LUCKY YOU

RYAN: Are you feeling lucky?

CAROLINE: We bit the bullet and saw “Lucky You,” basically because we’ve seen everything else that we wanted to see. And we did sort of want to see this.

RYAN: We definitely wanted to see it back when we first saw the trailer in 2006, and then it kept getting pushed back until the studio buried it in “Spider-Man 3” weekend. And the box office has reflected its lameness.

CAROLINE: Yes, as we know, it couldn’t even scrape together $3 million in its opening weekend. Virtually no one saw this film. But we did. And we did because Eric Bana’s in it and he’s so hot.

RYAN: Also Drew Barrymore, who is consistently cute in every film she makes.

CAROLINE: She’s usually cute, but she’s pretty lame in this. She’s trying to do this demure thing, and she’s got this tragic 1950s hairdo.

RYAN: Her hair is hideodeous. And she sings in the movie. Between her and Kirsten Dunst in “Spider-Man 3,” what is with all the bad singing in movies lately?

CAROLINE: Drew sang in “Music & Lyrics” earlier this year too, and she wasn’t much better there. I don’t know why they keep making her sing in movies. Remember back in “Everyone Says I Love You” when she was the only star who didn’t do her own vocals?

RYAN: Good memory! It’s definitely strange. I must also note that “Will & Grace’s” Debra Messing is in this film in a small role and she’s very cute.

CAROLINE: Robert Duvall has a larger role as Eric Bana’s father and poker rival.

RYAN: And Robert Downey Jr. has a little cameo, which was a fun surprise. He looks gorgeous!

CAROLINE: Overall, this movie is merely OK. It’s all about poker and betting. I don’t know…what would you say?

RYAN: It helps if you understand poker a little bit, which neither of us does. Be ready for a father/son relationship drama that isn’t very dramatic.

CAROLINE: The movie made me feel very little emotionally. Drew and Eric have zero chemistry. I didn’t care about Eric Bana and his father.

RYAN: There was no chemistry between father and son either. So when you don’t care about either relationship in the movie, there’s no connection with the audience. We spent a good portion of the film talking to each other because that’s how bored we were.

CAROLINE: Yes, but truth be told, that was largely because there were only eight people in the theater. If it was a packed theater, we never would have done that.

RYAN: But if we were truly riveted by this film, we wouldn’t have talked at all.

CAROLINE: Fair enough. Bottom line?

RYAN: Obviously, there are better movies to see right now. If you’re a Drew Barrymore or Eric Bana fan, go see it. But this is totally something to catch on cable; I don’t even know if I’d pay for the rental.

CAROLINE: The only interesting thing to note is that a lot of actual poker players appear in the movie; so if you’re really into the World Series of Poker, there are real players and plenty o’ poker for you. And not much else.

RYAN: The twist at the end is somewhat predictable.

CAROLINE: Please, the ending was so predictable. There was one really cheesy Hollywood ending that they could have done, which thankfully they didn’t. But they took elements of it, and you knew exactly what was going to happen.

RYAN: And the soundtrack sucked.