Review of Good Luck Chuck (2007) by Alvar G — 22 Jan 2010

Good Luck Chuck is a American romantic comedy film starring Jessica Alba and Dane Cook. Based on real-life womanizer Benjamin Kollenbroich, the premise of the film is that women will find their "one true love" after having sex with Chuck (Cook). He then meets a girl who he thinks is his true love.

The Plot: In a 1985 flashback, Chuck enters a closet with a goth girl named Anisha, but refused to have any sexual contact with her while playing seven minutes in heaven at a friend's boy/girl party. In retaliation for having no interest in her, Anisha placed a curse on him: every single woman he sleeps with will break up with him and meet her soul mate.

Chuck is at the beach with his girlfriend, Carol, having sex. After she performs fellatio, she gets mad at Chuck and they break up. Chuck is running a dentist practice in the same building as his best friend Stu, a plastic surgeon. Chuck finds himself unable to tell women he loves them. This leads to an eventual breakup, but soon leads to his ex-girlfriends getting married. At one such wedding, Chuck becomes enamored with Cam Wexler, a sometimes clumsy girl who nevertheless appears quite friendly. Chuck tries to ask Cam out on a date, but she gently refuses him.

While working at her habitat for Gentoo Penguins, Cam accidentally slips and breaks her tooth. Having Chuck's card in hand, she calls him and he agrees to work on her tooth. After the dental treatment, he asks her to go out with him instead of paying him, but she declines. During the time that Chuck still has eyes for Cam, Stu starts to become convinced that there is something peculiar about Chuck's pattern of girls getting married as soon as he has sex with them. This is only compounded when an article on a dating site tells of Chuck's prowess. Stu eventually convinces Chuck to embrace the large influx of women who visit his practice. However, after having sex with a bunch of women, Chuck wants to stop and have a serious relationship with Cam. He goes to Cam's workplace to try and ask her out again. She is reluctant to go out with him, but she eventually agrees. They soon develop a strong relationship with each other, that is until Cam tries to have sex with him. Immediately before having sex with Cam, Chuck is informed by Stu that each of the women Chuck slept with has gotten married. Worried that the same thing will happen to Cam, he avoids her.

Fun movie. Many people hated it. I found it enjoyable. Dane Cook was cool and funny as Chunk (I think he could of been more funnier though.) and shared a good chemistry with Dan Fogler. It ain't the funniest movie but it worked for me.

Give it a shot. You might like it.