of keys allows her to unlock the car. The car was left on when they left because she could not get back into the car. In addition, Toyotas will not work with the remote if the car is in the on position.

Quotes:

Woman in Car: [pulls out a condom from her bra] Do you want top or bottom?
Charlie: Put that back in your secret boobie place.

Movie Connections:

References Employee of the Month (2006)

Soundtrack:

Love It When You Call

Many funny parts in a not-so-funny movie.

If you like Dane Cook then chances are you have seen his movies and while Good Luck Chuck is better and in some instances funnier, it still is just another Employee of the Month. I personally enjoy Dane Cook's humor and I thought Employee of the Month was....decent. I was hoping Good Luck Chuck would be a hilarious smash hit but throughout the advanced screening I kept thinking to myself "Okay well this is funny but it's so typical." Now I don't want to give anything away but let's just say if you've seen at least one romantic comedy in your life then you know the entire story of Good Luck Chuck already.

Don't get me wrong, I laughed pretty much all the way through the movie although there were occasional points where it died down a little. Sad to say there were only a few really memorable funny parts to the movie though. Most was just slapstick style humor and revolting sex jokes. The humor in Good Luck Chuck was by far raunchier than Employee of the Month but then again that was PG-13 and this is R.

I mentioned that the movie was typical and when I say typical I mean every romantic movie cliché possible was used. It was like they took a blueprint for a love story and then just added Dane Cook and Jessica Alba and then made them do funny things. Granted there are moments where they stray a little or add a funny twist to the formula but it definitely didn't take long to come up with the progression of love in the film.

If you want your next dose of laughter after Superbad then go see Good Luck Chuck but don't expect anything new or inventive in terms of storytelling. It is however something to note that there are tons of sex scenes, lots of boobs, extremely raunchy jokes, and Jessica Alba does not reveal any body parts although some side boob can be glanced for a brief moment in the movie. (Just an FYI for all those who were dying to know)