A rock journalist (Toni Collette) is assigned to track down her ex-boyfriend.
Movie reviews:
Director Megan Griffiths, best known for the grim human-trafficking drama “Eden,” proves surprisingly adept at this lighter material, maintaining a slightly loopy tone that serves to make the occasional dramatic moments all the more piercing.
Toni Collette radiates smarts, humor and a world-weary cool in Lucky Them.
A clever, fun, and affecting romantic dramedy about love and rock-and-roll.
The film’s truest and most meaningful chemistry is generated by Ellie and Charlie, two individuals who are so fun to hang out with that they justify even the film’s flimsiest narrative setups.
Strangely Bechdel Test-failing and as far removed from real life as Middle Earth, Lucky Them nonetheless hits familiar beats in welcome and unexpected ways, and does it by the book.
Collette always delivers fair value. Her Ellie is hard-drinking, high-mileage, slimmed down and flirting with Cougar-hood, a woman living in the trap of her world, her work and the love she lost.
It labors under the illusion that an abundance of Sub Pop memorabilia is adequate substitute for the honest evocation of a creative subculture and the personalities of which it’s composed.
