Let's be honest, with 'Good Luck Chuck' I wasn't expecting a high-brow comedy with a cutting critique on society. At the same time, I was expecting slightly more than just rude words and nudity. I was disappointed.
The starting sequence with young Chuck is amusing enough, the humour being in small children not understanding adult terminology - we've all been there - and setting up the plot of Chuck as someone unable to find love. As an adult, however, Chuck isn't particularly likable or dislikeable which is a slight problem: Dane Cook's character doesn't invoke any strong feelings either way.
Jessica Alba, as Cam, is undeniably beautiful and at least half of the ticket sales to this movie will be young men hoping to get a glimpse of her naked, or at least in her skimpies. Her comedy acting was adequate although the impression I got was that she was put in the film solely as eye-candy.
My main problem, however, is that this film isn't disgusting enough to be a gross-out comedy, it's not clever enough to rely on its dialogue and it's not fast-paced enough to be carried by the physical humour. It seems that the producers thought they'd get away with this film by putting more breasts in this than a KFC Family Bucket, and unless you're a 14 year old boy that's not really going to cut the mustard.
In the guise of a saviour and curse of the film is Dan Fogler as Stu as the comic relief. Whenever the dialogue might come close to meaningful he comes out with an obscure and filthy euphemism, which at first is funny but then weighs him down (in this film) as a one-trick pony.
Ultimately, don't go to see 'Good Luck Chuck' with high expectations, they're not going to be met. Take it as it is, don't question anything and you might just enjoy it - bubble-gum for the eyes. And if anything justifies it's existence, the scene over the closing credits was the only thing that had me laughing uncontrollably. An unremarkable film that will kill an hour and a half if you've got it spare, if not I'm sure you can think of better things to do.
The starting sequence with young Chuck is amusing enough, the humour being in small children not understanding adult terminology - we've all been there - and setting up the plot of Chuck as someone unable to find love. As an adult, however, Chuck isn't particularly likable or dislikeable which is a slight problem: Dane Cook's character doesn't invoke any strong feelings either way.
Jessica Alba, as Cam, is undeniably beautiful and at least half of the ticket sales to this movie will be young men hoping to get a glimpse of her naked, or at least in her skimpies. Her comedy acting was adequate although the impression I got was that she was put in the film solely as eye-candy.
My main problem, however, is that this film isn't disgusting enough to be a gross-out comedy, it's not clever enough to rely on its dialogue and it's not fast-paced enough to be carried by the physical humour. It seems that the producers thought they'd get away with this film by putting more breasts in this than a KFC Family Bucket, and unless you're a 14 year old boy that's not really going to cut the mustard.
In the guise of a saviour and curse of the film is Dan Fogler as Stu as the comic relief. Whenever the dialogue might come close to meaningful he comes out with an obscure and filthy euphemism, which at first is funny but then weighs him down (in this film) as a one-trick pony.
Ultimately, don't go to see 'Good Luck Chuck' with high expectations, they're not going to be met. Take it as it is, don't question anything and you might just enjoy it - bubble-gum for the eyes. And if anything justifies it's existence, the scene over the closing credits was the only thing that had me laughing uncontrollably. An unremarkable film that will kill an hour and a half if you've got it spare, if not I'm sure you can think of better things to do.