Good Luck Chuck
This entry was posted on 1/16/2008 5:50 AM and is filed under DVD Reviews.
What would occur if
There’s Something About Mary,
Wedding Crashers and the recent surge in all cinema penguin-related (i.e.,
March of the Penguins,
Surf's Up,
Happy Feet) were somehow all combined via
a strange, Hollywood in vitro fertilization process? Well, something a lot like
Good Luck Chuck, new to DVD this week. A reverse-engineered, willfully loud and wacky slice
of tried-and-true juvenile formula that is only intermittently,
distractingly entertaining in the same way that a foghorn placed just behind your ear is frightening,
it’s
the filmic screen equivalent of a jukebox cover band plowing through
the CD collection of your most impressionable (and regrettable) days of
youth.
One of a number of recent offerings from the very busy
(pre-pregnancy)
Jessica Alba,
Chuck rolled to a semi-respectable $35 million domestically last fall — not bad really when you consider that the film's current RottenTomatoes.com rating stands at a rock bottom 3 percent. DVD special features include a couple mini-featurettes
— one exploring the special effects work that went into creating a
visual gag involving a woman with three breasts, another stacking up all of Dane Cook's sex scenes — as well as a back-slapping audio commentary track with Cook, director Mark Helfrich, writer Josh Stolberg and producer Mike Karz.
For the full review, from FilmStew, click here.
