Lucky Break (DVD)

After finally finding a few child-free hours on Bank Holiday Monday, my partner and I decided to go to the cinema. Arriving a few minutes late for Planet of the Apes, we had a look at the alternative films showing – one of which was Lucky Break. I had never heard of it, but my other half had, explaining it was a British film directed by Peter Cattaneo (of The Full Monty fame) and starred Cold Feet’s James Nesbitt. It sounded good, so we paid our money and went in. We weren’t disappointed. It is what I would call a gentle comedy. You won’t be rolling round the aisles in uncontrollable laughter, but you will chuckle, audibly. The ...  Read the complete review

This is director Peter Cattaneo’s first movie since 1997’s The Full Monty. It was never going to be easy following that, and Lucky Break is bound to generate comparisons. There are similarities – a group of men, in most cases desperate men, doing stupid things, making fools of themselves, with a big dream. There’s also a will they won’t they suspense in each movie – in The Full Monty it was will they or won’t they take all their kit off?, (well, according to most of the women I knew who went to see it, that was the main theme!); in Lucky Break it’s will they or won’t they manage to break out of jail? ...  Read the complete review

So there I am sitting in the UGC Cinema in Edinburgh at the WORLD Premiere, no less, of “Lucky Break” during the Edinburgh International Film Festival and apart from thinking “god I don’t like this much”, rather sadly, I was also thinking how great it would be to post an op on the movie ages before any-one else, but dang it all if dooyoo don’t get around to adding the category until almost a week after the general release date and I’m beaten to the “virgin” op thrice over. Ho-hum, here’s the review… The movie is the first from director Peter Cattaneo since he helmed the very successful ...  Read the complete review

Lucky Break is being advertised as the film by the Full Monty director Peter Cattaneo. I should have known before I went to see the film that it was not going to live up to the standards of that great british comedy. Well lucky break centres around Jimmy (James Nesbitt) who is currently inn prision for a bank robbery that went wrong. He is occupanied by his long time friend Rudy (Lennie James). The pair however fell our during the crime because Jimmy tried leaving Rudy behind when things went wrong. The story revolves around Jimmys attempt to escape from the prision. He is unhappy being locked up and with the help of inmates he plots an escape. Things get ...  Read the complete review

Lucky Break is a typical British comedy, some great humour, great lines and the usual soppy love scenes. I really enjoyed this film though and it had me in tears of laughter a few times. Like the directors last film the Full Monty the story was mainly about men trying to plot something stupid. This time 2 guys get caught while trying to rob a bank. James Nesbitt plays Jimmy who leaves his mate Rudy (Lennie James) when the bank job goes totally wrong but they both get caught anyway and sent to jail for 7 years each. They are separated for the first 5 years and then Jimmy gets transferred to where Rudy is and tries to make up with Rudy who still ...  Read the complete review