Good Luck Chuck is another in a line of high concept, gross out, rom-coms, similar to 'Shallow Hal' and '40 Days and 40 Nights'. There is usually a weird disparity in these films between the crudeness of the humour and the sentimentality of the romance. I'm not sure if this is to appeal to both sexes or because these kinds of films traditonally must end up with happy ending, but it is a weird trend I've noticed. Chuck Logan is cursed by a childhood girlfriend to never be happy and one step further, that every woman he ever sleeps with will find the perfect man after him. (A rather specific curse, that happens to lend itself to a comedy movie). This 'curse' ...  Read the complete review

I found this movie quite entertaining and there is something in this for everyone. There is plenty of hot chicks for the lads and well a rather annoying plastic surgeon who has an obsession for certain parts of the female anatom.Its about a guy called charlie (Dane Cook) who has some sort of voodoo spell cast over him called a hex when he was a wee lad. This is a story about any single red blooded lads dream because Chuck gets to sleep with lots of girls because after they've slept with him they tend to find true love with another guy and he's seen as a good luck charm. Enter Cam (Jessica Alba Into the Blue, Fantastic Four) who he meets at a wedding and falls head over ..  Read the complete review

I am starting to get worried. I think that perhaps I am getting too old to enjoy my favourite genre the 'bad' comedy. For years I have always loved watching cheesy US comedy films starring the likes of Sandler, Ferrell or Stiller, but the last few have not been funny. I've decided that it's not me and that it's the film makers themselves. It all boils down to Judd Apatow and the trio of successes '40 Year Old Virgin', 'Knocked Up' and 'Superbad'. All three of these films were rude comedies and were monster hits. Ironically, only 'Superbad' is good in my opinion. This does not stop others from trying to mimic this success and now there is a flood of rude comedies ..  Read the complete review