Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?
Lucky Break has generally received mixed reviews.
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Lucky Break was released in 2001 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 28 reviews, giving Lucky Break (2001) an average rating of 55%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 69%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 64%.
With a score of 55%, Lucky Break is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like Joe Dirt, Exit Wounds and Bubble Boy.
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