Lucky Lady

Liza Minnelli plays such a shrewish harpy in "Lucky Lady" that it's easy to see why this film won her no new admirers. Fans of 1972's "Cabaret" were already softened to love Minnelli no matter what, but here director Stanley... Full review

After the popularity of "The Sting" a few other movies surfaced with period themes and involving gangsters. I have to say to me "Lucky Lady" was one of the more entertaining. Acting from Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds, and Liza Minnelli... Full review

Released in Sydney in 1976 in the beautiful lost Plaza cinerama-screen theatre LL was crazily blown up to 70mm for release here and suffered horrible cropping to make it a rectangle 2.2 ratio pic when it seemed to be shot... Full review

Interesting little comedy featuring 3 down on their luck folks who, during the depression, formed a coalition to run booze past the coast guard. Turns out the CG is the least of their woes as a psychotic rumrunner decides to... Full review

Sometimes you just have to scratch your head. All the ingredients are in place for a great movie. In this case you have a cast headed by Burt Reynolds, Gene Hackman, and Liza Minnelli, and a top director in Stanley... Full review

Much maligned when released, "Lucky Lady" isn't nearly as bad as its reputation, and it's much better than Burt Reynolds' other 1975 flop, "At Long Last Love." Directed by veteran Stanley Donen ("Charade," "Movie, Movie"), "Lucky Lady" is a mildly... Full review

Might be called "Sally Bowles Comes Home And Runs Liquor." Her character is almost a parody of her "Cabaret" role. Hackman is Buck Barrow with a comedy twist and Reynolds is perfecting that moron-suave character that he took to such... Full review

I've always had a soft spot for this overly maligned production, the "Ishtar" of its day. It's an oft-kilter mix, to be sure, with some great low comedy bits jarringly interrupted by graphic violence. But it's always fun, and the... Full review

The movie looks great, as we'd expect - but not only don't we come out humming the tune, we can't even remember the characters' names. Stanley Donen 's " Lucky Lady " is a big, expensive, good-looking flop of a movie; rarely is so much effort expended on a movie so inconsequential. ... Full Review