Film Review – Lucky Them

“Lucky Them” aspires to make a profound statement on self-medication, with the main character dabbling in sex and drinking to motivate her daily existence. However, any hope to inspect the reality of such a corrosive mental block is dashed early on in the film, with director Megan Griffiths unable to portray an honest sense of hopelessness, always returning to a semi-sitcom atmosphere of misunderstandings and broken promises. “Lucky Them” is trite instead of deep, while star Toni Collette is stuck in neutral, forced to make funny faces when the screenplay is unable to provide dramatic guidance, which is a frequent event in this ineffective picture. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com