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Just My Luck (2006)

Just My Luck poster
Directed by
Donald Petrie
Genre
fantasy film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 2,032 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with impossibly good luck kisses a man with terrible luck at a masquerade ball. Their fortunes swap, sending her into a downward spiral and him into a winning streak as they try to find each other again.

lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatquick-wittedromanticplayfulslightly absurdamusing

What happens

Just My Luck is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by I. Marlene King and Amy B. Harris, and starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine. The film tells the story of Ashley Albright who works in public relations and is the luckiest person in New York City, while Jake Hardin is a janitor and would-be music producer who seems to have terrible luck until their good and bad luck is switched upon kissing each other at a masquerade ball which changes both their lives and leads them to meet each other once again. The 2019 Thai television series One Night Steal was based on the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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