Customer Reviews

Getting Lucky

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
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The idea in itself to let a drunk leprechaun play one of the leads is brilliant. That he can't even count the wishes he is suppose to grant or remember his spells only adds to the fun.

The story is in the same spirit as "Revenge of the Nerds" and Bill the towelboy falls for Krissi the cheerleader. In his way stands Krissi's mom, the jocks and society itself.

Classic scenes include a tennis racket being inserted in someone's rectum and Bill being shrunken and ending up inside Krissi's panties.

This movie was played on TV back in the day and then lost for what seemed to be forever. But the Troma team are reviving it and giving it the release it deserves.

Special features include a hilarious and informative story about the making of Getting Lucky from writer/director Michael Paul Girard.

Enjoy!

I saw this movie once, at least 10 years ago, on 'USA Up All Night w/ Gilbert Gottfried' and I still recall most of the movie. I remember it being really corny, but quite funny. This film is very much along the same lines as "Zapped" and "Revenge of the Nerds" with a 90's twist. And the scene where he shrinks and he's in the girl's underwear is a classic scene that sticks in my memory to this day.

A nerd chases his dream girl, and finds help from a tiny leprechaun in a beer bottle, with a debilitating drinking problem.

And it's Troma.


That's all you really need to know. This movie is raunchy and funny as all hell, and anyone who can appreciate Llyod Kaufman's sense of humor should buy this.

This movie is just bizarrely awesome. It's so crazy and over the top you can't help but love it. The Leprechaun, the shrinking? Ha! Classic. It's great that Troma has finally put this out on DVD, if you like Revenge of the Nerds, Weird Science, and have the Troma sense of humor, you'll love it.

As a young teen, I really enjoyed this film and I have awaited it's DVD release for a number of years.
This is a low budget teen comedy with a twist!
Personally, I like the oddball music and have always thought that Lezlie McGraw was positively beautiful!
A leprauchaun helps a nerd to get his dream girl!
He, however, helps to get him in trouble too!
Check this rare comedy out!

I was worried by the one-star review by the pretentious wanna-be film critic so rather than buy this I got it as a rental. Then I watched it, then I bought it. I could have saved the rental if I hadn't listened to that oaf. Even my wife found it hysterical, and she really isn't into these adolescent comedies, as are my kids and I. Guaranteed 100% free of intellectual content.

If you're a fan of such classics as "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Weird Science", "Getting Lucky" will be right up your alley. It's classic nerd-getting-his-day sort of film that pulls out all the stops and does not fail to entertain. And come on, when a major character of a film is a drunken leprechaun, who can resist?

I saw this movie about 10+ years ago when it was shown at about 3 AM on a local TV station. I though it was pretty funny and was only a little mad for not firing up the VCR after about 10 minutes. I only wish they had released this on DVD sooner. I saw that it had been remade and a new cast and all, do not get the remake. This is the one to get. Very funny about a drunk leprechaun and how he tries to grant three correct wishes and gets it wrong. Wish I could have found a drunk leprechaun in a bottle in High School.....could have been a fun time. Buy this movie and get "Cheerleader Ninja's" while you are at it. You will like them both.

I ordered my copy a must see ....had this on VHS but lost it in a move....nonetheless I cannot wait to see this again....this is a classic movie

This is my first review on Amazon and I can't believe it is for Getting Lucky. God help me! I bought this film with the hopes of getting a fun 80s sex-comedy romp and instead watched a piss-poor film that I forced myself to finish just so that I could attempt to write a comprehensive review. Well, this film hardly deserved it. I'd like to clarify my position before I go further: I consider myself a cult film fanatic and truly appreciate low-budget affairs. It's always a pleasure to watch a film with a limited budget that forces filmmakers to rely on creative filmmaking and subversive/exploitive themes. This film, however, lacked any of the aformentioned redeeming qualities--believe me, I wanted to find at least one after spending money on this DVD.

[...] An utter sham and totally misleading. I wasted my Saturday afternoon and will have to be more careful when reading reviews by Amazon customers in the future. The Troma label should have been a warning to steer clear of this title, but I was willing to give this a chance as I'm by no means an expert of this genre and was willing to put my faith in the reviews I read on this forum. I challenge any one who lacks childhood nostalgia or financial gain from the sale of this DVD to watch this DVD and objectively give it five stars.

I will give credit were it is due: There was one funny scene in this entire film, when the "towel boy" shrinks via the genie leprechaun and ends up in the panties of the lead actress. As she goes through her day, he clings for life by her pubic hair. That, I must admit, made me grin for a while. Otherwise, the content lacked any originality, unless you consider the genie leprechaun (incredibly disappointing effort here IMO) that interesting. From a filmmaking standpoint, this film was horribly produced, lacked any sense of style, displayed horribly unimaginative cinematography, and sounded like you were listening out of a tin can. Lets just say this was Amateurish (notice the capital A): I witnessed far better production values in my introduction to filmmaking class at USC as an UNDERGRAD!

If this isn't enough, Troma interferes with their typically shameless self-promotion (see Lloyd Kaufman's "introduciton" to the film). Additionally, the DVD boasts extra features which are actually quite poor as even a self-proclaimed cinephile like myself finds little reasons to watch a photo gallery with narration provided by the film's boom operator/still photographer. I mean, really?). All this ingredients make for a delicious C-R-A-P sandwich, so by all means eat up if you're into that sort of thing. Watch at your own risk but if you choose to see this thing, please provide an objective review to balance the overall rating this film has received. There's no need for others to feel as mislead and pissed off as I do right now.