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This wasn't a bad movie at all. I like movies with this type of premise and the movie itself made a cute watch. It's not going to land an Oscar but one could do worse then this.
Just because a movie maybe cutesy or unoriginal or predictable doesn't always mean it's bad. This movie happens to be all of the above but it still has a fun quality and that's probably because the two main leads are very likable and have enormous chemistry(way more then one would think in a movie like this). The initial meeting between them at the masquerade party was done well and had a touch of mystery. Later, when they strike up a friendship it is developed really well and seems believable. The transformations of each of them, when having luck and losing it, are interesting if painful. Plus you get to like both main characters and do kind of wonder how the movie will resolve as you want both characters to come out of it OK, with their luck intact. I will say I did like the way it was resolved.
I was occasionally reminded of both "Freaky Friday" and "Prelude to a kiss". Most of all, I think the movie worked because the two main characters were both likable and relateable. Who hasn't felt the highs and lows of these two at different points in one's life? I think this movie did pretty bad at the box office but I caught it by chance and didn't find it half bad though it's not a must see. But if one digs the premise and is a Lohan fan, they could do worse then to check this whimsical little flick out. My vote's 6.5
This wasn't a bad movie at all. I like movies with this type of premise and the movie itself made a cute watch. It's not going to land an Oscar but one could do worse then this.
Just because a movie maybe cutesy or unoriginal or predictable doesn't always mean it's bad. This movie happens to be all of the above but it still has a fun quality and that's probably because the two main leads are very likable and have enormous chemistry(way more then one would think in a movie like this). The initial meeting between them at the masquerade party was done well and had a touch of mystery. Later, when they strike up a friendship it is developed really well and seems believable. The transformations of each of them, when having luck and losing it, are interesting if painful. Plus you get to like both main characters and do kind of wonder how the movie will resolve as you want both characters to come out of it OK, with their luck intact. I will say I did like the way it was resolved.
I was occasionally reminded of both "Freaky Friday" and "Prelude to a kiss". Most of all, I think the movie worked because the two main characters were both likable and relateable. Who hasn't felt the highs and lows of these two at different points in one's life? I think this movie did pretty bad at the box office but I caught it by chance and didn't find it half bad though it's not a must see. But if one digs the premise and is a Lohan fan, they could do worse then to check this whimsical little flick out. My vote's 6.5