Review – Lucky Numbers

When I’m wrong I admit it, and here’s yet another opportunity for me to eat a little crow. In the past I’ve heaped at least moderate amounts of abuse on Lisa Kudrow, but now I think I need to apologize. She’s genuinely good in this quirky caper flick about a TV lottery hostess who teams up with her station’s weatherman (John Travolta) to fix the weekly drawing. As with many Nora Ephron productions, the bulk of the entertainment to be had here comes not from the story itself but from the sight gags and throw-away jokes interwoven throughout. On the minus side, the plot keeps twitching a bit after it should have died a natural death. However, as a whole the story works and the actors work with it. To be sure, this isn’t an award-winning masterpiece. But as an entertaining diversion for a relaxing evening at home, it works quite well. Mildly amusing