6/19/12 Lucky Number Slevin Movie Review | ComingSoon.net MOVIES TRAILERS TV DVD NEWS REVIEWS MOST POPULAR FORUM Search Pics of 250+ NBA Wives and Girlfriends Movie Reviews Lucky Number Slevin Reviewed by: Joshua Starnes Rating: 7 out of 10 Movie Details: View here Cast: Josh Hartnett as Slevin Lucy Liu as Lindsey Bruce Willis as Goodkat Morgan Freeman as The Boss Sir Ben Kingsley as The Rabbi Stanley Tucci as Brikowski Review: Slevin Kelevra (Josh Hartnett) may just be the unluckiest man on Earth. HEADLINES Five minutes after arriving in New York to visit a friend and forget that he's Trailer for the New Disney Fairies Movie, Secret of been fired, his apartment has been eaten by a rare strain of termite, his the Wings girlfriend is sleeping with another man, he's mugged, his wallet stolen, Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Pedro kidnapped by a mob boss (Morgan Freeman) believing him to be his friend, Almodovar's I'm So Excited who it turns out owes a huge amount of money in gambling debts, so that Exclusive: Meet Bob and Toshiaki From Tim he can pay off the debt that isn't his by killing the son of a rival gang lord Burton's Frankenweenie (Sir Ben Kingsley). And then things get worse for him. Second Teaser for Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master The First Photo of Angelina Jolie as Maleficent! "Lucky Number Slevin" is a very clever film, probably too clever for its own good. The 7th TV Spot and 13th Clip From The Amazing Spider­Man It has a lot going for it; in particular extremely witty and pointed banter and engaging performances from its New Nokia Trailer for The Dark Knight Rises Hits! cast. Hartnett's got cool disaffectedness down to a science and Liu has never been better or more engaging Teaser of the New Twilight: Breaking Dawn ­ Part 2 then she is as Lindsey, Slevin's Girl Friday. She brings a strong emotional component to what could have been Trailer an entertaining but empty film. Freeman and Kingsley chew up the scenery as the opposing gangsters ­ George Clooney and Grant Heslov to Produce sometimes going on a bit too long but always fun to watch, particularly Kingsley ­ and Bruce Willis is Bruce August: Osage County Willis. Red Band Trailer and Poster for Horror Thriller V/H/S The meat of the film is Slevin's predicament, his reaction to it, and what (if anything) he's going to be able to do View More to get out of it as he and we try to figure out what the heck is going on. The only real problems are in the MOST ACTIVE amount of story squeezed into this fairly efficient film and where it's put ­ the opening prologue runs on far too long and there is a lot of exposition squeezed into the end of the last act; more than is really needed as every New Nokia Trailer for The Dark Knight Rises Hits! unanswered question is answered in the last few minutes, questions that might have been better left The First Photo of Angelina Jolie as Maleficent! unanswered. Teaser of the New Twilight: Breaking Dawn ­ Part 2 Trailer Red Band Trailer and Poster for Horror Thriller It's awful fun to watch, though. Director Paul McGuigan ("Wicker Park") has a brilliant eye and along with V/H/S production designer François Séguin and cinematographer Peter Sova, has turned out quite easily the most The 7th TV Spot and 13th Clip From The Amazing well­composed film of the year, so far. Spider­Man Second Teaser for Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master It's funny and well put together and while it does occasionally out­clever itself, it's still very good. Two More Total Recall Viral Posters Revealed George Clooney and Grant Heslov to Produce "Lucky Number Slevin" is rated R for strong violence, sexuality, and language. 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