<![CDATA[An absolute waste …]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Pure Luck

mloessel — 17 years ago(January 20, 2009 06:22 AM)

What an absolute waste. 'Pure Luck' tries to be funny telling the story about a missing heiress being sought after by an experienced private dic (Glover) who has to tolerate the 'accident waiting to happen' antics of his supposed partner/boss (Short). In short, 'Pure Luck' was aweful. Martin Short over acts and Danny Glover looks like he wishes he was some place else. I would've picked Chris Farley instead of Short. I'm not a fan of Short's style of slapstick comedy. He's not funny and his slapstick looks forced. The movie had a couple moments when I chuckled but most scenes were predictable and the humor was lame.
Slapstick comedy is about timing and Short misses the mark in every scene. Legendary slapstickers such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Laural & Hardy set the standard. Short tries too hard and misses. He doesn't look natural, as the legends did, and borders on ridiculous when he does his pratfalls. To borrow a title from another movie this movie is much ado about nothing.

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I like it. It's relaxing to watch and has its funny moments.

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i share much of your opinions on this movie but i must say i think short is a great entertainer, one of my favorite talk show guests, perhaps he works at his best there, but to be honest i don't know how this flick got released out, hadn't heard about until it aired on tv a few days ago, didn't understand anything from where she was on the phone with daddy to her landing on the street in a perfect photo shot, where the cuban dreamdate happened to pick her up, and the actors seem to have trouble keeping a serious face throughout the flick.
from where you get all that energy,
you're too much for me,
couldn't last a mile,
from what you're putting down,
you check every box on the list,
the watermark burn in the blitz,
who can handle your gift.

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They didn't borrow just the title, they borrowed an entire french movie (La Chevre) with Gerard Depardieu and Pierre Richard. Try to get the original, it's better and it's natural.

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