00s Movie Review - Good Luck Chuck

Director: Mark Helfrich
Genre: Comedy/ Romance
Runtime: 96 minutes
Year: 2007
Starring: Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler

I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2024 MOVIE CHALLENGE
WEEK 21: A FILM FROM THE 2000S
 
Description: In order to keep the woman of his dreams from falling for another guy, Charlie Logan (Dane Cook) has to break the curse that has made him wildly popular with dingle women: sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love.

Review: Dentist Charlie Logan seems to have it all going for him. He’s successful in his job, he’s good looking, and he’s falling in with women. Buit appearances are deceiving, because in love Charlie is not so lucky. His relationships are short-lived, although he doesn’t have a hard time with that. Until he hears that his ex-girlfriend has found the one, thanks to him. The same thing also happens with his next ex-girlfriend. Ti turns out that Charlis is kind of a lucky charm for single ladies. They are only too happy to have sex with him so they can meet the love of their lives. Although Charlie doesn’t want to believe it, his best friend Stu confirms the women’s stories. Then Charlie meets Cam, who he hopelessly falls in love with. But he is afraid, that once they get closer, he will lose Cam to another man.

This movie was made in the 2000s, but a movie like this would never been made today. The women are overly sexualized, the men are masochists, there is homophobia, fat-shaming, sexual harassment. And it’s all in this film for the sake of comedy. I did not laugh once, which is bad for a movie that’s marketed as comedy.

Rating: 1/ 5