Lucky Numbers

Lucky Numbers

2000 · 105 min · EN · R · 5.1 (163 votes)
Dir. Nora Ephron · Starring John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport, Daryl Mitchell · Music George Fenton

When they put their heads together... it's a no brainer.

ComedyCrime

Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.

VIBE

A frantic, darkly funny descent into desperation. This crime comedy feels like a snowball rolling downhill, picking up speed and trouble. It’s a tense, cynical ride where every wrong turn leads to more mayhem.

cynicaldarkly comedicchaoticanxiouspropulsiveneo-noir comedycrime thrillercharacter-drivengreeddesperationconsequencessmall-time crime
weather forecastlotteryweather forecasterweatherdebtwoman director
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