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by Clint Morris

"Two Turkeys in one year? John, fire your agent!"

Oh Travolta, oh Travolta, oh Travolta. This isn't you year. First of all, your pet project Battlefield Earth was one of the biggest turkey's of the year, and now you follow that up with another bad movie. Travolta got a second chance at movie stardom after making a comeback in "Pulp Fiction" - but for some reason things are just going downhill again. This film is as unfunny and as unentertaining as you could get, at times my eyes felt heavy and were ready to go into a deep sleep.zzzzz

Travolta is a cheesy weatherman named Russ Richards who has
gone in over his head with an unprofitable snowmobile business.
What he decides is to hatch up a plan with a club owner pal
(Roth) and a lotto number girl (Kudrow) to rig the lottery
and keep the money. Of course, nothing goes to plan.
Travolta's character is just one of the unlikable characters
of the tale. Lisa Kudrow's trashy, foul-mouthed vixen is
probably more annoying. Why would she think her fans would
want to see her in this?
It's just such a pity all this talent has been wasted. Tim
Roth, who co-starred with Travolta in "Pulp Fiction" almost
looks bored here, and not even a slightly dorky turn from
Bill Pullman can save the film.
The film meddles uneasily between comedy, black comedy and
drama and it's as if they are just making it up as they
go. I couldn't help but wonder when this film was going to
end.
Travolta beetter take a look at his lucky numbers before
deciding on his next film project.

for my closing statement I'd just like to....zzzzzzz

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originally posted: 12/13/00 01:47:44

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10/31/08 Shaun Wallner Great Film! 4 stars

2/07/05 Jeff Anderson Much like the Michael Keaton stinker THE SQUEEZE, only much worse! PITIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 stars

7/23/04 Sandy Turynowicz ok 4 stars

1/12/04 jack russell John Travolta should try roles like this more often 5 stars

4/07/03 Shadaan Felfeli Kudrow was at very least worth watching 3 stars

3/19/03 Jack Sommersby Problematic yet admittedly a fairly good time to be had. 3 stars

2/03/03 mo this movie is very good. 4 stars

8/29/02 The Talking Elbow This movie was really funny, laughed all the way through it, dont see why everyone hated it 5 stars

4/01/02 Monday Morning I had no preconceived expectations for this flick and really liked it. Very funny. 4 stars

1/15/02 David A. It's funny, but not really classic. Walter was my favorite character 4 stars

10/14/01 Andrew Carden I Liked This Movie Because Of The Funny Chemistry Between The Two. 4 stars

8/09/01 Mr. Hat I expected SO much better from this movie. 2 stars

3/21/01 Zero Effect? Sorta entertaining - Travolta is likable & wacky, Kudrow's a sexy bitch, & Pullman is ODD 4 stars

12/08/00 Boy In The Designer Bubble I've enjoyed gay monkey porno more than this film 1 stars

11/26/00 HeLD almost as bad as Battlefield Earth.... 1 stars

11/25/00 Stuntman shoulda been called Unlucky Numbers. How dissapointing. 2 stars

11/07/00 RL Hey, its better than Battlefield Earth.....or is it? 2 stars

11/03/00 Dan Lisa Kudrow's the only thing likeable in this unoriginal trash 1 stars

10/30/00 michael great John and prety good movie! 4 stars

10/29/00 poetchuck Don't even see it at the dollar movie--No laughs 1 stars

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USA 27-Oct-2000 UK N/A Australia 08-Feb-2001 (M)

Directed by Nora Ephron Written by Adam Resnick Cast John Travolta Michael Rapaport Ed O'Neill Bill Pullman Tim Roth Lisa Kudrow

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