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Throughout "Logan Lucky," you keep wondering if the curse will rear its head and ruin the plan Jimmy has cooked up with Clyde and a third partner, an imprisoned explosives expert named Joe Bang (Daniel Craig) who's five months away from release. It’s a heck of a scheme.
Aug 18, 2017 · 92% Tomatometer 289 Reviews 76% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings West Virginia family man Jimmy Logan teams up with his one-armed brother Clyde and sister Mellie to steal money from the Charlotte...
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- Steven Soderbergh
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- Channing Tatum
Aug 16, 2017 · NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Comedy, Crime, Drama. PG-13. 1h 58m. By A.O. Scott. Aug. 16, 2017. In American movies — and maybe not only there — the idea of luck often...
- Steven Soderbergh
Logan Lucky is both a portrait of working-class America and a clever bit of wish-fulfillment in which a fundamentally broken but self-perpetuating system is put in its place to the benefit of...
- A rip-roaring comedy caper.
- Verdict
By Alex Welch
Posted: Jul 25, 2017 5:33 pm
In many ways, Logan Lucky comes across as a not-so-subtle nod to the films that Steven Soderbergh made a name for himself in the mainstream world by directing. Specifically, Soderbergh’s latest feels like a distant, slapstick-infused relative to his Ocean’s Eleven trilogy, which maintains the same style and ingenious crime plot that were present in each of those films, but replaces Danny Ocean and his slick, professional crew with some lovable, redneck amateur criminals this time around.
The film has been billed by many as Soderbergh’s long-awaited directorial return, after embarking on a self-imposed exile from movies following the release of Side Effects in 2013. But to call Logan Lucky that feels a bit disingenuous, considering that Soderbergh has still found ways to keep himself busy over the past four years. Not only did he also release HBO’s Behind the Candelabra in 2013, but he’s directed several of the best-looking episodes of television to grace the small screen over the past few years with Cinemax’s short-lived period drama, The Knick. That’s not to mention, of course, that he also served as cinematographer and editor on 2015’s Magic Mike XXL after directing its predecessor in 2012.
But still, Logan Lucky is indeed Steven Soderbergh’s return to feature filmmaking form, and it should come as a delight to Soderbergh fans everywhere when I say that Logan Lucky is every bit as fun and well-made as any of the filmmaker’s other directorial outings. It’s part Ocean’s Eleven and part comical farce, with a whole lot of delightful Southern drawl sprinkled on top.
Based on a screenplay by Rebecca Blunt, Logan Lucky follows Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde (Adam Driver) Logan, a pair of down-on-their-luck Southern brothers who conspire to steal money from the racetrack (which Jimmy was just fired from) on its busiest day of the summer. Along the way, the Logan Brothers recruit a number of various neighbors and relatives to their cause, including their speedster sister, Mellie (Riley Keough), a convicted pyrotechnics expert appropriately named Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), and Joe’s cantankerous brothers, played by Brian Gleeson and Jack Quaid. Each of the characters have their own motivations for working on the heist, while Jimmy and Clyde are busy worrying about a supposed family curse that may or may not be affecting them, and which emerges as a recurring theme throughout the film.
With his latest directorial effort, Soderbergh has made a film that not only constantly pokes fun at its own characters and their lives, but finds a way to imbue each of them with a soul and heart along the way. Logan Lucky being a fun, slick, and cool ride shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who’s familiar with Soderbergh’s work. But th...
- Alex Welch
Jul 24, 2017 · ‘Logan Lucky’: Film Review. Steven Soderbergh's Southern heist comedy 'Logan Lucky' stars Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Katie Holmes and Hilary Swank. By Todd McCarthy. July...
8/10. An entertaining heist movie. Fella_shibby 5 June 2022. Was on my radar for a long time. Saw this recently on Amazon Prime. Was a treat to see Adam Driver, Channing Tatum n Daniel Craig together. The movie moves at a good pace n the performances are top notch. 23 out of 27 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink
