Good Luck Chuck (2007)

The greatest movie ever!

recommended

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Dentist Charlie is cursed as a child: the curse means that every woman he has sex with finds true love with the bloke after him. This means that he is hotly pursued by women eager to have unemotional clinical sex with him as a quick fix for their long-term plans. For a while this suits Charlie just fine, but then...OK, so this is a promising set-up for a comedy - now what shall we do with it? Let's introduce a potential love interest for Charlie - let's make her Cam, a gorgeous penguin keeper, let's make her initially reluctant to enter a relationship with Charlie (even though they like each other) and, in a stroke of genius, let's make her an accident-prone klutz. And then, when they fall for each other, let's make Charlie scared to make love with her because he is scared that the curse means he will then lose her.This movie has a fair amount going for it. Dane Cook and Jessica Alba are engaging as Charlie and Cam, Jessica Alba has quite a lot of fairly funny slapstick, much of what happens is quite sweet, and Jessica Alba in skimpies is always welcome. And, in a surprisingly touching moment, when Charlie is approached by his portly (and lonely) practice nurse, his response is unexpectedly kind and gentle.Then we have the not-so-good. The multi-partner sex montage is perhaps a little too long and a tad overdone, but maybe that isn't really an issue given the subject matter of this movie. If that was all....But there is a descent into unbelievable behaviour about halfway through. There is a deeply unpleasant little sequence featuring an encounter with an obese woman of unattractive demeanour and habits (which contrasts drastically with what might otherwise be thought to be a similar encounter with the practice nurse).And, worst of all, there is Charlie's "best friend" Stu (Dan Fogler) who serves the purpose of Greek chorus, and is the most repellent character I have seen in a film since Jonah Hill in Superbad and Rob Corddry in Hot Tub Time Machine. When a film makes you want to kill a character who fulfils this sort of function in the story, it's getting something badly wrong.A shame, as this film so nearly got so much right.

I don't understand why many people found this not to be entertaining. From what my friends were telling, I thought it was gonna be a horrible movie with dumb jokes - well, it has some dumb jokes. Except for Dane Cook really not looking good, this film had plenty of hilarious moments. I rented this yesterday and I laughed through it. Though for an R-rated comedy it did fall short of expectations, you should give it a try.When Charlie Logan/Chuck was a 10 year old kid, an emo girl had cursed him for not making out with her. All his life the girls he dated, after breaking up immediately got married to the next guy. In order to keep the woman of his dreams, Cam (Jessica Alba) from falling for another guy, Charlie Logan has to break the curse that has made him wildly popular with single women: Sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love. His only friend, a breast surgeon, Stu (Dan Fogler) tries to help him in his endeavour.Although it is R-rated, it is still a romantic comedy and all of us know how it will end. Cam is a penguin lover and works at the zoo taking care of penguins. She is also very likely to fall while walking, or hit her head into something and generally unlucky. Jessica Alba tries her best to portray this goofy girl, but it seemed incredibly fake to me. But, she was very sexy. Dane Cook really looked bad in some scenes, but he was funny. Stu is the worst friend anybody could have. Breast surgery is his job, still why did he have to be such a pervert and disgusting guy? And the scene in the park where he throws frisbees at all the passerbys is boring. Its not funny to hit people in the face with a frisbee. The film makes fun of itself and every other romantic comedy film and that is a good thing. The mandatory run to the airport and proposal is also there. Still, worthwhile to watch it once. Just don't expect much.5/10

If you want a border line porn I guess this below average crude and offensive movie is up your alley. Women are just not respected at all anymore in film and this movie is a true example of that. This movie was so offensive and especially insulting to women. I was completely uncomfortable watching it, squirming actually. It was gross to watch, constant topless scenes, thrusting, groaning, sex non stop. You couldn't blink without seeing a tit. There is even a scene where a guy measures a girls tits to see if they are "even" ...seriously, grow up....did a 17 year old male virgin direct this movie? come on.....this movie does none other than to serve the purpose of "jerk off" material to a horny teenage boy. My opinion of Jessica alba went down a few notches. She didn't act like a hooch herself but I thought she had a little more class than to be in a putrid film like this. I haven't seen so much sex and unnecessary exploitative nudity since hostel. waste of time, unless you are horny and wanna see tits. If you have grown up and are an adult, I wouldn't waste your time with this tit flick.

This was really funny stuff! While I had pretty high expectations of this movie going in (I knew it was based on the Benjamin Kollenbroich story), I was pretty happy with it. Dane Cook did a good job of capturing the obscure humor of the real-life character. There were parts that had me reaching for the remote, but I waited it out. Cook came across as generally likable. I'm not a very big Dane Cook fan, but a friend of mine suggested this movie and I thank him for it. Of course, Jessica Alba was gorgeous and funny, as well! She never ceases to amaze me. I would recommend this movie to anyone looking for a fun movie that nobody would take too seriously. If you're looking for a serious thriller, this movie is not for you!