The Luckiest Man in America

2024

Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 66% · 74 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 3710 3.7K

cheating game show based on true story scandal 1980s

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Plot summary

1984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak is threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.

Director

Samir Oliveros Photo
Samir Oliveros

Top cast

Maisie Williams Photo
Maisie Williams as Sylvia
Patti Harrison Photo
Patti Harrison as Janie
Walton Goggins Photo
Walton Goggins as Peter
Haley Bennett Photo
Haley Bennett as Patricia
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839.69 MB
1280*690
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 74
1.68 GB
1920*1036
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 100+
4.07 GB
3840*2080
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 49

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by joshtill-98100 6 / 10

As luck would have it, a good casual watch that loses its steam bit

Saw this at a TIFF screening last night, theatre completely sold out. The film itself is a pretty nice 90-minute film mostly sitting on one set. While the film does have a really strong premise, it most definetly loses its steam in the latter acts due to its lack of understanding of where to go. I really adored Paul Walter Hauser in this, but his character felt severly underwritten- it sorta seemed like he was many things for a long time and yet, he just turned out to be a normal pretty intelligent man. They kept alluding to something big was going to happen at the end with a twist, but it never comes, leaving an odd sour taste in my mouth as the credits rolled. But its still a very enjoyable casual wednesday night watch.
Reviewed by Grave_Rob 5 / 10

The true story was better

The list of things that didn't happen is way longer than the list of things that actually happened, and the stuff that actually happened is far more interesting.Yes, Michael did go on the show and win big by memorizing the patterns on the board. But that's where the true part ends. Everything else that happened, him wandering on to another talk show, breaking into his truck and watching tapes, calling his wife and putting her on the show, the list goes on.The movie is well cast, but not well written. If you want to watch a more interesting telling of the story, go watch "Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal"
Reviewed by filmguyci-22804 6 / 10

Vaguely interesting game show cheating scandal

This film is a dramatization of a game show scandal from the 70s.A con artist, played by Paul Walter Hauser, appears on the game show Press Your Luck and shocks the audience and producers with his winning streak. This ultimately leads to backstage turmoil and cheating revelations.We've seen this before in the gold standard "Quiz Show" and more recently "Perfect Bid." This failed to keep me as interested as those two compelling films did.I think the problem lies in Hauser's portrayal. The character's affect is so odd and off putting that it's a wonder he was chosen for the show to begin with let alone have an entire audience rooting for him. To be fair, I don't know what the real man was like, but I expected a professional con man to be more smooth. The relationship with his daughter and ex wife was also underdeveloped and gave little insight into the man behind the madness.It's mildly entertaining at best. I saw it at my local theater at the one showing they had but this is an absolute wait for streaming kind of film.
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