After leaving Pixar amid accusations of inappropriate behavior John Lassiter had moved to Skydance Animation to run their new studio and his first outing is Luck. He’s put out a Pixar-like story about an unlucky girl who enters the world of luck! Reminiscent of films like Monsters Inc. or Inside Out which create worlds of fantasy out of human emotion Luck feels like it tries but never quite reaches that success.
Luck has a lot going for it but always feels like a near miss. The story just never hooks you quite enough despite being reasonably watchable. The characters are all interesting enough but never as gripping as the characters we’ve seen in Pixar films. And the world bout here always feels like it never quite gels. Everything about Luck feels… almost.
But despite that it’s watchable. Perhaps not really rewatchable but watchable still.
We’ll see if Skydance’s next can make more of the magic or if Lassiter left that behind when he left Disney.
Luck
Starting: Eva Noblezada, Simon Pegg, Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Flula Borg, Colin O’Donoghue, John Ratzenberger
Director: Peggy Holmes
Writer: Kiel Murray
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