- Summary: An innocent woman (Zhang Ziyi) gets caught up in an international diamond heist that leads to her meeting the man of her dreams, a spy (Leehom Wang) who is trying to save the world.
- Director: Dennie Gordon
- Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 8
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Mixed: 5 out of 8
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Negative: 3 out of 8
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50My Lucky Star, a spy-caper romance from China, is sweet and harmless, but it’s also a little disorienting.
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Sep 19, 201350While Zhang is one of China’s greatest international stars, My Lucky Star is utterly provincial. It’s for Chinese viewers, plus those few westerners who revel in Asian hyper-cuteness.
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50Wholesome, effortless entertainment that runs smoothly enough but seldom takes one’s breath away in the romance department.
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Sep 19, 201340While the film does not lack production values and panache, Gordon's direction often seems thoughtless.
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30That My Lucky Star isn’t serious is less an issue than the fact that its comedic action is so broad, ridiculous, and predictable that it soon feels juvenile, akin to a training-wheels variation on various genre formulas.
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20Still, the vibrantly shot Lucky Star could have been a mildly entertaining bit of escapism, were it not for the fact that Sophie isn't naïve so much as infantile, a point driven home by her wardrobe.
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Sep 16, 201312Yet another limp spy spoof that fails to make any interesting critiques about the genre, let alone construct a humorous gag.
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