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Pure Luck

1991Movie1 h 36 minPG

37

WeakGoodWatch score

37

WeakGoodWatch score

Letterboxd

Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful.

Good for

Date night
Family movie night
Friends night

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Makes you laugh.
Feels like real life.

Not for scares, big ideas or brutality.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+30)
Critics 29Audiences 59GoodWatch 37
Metascore36
Tomatometer21%
Audience score60%
IMDb5.8
Letterboxd · 4 K ratings2.9/5
Box office
1.5×its budget
Budget
$17 M
Worldwide
$25 M
Worldwide it earned $8 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 36 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10096
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 57 more
Released
1991
August 9, 1991
35 years ago
Genres
ComedyDrama
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
ViolenceLittle or none
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
13 of 13
Directing · 1
Nadia Tass Director
Writing · 3
Timothy Harris Writer
Herschel Weingrod Writer
Francis Veber Original Film Writer
Production · 3
Sean Daniel Producer
Lance Hool Producer
Nancy Nayor Casting
Camera · 1
David Parker Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Billy Weber Editor
Sound · 1
Jonathan Sheffer Music
Art · 2
Peter Wooley Production Design
Héctor Romero Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
Grania Preston Costume Design

Tropes

Unscrewed Salt ShakerRare · in 7 titlesRaymond decides to test Eugene's bad luck for himself and does this. He unscrews one salt shaker and puts it alongside a screwed one near Eugene, while Eugene is out.Pity the Kidnapperin 113 titlesThe ones that try to take advantage of Valerie have it very bad.All 20 tropes

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