Good Luck Chuck is one of the most advertised comedies in recent memories. Every time I turn on the TV I’m guaranteed to see a commercial advertising the September 21st release of the movie. The movie appears to be set up to be a big hit with movie going audiences. Good Luck Chuck includes a very interesting story line with two of the biggest names (although I may be a little biased on one of them) in Hollywood. Dane Cook stars alongside Jessica Alba in this upcoming movie.
Dane Cook plays Charlie, a successful dentist who has trouble keeping women around after having an easy time picking them up. Charlie eventually realizes that every woman that he has ever slept with has found their own “Mr. Right”. These women’s soul mates end up being the very next man that the women meet after breaking up with Charlie. This curse is a result of Charlie’s refusal to kiss a goth girl during a game of spin the bottle. Since he refused to kiss her, the goth girl puts a curse on him where every girl he sleeps with will break up with him and marry the next man she meets. Eventually women catch on to this and sleep with him to meet their “Mr. Right”. Dan Fogler plays Stu, Chuck’s plastic surgeon best friend who I pursues as many of his own patients as possible. Chuck eventually realizes how lonely his life is with just sex and no love. He then meets Cam (played by Jessica Alba), an accident prone penguin trainer. Charlie needs to find a way to break the curse while also avoiding sleeping with her because he fears that he will lose the girl of his dreams to the next guy she meets.
The role that Jessica Alba plays is somewhat of a concern to me since she never really played a lead role in a comedy before. I see her as a more of an action film actor but despite these concerns, I believe that this will be a very entertaining movie that will be well worth the money.
2 comments:
You're right, they've been advertising the hell out of this movie for weeks. But do you really think that Dane Cook, despite his popular albums and constant presence on the TBS baseball coverage, can really carry a movie? His previous films, like Employee of the Month and Waiting, have been critical and commercial disasters. Will this be the film to turn that streak around?
I won't dispute that Employee Of The Month was a complete disaster, but I actually enjoyed Waiting. Although he struggled in his only male lead role, I truly believe that this will be a sucess.
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