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Lucky Them
Ellie Klug is a veteran rock journalist loves party and flirt. One day, she is forced to team up with an amateur documentary filmmaker to track down her ex-boyfriend who is lost without reason.
7 December 1980, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
21 September 1984, Palo Alto, California, USA
10 August 1984, Los Angeles County, California, USA
1975
July1968, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
March 06, 2015
[Collette] and co-star Thomas Haden Church elevate this no-frills but intelligent story into something well worth seeing.June 05, 2014
Director Megan Griffiths and writers Huck Botko and Emily Wachtel flesh out a female perspective that's refreshing and engrossing without demonizing or objectifying men.June 12, 2014
"Lucky Them" has that rare gift: It leaves its audiences warm and happy, as the best romantic comedies do.March 12, 2015
Griffiths helms the feature with low-key fondness and a lived-in atmosphere, the camera caressing the Seattle spaces the story calls home, and lingering lovingly over the more rural places Ellie and Charlie venture to.March 12, 2015
A study of the perils of nostalgia, Megan Griffiths' Lucky Them itself comes off as a throwback to an earlier era of low-key, whimsical US independent cinema. This is not a bad thing, considering the talents of the cast.April 27, 2016
Lucky Them touches on the price of fame, and conjures up memories of Kurt Cobain, Jeff Buckley and Elliot Smith. But, more importantly, it's about those left behind and what they face in not knowing what happened to their loved ones.June 27, 2014
A clever, fun, and affecting romantic dramedy about love and rock-and-roll.March 12, 2015
The plot executes an impressive twist at the end and Collette makes such a swashbuckler out of Ellie that you're inclined to indulge her in whatever she chooses to do.June 19, 2014
This pleasant but eminently forgettable indie comedy is the sort of thing that makes you wonder whether the big names in the cast were having serious career problems, doing someone a favor, or just had a few weeks to kill.June 12, 2014
Collette, as amazing as she can be when given something to work with, can't lift this limp story through sheer will.July 17, 2014
Has any movie made during the past 10 years not presented female journalists as sluts?June 27, 2016
Lucky Them is an emotionally satisfying journey, subverting expectations of the charming road movie.