May 4, 2007

So I've been on hiatus for a few days. It was my birthday, then my mom's, plus I had to finish up a project, and today is my son's birthday–how about a gaggle of nine year old boys hanging around your house? Pretty crazy.

Which is why I played hookey this afternoon (in preparation for tonight's craziness) and went to see the new Drew Barrymore movie. 

Lucky You is really Huck Cheever's (Eric Bana) movie more than Billie Offer's (Drew Barrymore). And while it's not the chick-flicky romantic comedy I expected, I really enjoyed it.

Huck Cheever is a professional poker player–following in his estranged father's (Robert Duvall) footsteps. Their relationship and competition is more the focus of the movie than Huck's and Billie's. Billie is never in a scene without Huck, but he's in every scene in the whole movie.

And since Eric Bana's no hardship to look at, well, I'm not complaining. Nice arms, that man has. Very. Nice. Arms.

Annnnywayyyyyy….I liked the movie. I'm not a poker player, and while I do understand the tenets of the game, I didn't really pay that much attention to it–and the movie did a good job of making it clear what cards needed to fall where, so I didn't have to really think. Which I never want to have to do on a Friday afternoon when playing hookey at the movies anyway.

Ya know?

So. I liked the movie. It wasn't action-oriented or cheesy or mooshy. It was a nice story set against the backdrop of the World Series of Poker (and since the father of one of my good friends just played–and did very well–in the World Poker Tourney in Vegas, it was very timely), with a decent story and some good lines. And the ending wasn't nice and pat either.

I recommend it. And besides, Drew is adorable as usual.