Review of Logan Lucky (2017) by Justin J — 22 Aug 2017

There's nothing superficially special about "Logan Lucky". In fact, it's the sort of film that one suspects Steven Soderbergh could churn out in his sleep. Soderbergh himself even seems to realize this, as there is news commentary heard within the movie, referring to the heist (spoiler: this film revolves around a heist) as "Ocean's 7-Eleven".

I would argue that the seamless, apparent effortlessness of "Logan Lucky" is why it proves to be fairly satisfying and deserving of yet another notch on Soderbergh's directorial belt: it's hard to think of another modern filmmaker who has delivered as many decent-to-very good films that are built around lead actors who are not, shall we say, thespian giants.