Just My Luck is a romantic comedy film starring Lindsay Lohan (The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, and Mean Girls) and Chris Pine (The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement) released in the US on May 12, 2006. Lohan has described the film as "a little bit of an over-the-top comedy, but it's funny and it's cute and it's silly." It is rated PG-13 in the US, and PG in the UK and Australia.Lohan plays a ultra lucky Manhattan girl, Ashley. When asked about her character, Lohan said "She takes advantage of the fact that she has luck, and she does not recognize it and is not thankful, [then] everything just basically goes downhill for her." Chris Pine plays the role of, Jake, a music manager in the film, overseeing the pop-band McFly (Danny Jones, Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd), played by themselves. The band played two live concerts, which were filmed for use in the movie. McFly also has dialogue.
Plot
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Ashley (Lindsay Lohan) is the luckiest woman in New York City while Jake (Chris Pine) is one of the unluckiest men, with one bad event happening after another. After kissing Jake at a masquerade ball she organized for a client, Ashley realizes she's swapped her good fortune in turn for Jake's bad luck. Ashley loses her job and her apartment while Jake receives a brand new apartment and a record deal for his band, McFly. Ashley tries to find Jake again to kiss him and therefore regain her luck.
However, Jake was masked, so she does not know what he looks like so she kisses all men who could be him (including all the male dancers at the ball, whom Jake was pretending to be in order to get into the ball), and tests whether he is the right one by scratching a gambling scratchcard. After giving up, they meet in a cafe after Ashley is covered in mud and has no money for food. Jake feels sympathy for Ashley because he has been unlucky himself. After a while she realizes that it was Jake who was at the ball, and regains her luck by kissing him again. Later, at a concert managed by Jake, where things go wrong due to Jake's newly regained bad luck, she feels sorry for him and kisses him again to transfer the luck. Ashley has feelings for Jake, but thinks that a relationship would not work because they would have to kiss. She is about to leave New York to visit her parents for a while when Jake shows up at Grand Central Station after finding out about the kisses transferring luck. He convinces her to stay and says having her is worth more than being lucky all the time. Eventually they both kiss Jake's younger cousin on opposite cheeks at the same time.
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Cast
* Lindsay Lohan .... Ashley Albright
* Chris Pine .... Jake Hardin
* Makenzie Vega.... Caty
* Samaire Armstrong .... Maggie
* Carlos Ponce .... Antonio
* Tovah Feldshuh .... Madame Z
* Antonino Camaj.... Michael
* Bree Turner .... Dana
* Faizon Love .... Phillips
* Missi Pyle .... Peggy
* Tom Fletcher .... Himself (McFly)
* Danny Jones .... Himself (McFly)
* Harry Judd .... Himself (McFly)
* Dougie Poynter .... Himself (McFly)
Box Office
Just My Luck is Lindsay Lohan's lowest box office gross, taking $5,692,285 on its opening weekend, May 14 2006. In the US, it grossed $17,324,744 after showing for 12 weeks. To date, the film has grossed over $30 million worldwide on a relatively low budget. The film was panned by critics and Lohan was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Actress in 2007.
Soundtrack
Just My Luck album cover.
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Just My Luck album cover.
1. I Wanna Hold You
2. I've Got You
3. Obviously
4. Ultraviolet
5. Five Colours In Her Hair (US version)
6. Too Close for Comfort
7. All About You
8. That Girl
9. Unsaid Things
10. I'll Be OK
11. Just My Luck
12. Memory Lane
Though it was released as the movie soundtrack, the album contains only McFly songs, including a selection of songs from McFly's first two UK albums that were never used in the movie. None of the non-McFly songs featured in the movie appear on this album.
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