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Title: This Is Film Has Narrow But Loyal Cult Following
Review: I caught this film on cable 7-8 years ago and loved it. You either get this movie or you don't. I did, and now I watch the DVD once or twice a year around Christmas or when the first snowstorm hits the East Coast. Travolta is hilarious as a loveable, small-town star weatherman in Harrisburg, PA. He wants to make the big time as a game show host and will do anything to get there --- including an attempt to fix the Pennsylvania Lottery. By the way, what makes this film's plot quasi-believable is that a similar event did occur in Pittsburgh in 1980. Lucky Numbers is set in Harrisburg in 1988. The film has a great late 80's soundtrack and sharp, crisp, funny dialogue. Travolta makes the weatherman's mishaps funny and visceral - you can feel his conflict as he gets drawn deeper into the Lotto fix. He's redeemed in the end in a surprise ending and that is what this film deserves --- a happy ending with a comic twist. Get lucky - see Lucky Numbers.
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