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I recently re-watched Just My Luck starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine.
It's amazing how there were no draggy moments all throughout the film.
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Just My Luck is a romantic comedy film starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine released in the US on May 12, 2006. Lohan has described the film as "a little bit of an over-the-top comedy, but it's funny and it's cute and it's silly." It is rated PG-13 in the US, and PG in Canada, The UK, and Australia.
Lohan plays an ultra lucky Manhattan girl, Ashley. When asked about her character, Lohan said "She takes advantage of the fact that she has luck, and she does not recognize it and is not thankful, [then] everything just basically goes downhill for her."
Chris Pine plays the role of Jake, a music manager in the film, overseeing the pop band McFly (Danny Jones, Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd), played by themselves.
Synopsis
The movie is about always lucky and popular Ashley Albright (Lindsay Lohan) who has an extremely fortunate life, and is always coming by many lucky strikes. Audiences are also introduced to Jake Hardin (Chris Pine), who is followed by bad luck wherever he goes. He manages a small music band called McFly (a real UK band).
Ashley, through persistent methods of keeping a client at the office, manages to convince Damon Phillips (Faizon Love) about her idea of a masquerade party. All this, however, is organised without the presence of Ashley's boss Peggy. But when Peggy learns of her plan, she is surprisingly impressed with Ashley's idea, leaving her with the task of organizing the party independently. Jake hears of the party, and the number of possible-sponsors which could be there. He hatches a plan to attend to meet a very famous man (Phillips) who could publicise the band he manages (McFly), in New York City. He claims to be a dancer for the masquerade party and gains entry.
During the party, Ashley is confronted by a fortune teller who warns her of an oncoming change in her life. The fortune teller tells her she will be soon be struck by bad luck, but Ashley doesn't believe her. Eventually, as Jake wanders around the party hall, he sees Ashley and is stunned by her beauty. He asks her to join him in a dance and they both kiss. During the kiss, their luck is switched (where Jake gets good luck and Ashley has bad luck). Neither of them can see the others face as they are both wearing masks.
Soon after, Jake spots Phillips (the man he came to the party to see) and asks him if he could help publicise the band. A cut off cab heads straight towards Phillips but Jake pushes him out the way thus causing himself to be hit by the cab. Through his luck he is unharmed and as a thank you, Phillips, who is in charge of a major record company, helps sign up McFly (the band) which actually is to his liking.
Ashley's bad luck soon kicks in and she goes to jail because the guy that she set her boss up with for the party turns out to be a prostitute. When she returns home she finds that her house had been affected by a flood and a mold infestation is in her walls. She is given a mere box of what is left of her possessions.
She goes to her friends' house, where she plans to stay until she bounces back from her unfortunate turn of events. At her friends' place she breaks the mirror and then drops her contact lense in the cat litter box. Upon finding it, she places it back in her eye - causing a major eye infection.
Desperate to regain her luck, Ashley revisits the same fortune teller who explains she must kiss the same person from the party for her life to return to what it once was. Ashley immediately begins to hunt down all the dancers from the same company who supplied the dancers at the masquerade party. However, as Jake had only pretended to be dancer to gain entry, he is not on the list and Ashley soon begins to give up hope (thinking her bad luck has gotten the better of her).
Meanwhile, Ashley has finally returned home from prison, which she had been sent to the previous day through another stroke of bad luck. She attempts to get some food from a cafe but is rejected because she doesn't have enough money. As she leaves she creates mass chaos and makes a mad dash out of the cafe with the help of Jake who in turn offers Ashley a chance to get his previous job as a janitor/food delivery person at the bowling alley. Ashley is desperate for a job and accepts immediately. While she is accident prone at the beginning, she finally begins to avoid some of her bad luck.
On a rainy day, Ashley is helpless and Jake takes her to his huge house where she tries to wash her clothes but puts too much powder into the washing machine, resulting to a room full of bubbles. As Jake comes in to see what all the comotion is about, they both laugh it off in good humour. Just as they are about to kiss, Ashley and Jake are interrupted by Jake's young cousin, Katy.
Later, Jake takes Ashley to the place where McFly is practicing. She discovers that Jake is the one who has stolen her luck and kisses him, upon which he gets his bad luck back. As Ashley's luck finally returns, she runs into her old boss who offers her to work again for the high position of her VP which she would be appointed at a meeting that night. That night, she thinks about how her life was when she still had her luck and how Jake used her good fortune after giving it to him. She decides that her life was more enjoyable without luck and she chooses to not attend the meeting of her new presidency but instead to arrive at Jake's first concert for McFly of which things aren't running too smoothly.
At the concert, things begin to take a wrong turn. As bass player Dougie Poynter tunes his guitar strings, one of them snaps and hits singer/guitar player Danny Jones in the eye. He immediately calls for an eye pack. When Jake asks the band member whether they'll be alright, vocalist/guitar player Tom Fletcher begins vomiting into a bin. Meanwhile, drummer Harry Judd, has gone mysteriously missing.
When Ashley comes and kisses Jake, returning his luck, Harry reappears on stage. The rest of the band members, who are confused but excited and relieved by his return, run on stage to join him. The concert turns out to be a massive success.
Ashley decides to end contact with Jake as she doesn't want their luck to be switched again because she believes Jake put the good luck to better use than she ever did. She goes to the railway station where she finds Jake and he tries to convince her that she was all he wanted. They then kiss each other relentlessly causing their lucks to swap without stopping and without them knowing who has good luck and who does not. Then, they both see Jake's little cousin Katy, kiss her at the same time and she gets all the luck and wins a scratch card lottery of twenty-five dollars. Later, they find a quarter deciding that they still have some luck left. But only seconds later, they are drenched by a broken water line, thus signifying that they truly are out of luck.
Just My Luck is a romantic comedy film starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine released in the US on May 12, 2006. Lohan has described the film as "a little bit of an over-the-top comedy, but it's funny and it's cute and it's silly." It is rated PG-13 in the US, and PG in Canada, The UK, and Australia.
Lohan plays an ultra lucky Manhattan girl, Ashley. When asked about her character, Lohan said "She takes advantage of the fact that she has luck, and she does not recognize it and is not thankful, [then] everything just basically goes downhill for her."
Chris Pine plays the role of Jake, a music manager in the film, overseeing the pop band McFly (Danny Jones, Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd), played by themselves.
Synopsis
The movie is about always lucky and popular Ashley Albright (Lindsay Lohan) who has an extremely fortunate life, and is always coming by many lucky strikes. Audiences are also introduced to Jake Hardin (Chris Pine), who is followed by bad luck wherever he goes. He manages a small music band called McFly (a real UK band).
Ashley, through persistent methods of keeping a client at the office, manages to convince Damon Phillips (Faizon Love) about her idea of a masquerade party. All this, however, is organised without the presence of Ashley's boss Peggy. But when Peggy learns of her plan, she is surprisingly impressed with Ashley's idea, leaving her with the task of organizing the party independently. Jake hears of the party, and the number of possible-sponsors which could be there. He hatches a plan to attend to meet a very famous man (Phillips) who could publicise the band he manages (McFly), in New York City. He claims to be a dancer for the masquerade party and gains entry.
During the party, Ashley is confronted by a fortune teller who warns her of an oncoming change in her life. The fortune teller tells her she will be soon be struck by bad luck, but Ashley doesn't believe her. Eventually, as Jake wanders around the party hall, he sees Ashley and is stunned by her beauty. He asks her to join him in a dance and they both kiss. During the kiss, their luck is switched (where Jake gets good luck and Ashley has bad luck). Neither of them can see the others face as they are both wearing masks.
Soon after, Jake spots Phillips (the man he came to the party to see) and asks him if he could help publicise the band. A cut off cab heads straight towards Phillips but Jake pushes him out the way thus causing himself to be hit by the cab. Through his luck he is unharmed and as a thank you, Phillips, who is in charge of a major record company, helps sign up McFly (the band) which actually is to his liking.
Ashley's bad luck soon kicks in and she goes to jail because the guy that she set her boss up with for the party turns out to be a prostitute. When she returns home she finds that her house had been affected by a flood and a mold infestation is in her walls. She is given a mere box of what is left of her possessions.
She goes to her friends' house, where she plans to stay until she bounces back from her unfortunate turn of events. At her friends' place she breaks the mirror and then drops her contact lense in the cat litter box. Upon finding it, she places it back in her eye - causing a major eye infection.
Desperate to regain her luck, Ashley revisits the same fortune teller who explains she must kiss the same person from the party for her life to return to what it once was. Ashley immediately begins to hunt down all the dancers from the same company who supplied the dancers at the masquerade party. However, as Jake had only pretended to be dancer to gain entry, he is not on the list and Ashley soon begins to give up hope (thinking her bad luck has gotten the better of her).
Meanwhile, Ashley has finally returned home from prison, which she had been sent to the previous day through another stroke of bad luck. She attempts to get some food from a cafe but is rejected because she doesn't have enough money. As she leaves she creates mass chaos and makes a mad dash out of the cafe with the help of Jake who in turn offers Ashley a chance to get his previous job as a janitor/food delivery person at the bowling alley. Ashley is desperate for a job and accepts immediately. While she is accident prone at the beginning, she finally begins to avoid some of her bad luck.
On a rainy day, Ashley is helpless and Jake takes her to his huge house where she tries to wash her clothes but puts too much powder into the washing machine, resulting to a room full of bubbles. As Jake comes in to see what all the comotion is about, they both laugh it off in good humour. Just as they are about to kiss, Ashley and Jake are interrupted by Jake's young cousin, Katy.
Later, Jake takes Ashley to the place where McFly is practicing. She discovers that Jake is the one who has stolen her luck and kisses him, upon which he gets his bad luck back. As Ashley's luck finally returns, she runs into her old boss who offers her to work again for the high position of her VP which she would be appointed at a meeting that night. That night, she thinks about how her life was when she still had her luck and how Jake used her good fortune after giving it to him. She decides that her life was more enjoyable without luck and she chooses to not attend the meeting of her new presidency but instead to arrive at Jake's first concert for McFly of which things aren't running too smoothly.
At the concert, things begin to take a wrong turn. As bass player Dougie Poynter tunes his guitar strings, one of them snaps and hits singer/guitar player Danny Jones in the eye. He immediately calls for an eye pack. When Jake asks the band member whether they'll be alright, vocalist/guitar player Tom Fletcher begins vomiting into a bin. Meanwhile, drummer Harry Judd, has gone mysteriously missing.
When Ashley comes and kisses Jake, returning his luck, Harry reappears on stage. The rest of the band members, who are confused but excited and relieved by his return, run on stage to join him. The concert turns out to be a massive success.
Ashley decides to end contact with Jake as she doesn't want their luck to be switched again because she believes Jake put the good luck to better use than she ever did. She goes to the railway station where she finds Jake and he tries to convince her that she was all he wanted. They then kiss each other relentlessly causing their lucks to swap without stopping and without them knowing who has good luck and who does not. Then, they both see Jake's little cousin Katy, kiss her at the same time and she gets all the luck and wins a scratch card lottery of twenty-five dollars. Later, they find a quarter deciding that they still have some luck left. But only seconds later, they are drenched by a broken water line, thus signifying that they truly are out of luck.
Rating: 5/5
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Finally finished those DVDs sitting around.
lol. But the guy (yep, the GUY) was hawt.
