LUCKY film wants you to think on your feet and watch out for broken glass.
From there she heads to the parking garage and completely ignores someone screaming in the distance. Horror movie survival tip 101, don’t see what that noise is! And luckily, May does not.
THEY’RE STUBBORN, AND WE’RE CRAZY.
Her husband Ted, is as cool as a cucumber when it comes to speaking of his students (as a professor at a college), tickle fights–and, oh yeah, there’s a weird guy in the backyard who tries to kill only her. And according to him, it’s happening a lot.
“I can’t be here when you’re like this.” – Ted.
Why is he being so cavalier about a possible murder? To add to this, she’s found not one but two instances with broken glass. One, a plate is split, two, she finds another random piece of glass on her coffee table (which the cops point out later too, echoing back her own words.
And can you guess what else? May steps in multiple shards of glass from her window.
For those squeamish, she is seen picking out a piece of said glass from her finger as if nothing more than a splinter.
THE SOUNDTRACK WAS…A LITTLE ODD.
What also further confuses me about this, is the soundtrack. It is reminiscent of the walrus mermaids in Disenchantment, buzzing bees, and video game beeps.
At a few points, I want to say that it is what her subconscious is coming up with, as the music usually is the most noticeable when she is tuning a situation out.
WHAT IS UP WITH THESE COPS?
Despite Ted not caring (or does he?), both her friend and Ted’s sister seem to take it seriously, as does the policewoman. Because, you know, even if you fight someone off to the death…they either disappear or who are still alive even though you’re sure they are already dead.
There’s also blood on the floorboards…test it. Did I mention Ted’s missing now?
HIDDEN MESSAGES OF FEMALE EMPOWERMENT AND FACING YOUR FEARS.
The one thing I do like about this movie is that Brea writes May as a very self-aware woman who is also very observant of her environment and the people in it. When she hits the bad guy with a golf club, law enforcement suggests something as mediocre as mace.
STAY CALM. LET US DO OUR JOB.
If you’re scared, upset, or angry–you are considered hostile and need to calm down. This is the most sexist situation we as women have come across. We are told to deal with it. Move on.
Thinking of her as just a simple housewife instead of a determined woman who also happens to be an author. The golf club obviously didn’t work, and the guy was bleeding out on the floor, so mace won’t exactly do the trick.
And now he wants her to stay at the house where she has been attacked twice to decompress. This also feels like a hidden message of men not believing in strong women.
Tack onto the fact that pretty much everyone in this movie seems to think that she is either too stressed, or too tired. But why would you tell a supposed victim to stay in the same location in the first place?
The friend had it right the first time, stay with her. (But May’s pride gets in the way, she doesn’t want to be scared out of her own house.)
THE BOOK SIGNING
She is also an outspoken former blogger who leads talks that include feminism, gender norms, and taking back the world as a woman. Not being oppressed. Not worrying about being believed, which I feel is the message that this movie is trying to get across. And though it is very clever, it’s very slow and a little confusing at times.
To get to the real meat of the movie, you need to be about half an hour in.
Aside from the slow parts, the really confusing soundtrack (there are some points where it’s pretty legit and not so spontaneous), this is a movie about big problems and situations being swept under the rug by society and how we as women deal with it. What do you do with those situations? How do you handle it?
What’s the twist? Watch and find out.
RLJE FILMS PRESENTS: LUCKY
OUT ON VOD/DIGITAL HD AND DVD NOW.
“a thrilling time loop mystery” – Nerdist
“surprising and emotionally poignant” – The Hollywood Reporter
“John Carpenter with a side order of Kafka” – Horror DNA
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:
Directed by Natasha Kermani (Imitation Girl, Shattered) and written by Brea Grant (12 Hour Shift), LUCKY stars Grant along with Dhruv Uday Singh (“Good Trouble”), Kausar Mohammed (What Men Want), Hunter C. Smith (Alien Expedition), and Kristina Klebe (Hellboy). RLJE Films will release LUCKY on DVD for an SRP of $27.97.
In LUCKY, life takes a sudden turn for May (Grant), a popular self-help book author, when she finds herself the target of a mysterious man with murderous intentions. Every night without fail, he comes after her, and every day the people around her barely seem to notice. With no one to turn to, May is pushed to her limits and must take matters into her own hands to survive and to regain control of her life.
DVD features include: a Commentary by the filmmaker and a behind-the-scenes gallery of photos.