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Lucky is a bittersweet meditation on mortality, punctuating the career of beloved character actor Harry Dean Stanton. Read Critics Reviews
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Lucky isn't a film about much. Directed by John Carroll Lynch (another great character actor) in his directorial debut, it simply follows the everyday routine of Lucky (played by Stanton) and the interactions he has with many of the local townsfolk.
“Lucky” begins with a series of shots of the Arizona desert: broken-backed hills, cacti reaching for the sky. It locates a tortoise crawling. This is President Roosevelt, whose predicament we’ll learn about in due course.
Sep 28, 2017 · Following the same daily routine — an unvarying trek from home to diner to bodega to bar — Lucky would rather watch game shows than engage in small talk.
Lucky Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Daniel Howat Next Best Picture. Lucky is a lovely, small film. It's an ode to living. A farewell to a well-lived life,...
Sep 29, 2017 · Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Director. John Carroll Lynch. Writers. Logan Sparks. Drago Sumonja. Stars. Harry Dean Stanton. David Lynch. Ron Livingston. See production info at IMDbPro. 121 User reviews. 217 Critic reviews. 80 Metascore. Awards.
Mar 14, 2017 · Film Review: ‘Lucky’ Harry Dean Stanton does not go gentle into that good night in John Carroll Lynch's outstanding dramedy.
Mar 11, 2017 · ‘Lucky’ Review: 90-Year-Old Harry Dean Stanton Gives a Performance for the Ages in Wry Comedy Co-Starring David Lynch — SXSW 2017. John Carroll Lynch's directorial debut is a wise and wistful...
This is the unnerving premise of Natasha Kermani's "Lucky," written by Brea Grant (who also stars). What appears at first to be a typical home-invasion thriller is revealed as something much stranger, much more upsetting.
Sep 29, 2017 · 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 that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment.
