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Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

  • Starring: Bow Wow, Brandon T. Jackson, Naturi Naughton
  • Summary: Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 24
  2. Negative: 4 out of 24
  1. 83
    Lottery Ticket gets far on the strength of its star's charisma and a likeable tone.
  2. This movie's good. It's fast, deftly paced and funny.
  3. In some ways the film is reminiscent of "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" with the theme of greed and a gaggle of people all after a piece of the pot, but Lottery Ticket pays off on the laughs with a strong message about using sudden riches responsibly and the importance of giving back to the community.
  4. Reviewed by: Stephanie Merry
    38
    Things really slow down during the movie's ill-advised forays into drama.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Sometimes the humor is a bit corny but overall this is yet another feelgood movie for the Sunday afternoon. Although, it's quite predictable but nice.
  2. All the years we have this type of movies, a normal situation can be a disaster (Madea, Big Momma's, Think Like a Man, etc...) but this type of movies are funny, and Lottery Ticket have much funny elements, th cast is good, the story is normal, but with a funny development. This movie can not be perfect, but is funny. Expand
  3. Lottery Ticket may have been perceived as your typical Black comedy film, but unfortunately this is false. This film is actually a solid comedy, which has doses of ethnic humor, but overall is a comedy that all audiences would enjoy. It's a slapstick comedy if you will, and there are unpredictable moments within this film that would make you laugh out aloud. I'd recommend it if you're looking for a slapstick comedy, but already seen the Other Guys. Expand
  4. There is a message in here somewhere but the audience just struggles to find it underneath all the cliche script and tiresome stereotypes. The idea that someone in the projects is going to win a ticket and not get killed for it is impeccable. Either way, Lottery Ticket does show that money won't make you happy if the people around you aren't. I guess that's the message. But with very little to go on, Lottery Ticket find itself in the middle of nowhere at the end of the film. Expand

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