Lucky Grandma

2019

Comedy / Crime / Drama

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 72% · 65 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 1914 1.9K

Plot summary

In New York City's Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck — and in the middle of a gang war.

Director

Sasie Sealy Photo
Sasie Sealy

Top cast

Wai Ching Ho Photo
Wai Ching Ho as Lei Lei the Fortune Teller
Michael Tow Photo
Michael Tow as Little Handsome
Elbert Kim Photo
Elbert Kim as Gambler
Ali Ahn Photo
Ali Ahn as Lynn
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
805.74 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 2
1.62 GB
1920*1024
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by stephenstephenbyrne 5 / 10

What a strange experience this film is

Easily one of the most uneven films of the year. The first half is a quite funny black comedy but in the second half it just kind of drops that and becomes a far more straight crime drama. The joke is I guess there's this grumpy old lady at the centre of it but that in and of itself isn't that funny. It actually becomes a bit sad and not in a good emotional way, sad in a 'I don't want to see gangsters attempt to strangle and shoot an old lady' kind of way. But at the same time she's not a particularly good person or sympathetic character so I don't really care that much either. What a strange experience this film is.
Reviewed by MikeyB1793 5 / 10

Became Lame

This started off well. A curmudgeon grandma with grand-kids who visits a soothsayer - and then goes off to the casino to see what can happen. It has a some good twists and turns.But then - it just becomes a mafiosa story with standard shoot-outs and silly confrontations. Its like the directors had no idea what to do with their build-up and filled the latter half of the film with standard cliches that were very humdrum.
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