If you're a sucker for chick flicks like I am, Just My Luck is rather enjoyable. Lucky girl with a perfect life, unlucky boy whose life is in shambles, boy meets girl and all else is magic. As boring as it may sound to those who swear off romantic comedies, to me it's supreme entertainment.
Before I saw the movie, I expected it to annoy me a la New York Minute. I always associate Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen with Lindsay Lohan because of the striking similarities between the two (or should I say three!) - child artistes turned Hollywood wild girls with loads of problems. Besides that, New York Minute and Just My Luck are almost identical as far as setting goes. But I was pleasantly surprised by Just My Luck actually didn't annoy me - quite the contrary, it'ss tons of fun and was over before I knew it. Even though it has more fantasy than New York Minute, it's more believable! Perhaps one of the reasons for that is that Lindsay Lohan is cast as a character close to her real life character. (C'mon, Ashley Olsen the geek, yeah right! Almost as bad as Britney Spears the geek, but let me not get a third movie involved in the review.) And Lindsay Lohan is a really good actress and really gets into character - when she's in a mess , she's in overalls and not miniskirts. Olsen twins, are you watching?
Chris Pine has become a much more respectable shape than he was in Princess Diaries 2. And his character, Jake, is one of those delightful ones you just fall in love with right at the beginning - from a can't-do-anything-right jinx to a hotshot band manager, without losing his innocence and naïvete.
One reason I may be slightly biased in this review is the fact that it stars McFly. I absolutely adore McFly and their music, which plays throughout the movie, and seeing them in it was a pleasant surprise.
All-in-all, entertaining (which is the point of movies anyway!). If you're the type that enjoyed 13 Going On 30, you should definitely watch Just My Luck.
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