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- 2017
- Not Rated
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
Summary Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky (Harry Dean Stanton) finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self exploration, leading towards ...
Directed By: John Carroll Lynch
Written By: Logan Sparks, Drago Sumonja
- 2017
- Not Rated
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
Lucky
80
7.4
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Summary Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky (Harry Dean Stanton) finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self exploration, leading towards ...
Directed By: John Carroll Lynch
Written By: Logan Sparks, Drago Sumonja
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
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94% Positive
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6% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
80
94% Positive
32 Reviews
32 Reviews
6% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Weighed down by existential questions, Lucky carries the burden of life’s unanswered questions on his sun-lined face; it’s a fearless portrayal of someone facing the finality of their life.
If only every actor we loved could leave us with a farewell film like this one.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 58 User Ratings
7.4
76% Positive
44 Ratings
44 Ratings
21% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
3% Negative
2 Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 58 User Ratings
7.4
76% Positive
44 Ratings
44 Ratings
21% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
3% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
★ Reality... is a thing. Superbly casted with some of the greatest performances of character actors of the past decade. A huge congratulations to John Carrol Lynch for the film. Of course, Stanton carries the film in a way only he could. Bravo, Harry. We sure miss you.
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It's awesome, it's sad, it's joyous in its conclusion. He's a great character that lives his life like we all should. He's got principles, he's got friends, he's alone but not lonely. He's got heart, he's got mouth for everyone who deserves it. A nice collection of philosophical, metaphysical and quantum theories are all put together in a grand unified theory of life.
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As if taken from Stanton’s own mantra, Lucky is a powerful reminder that life really does amount to nothing (and still, somehow, everything).
Lynch has crafted an almost proudly minor work, a hangout movie whose reason for being is Stanton’s presence.
Making his directorial debut is actor John Carroll Lynch (no relation to David Lynch). This first-timer quirks things up occasionally with surreal scenes of a nightmare and an on-the-nose allegory (Lucky walking toward an exit sign and standing at an abyss).
It’s a tour de force for Stanton, purposefully plodding forward, a sagebrush philosopher giving his valedictory performance, a lovely curtain call that bookends with his other famous shot at leading man — “Paris, Texas.”
The late Harry Dean Stanton, in one of his last roles, infuses the slightest gesture and inflection with the weight of grave experience, but this maudlin drama mainly renders his grit and wisdom wholesome and cute.
Harry Dean Stanton in his zenith and final days of carrer in a endearing role: a rusty old cowboy in a introspective tour. Watching and listening him singing mariachi is a treat for spirit. A must to see.
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Sweet and beautiful. The pace is leisurely and gives space to ruminations on mortality. To be sure, if we are lucky, we make it to old age, and then we die. But in our time we are witness to a beautiful world, and the American Southwest is as beautiful a part as any. Harry Dean Stanton ends a wonderful career with a wonderful film. Recomended.
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It is a philosophical film about a 90-year old man facing the end of his life.
He is quite healthy for his old age, lives alone, has never married,
Deeply inside, he is afraid of death but on the other hand he accepts reality and he seems to be at peace with it. The movie is very warm and atmospheric. It is slow but it grows on you.
Harry Dean Stanton is starring in this film, this it his last movie, and one might consider this movie as the actor's good bye.
If you, like I do, enjoy watching arthouse movies, you should not miss this one.
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Production Company
Superlative Films,
Divide/Conquer
Release Date Sep 29, 2017
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
Awards
Gijón International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Thessaloniki Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Film Club's The Lost Weekend
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
