Just My Luck
Category World | Sunday, August 8th, 2010
Ashley (Lindsay Lohan) is lucky: She always gets a taxi, she always says the right thing when the right person needs to hear it, gorgeous dresses get mis-delivered to her apartment. But when she kisses a cute guy at a masquerade ball, her luck vanishes–because the guy is a total loser named Jake (Chris Pine, The Princess Diaries 2) whose collapsing life desperately needs a little luck. Suddenly everything goes right for Jake, while Ashley–who now can’t take a step without breaking a heel–has to go on a mad search for the unknown guy she kissed so she can retrieve her stolen luck. Just My Luck isn’t as creative with this whimsical premise as it could be, but there are amusing moments as the movie wends its way to the inevitable happy conclusion. As a Lindsay Lohan vehicle, this isn’t as smart and funny as Mean Girls or as all-around likable as Freaky Friday, but it’s superior toConfessions of a Teenage Drama Queen or Herbie: Fully Loaded. Lohan’s fans are likely to enjoy the light pop of the British band McFly, who play themselves and have a scruffy charm.