If FHM magazine were ever made into a movie, then "Good Luck Chuck" would be it. It's pure ladsy fun with plenty of eye candy and testosterone-fueled humour.
In what is surely an unintentional homage to Steve Martin's brilliantly manic dentist-with-issues character from "Little Shop Of Horrors", Dane Cook also portrays a dentist with a curse that, although different from Steve Martin's, makes falling in love equally problematic.
He meets excessively-penguin-loving Jessica Alba, which kick starts an hilarity-filled set-up towards an eco-friendly "if you love something set it free"-type crescendo.
Cook has much more scope in this film to do his signature "Dane Cook" thing than he had in the previous, more restrictive "Employee of the Month". And for the most part it works well, especially with the able support of Dan Folger as his obligatory sex-obsessed colleague/buddy/side-kick.
And staying true to the FHM theme, invoked earlier, I'll conclude with some remarks about an ironic reflection of the movie's title: poor Dane must surely be cursing his own frustratingly bad luck after doing this movie. Remember that in "Employee of the Month", he got nowhere near pneumatic leading lady Jessica Simpson's... umm... "fun bags" (especially ironic, considering how hard they were to miss in that movie).
Things get worse in "Good Luck Chuck", because despite getting to share ample screen time with lots of boobies (especially in one montage that's sure to be one of the year's top downloads), he fails yet again to get to celluloid second base with an even hotter Jessica (Alba, this time).
And as if that wasn't enough of a kick in the nuts, the outtakes reel shows Folger relishing some fortuitous naked-Alba action.
So, assuming Dane is now cursed with similar bad luck as the titular Chuck, then any future role opposite supremely-hot Jessica Biel will surely complete the unfortunate Mr. Cook's tragic trifecta of missed "opportuni-titties".
In what is surely an unintentional homage to Steve Martin's brilliantly manic dentist-with-issues character from "Little Shop Of Horrors", Dane Cook also portrays a dentist with a curse that, although different from Steve Martin's, makes falling in love equally problematic.
He meets excessively-penguin-loving Jessica Alba, which kick starts an hilarity-filled set-up towards an eco-friendly "if you love something set it free"-type crescendo.
Cook has much more scope in this film to do his signature "Dane Cook" thing than he had in the previous, more restrictive "Employee of the Month". And for the most part it works well, especially with the able support of Dan Folger as his obligatory sex-obsessed colleague/buddy/side-kick.
And staying true to the FHM theme, invoked earlier, I'll conclude with some remarks about an ironic reflection of the movie's title: poor Dane must surely be cursing his own frustratingly bad luck after doing this movie. Remember that in "Employee of the Month", he got nowhere near pneumatic leading lady Jessica Simpson's... umm... "fun bags" (especially ironic, considering how hard they were to miss in that movie).
Things get worse in "Good Luck Chuck", because despite getting to share ample screen time with lots of boobies (especially in one montage that's sure to be one of the year's top downloads), he fails yet again to get to celluloid second base with an even hotter Jessica (Alba, this time).
And as if that wasn't enough of a kick in the nuts, the outtakes reel shows Folger relishing some fortuitous naked-Alba action.
So, assuming Dane is now cursed with similar bad luck as the titular Chuck, then any future role opposite supremely-hot Jessica Biel will surely complete the unfortunate Mr. Cook's tragic trifecta of missed "opportuni-titties".