LUCKY follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment. Acclaimed character actor John Carroll Lynch's directorial debut 'Lucky', is at once a love letter to the life and career of Harry Dean Stanton as well as a meditation on morality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection.
8 June 1936, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5 June 1967, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
16 September 1949, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 July 1926, West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
May 16, 1919 in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA
25 August 1933, Detroit, Michigan, USA
26 March 1973, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
15 September 1954, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 January 1946, Missoula, Montana, USA
18 September 1949, Gadsden, Alabama, USA
December 29, 2017
I wish Lucky were a little better, but it's good enough. When Stanton begins to sing, a cappella, the Mexican ballad "Volver, Volver" - it's hard not to feel your own heart break.
October 06, 2017
A film comprised of first-rate actors, each given the opportunity to spin a yarn or two.
October 06, 2017
Lucky us.
December 29, 2017
John Carroll Lynch, who's worked with everyone from Martin Scorsese to Albert Brooks, doesn't explicitly borrow from any of his directors, though it's clear from his careful precision that he learned a little something from all of them.
October 05, 2017
What's a five-letter word meaning "great performance"?
December 13, 2017
Harry Dean Stanton's performance is the kind of act that most actors could not pull off, but he is so soulful, so affecting that he really dominates this film. It is a deeply moving performance.
November 28, 2017
Stanton elevated any and all material; "Repo Man" is inconceivable without him. "Lucky" doesn't exist without him.
December 16, 2017
Harry Dean Stanton's final film is a fitting, small-scale charmer about an old, much-loved man living out his last days in a town populated by an endearing gaggle of eccentrics.
December 27, 2017
This movie is a thing of beauty.
November 27, 2017
It's bittersweet without being sentimental, striking a remarkable tonal balance which, I reckon, can be credited to Stanton.
October 13, 2017
More than anything, it's a tribute to Stanton, who wore each of his 91 years in the deep crevasses on his long face, in his weathered voice and on his frail frame.
October 05, 2017
Stanton, as "Lucky" reminds us, remained capable of carrying a movie even to the very end.
