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Just My Luck

Just My Luck

Comedy · Fantasy · Romance · 2006

Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.

Movie details

Just My Luck

“Everything changed in the wink of an eye.”

2006 Comedy · Fantasy · Romance 1h 43m

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Donald Petrie

Written by

I. Marlene King · Amy Harris · Jonathan Bernstein · Mark Blackwell

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan

Ashley Albright

Chris Pine

Chris Pine

Jake Hardin

Samaire Armstrong

Samaire Armstrong

Maggie

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Bree Turner

Dana

Faizon Love

Faizon Love

Damon Phillips

Missi Pyle

Missi Pyle

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Makenzie Vega

Katy

Court is in session

Put Just My Luck on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.