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Pure Luck (1991)
Director: Nadia Tass
Cast: Martin Short, Danny Glover, Sheila Kelley
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis (spoiler free): A beautiful but klutzy, bad luck daughter of a wealthy businessman mysteriously disappears while vacating in Mexico. No one can find her so a psychologist is called in to help. He comes to the conclusion that the only way to find her is to send another person to look for her who has just as much bad luck as she does. That person is an employee of the businessman, perennial bad luck man, Marin Short.
Review: What's wrong with a movie being watched just for the fun of it? Nothing! Pure Luck is intended to be pure fun. It's not trying to be anything other than entertainment and it succeeds brilliantly. I was instantly interested in the story line and the characters and cared what happened to them, as silly as they might seem. The time flew by as I watched this. At no time was I bored or did I lose interest in this zany movie.
The missing girl who has bad luck was brilliantly cast with Sheila Kelley. She looks the part and is as klutzy as she is pretty.
Martin Short is a funny guy, all he has to do is show up on the set and he's funny. His character is likable in this movie. This is also a buddy film, so his side kick Danny Glover needs to balance out Short's funny persona and Glover is perfect at doing that. He's stern, he's grumpy and annoyed at Martin Short, but at heart he's a good guy too.
Everything than can happen to these two, does!
I liked the real on location shooting in Acapulco, what a beautiful place to set the film and it makes a big difference too. It's clear they spent some money on this film and it really looks good. But most importantly it's funny.
Pure Luck (1991)
Director: Nadia Tass
Cast: Martin Short, Danny Glover, Sheila Kelley
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis (spoiler free): A beautiful but klutzy, bad luck daughter of a wealthy businessman mysteriously disappears while vacating in Mexico. No one can find her so a psychologist is called in to help. He comes to the conclusion that the only way to find her is to send another person to look for her who has just as much bad luck as she does. That person is an employee of the businessman, perennial bad luck man, Marin Short.
Review: What's wrong with a movie being watched just for the fun of it? Nothing! Pure Luck is intended to be pure fun. It's not trying to be anything other than entertainment and it succeeds brilliantly. I was instantly interested in the story line and the characters and cared what happened to them, as silly as they might seem. The time flew by as I watched this. At no time was I bored or did I lose interest in this zany movie.
Martin Short is a funny guy, all he has to do is show up on the set and he's funny. His character is likable in this movie. This is also a buddy film, so his side kick Danny Glover needs to balance out Short's funny persona and Glover is perfect at doing that. He's stern, he's grumpy and annoyed at Martin Short, but at heart he's a good guy too.
Everything than can happen to these two, does!
I liked the real on location shooting in Acapulco, what a beautiful place to set the film and it makes a big difference too. It's clear they spent some money on this film and it really looks good. But most importantly it's funny.