Getting Lucky

A great film that needs to be reproduced. A hard movie to find, if you get a hold of it you will be in for a treat. The shrinking sequence is great!! A movie the whole family can enjoy

Getting Lucky, a largely inept and amateurish exploitation flick, follows the adventures of a stereotypical high school nerd in love with the pretty blonde (and bland) cheerleader. Upon finding a leprechaun in a beer bottle, our hero goes on a series of tepid misadventures on the way to the obligatory happy ending. The film is only worth watching for the memorable, eye-opening scene in which the foibles of the incompetent leprechaun accidentally bring the cheerleader to a shattering orgasm in the middle of history class (Lezlie Z. McCraw is at least as convincing as Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally). Beyond this, expect a ridiculous, insipid waste of time with a vomit-inducing final reel that throws in everything from a barbarian to a nest of hornets.

My review was written in October 1990 after watching the film on Raedon video cassette.

"Getting Lucky" is a low-grade example of the teen sex comedy.

Fantasy element of a leprechaun behaving like a genie in a bottle doesn't help sustain one's interest.

Steven Cooke is the nerd hero who finds Irish brogued young Garry Kluger in a beer bottle. Over 1,000 years old, he grants the boy three wishes, first of which is getting a date with beautiful cheerleader Leslie McCraw.

Cheap fantasy effects for Cooke shrinking are the excuse for some vulgar material that makes the original "Porky's" seem tasteful by comparison. Hopefully the folks at Disney sequelizing "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" won't get inspired by the annoying display of the miniaturized hero holding on for dear life in a forest supposedly representing the heroine's pubic hairs. These gags are more embarrassing than funny.

Poverty row staging of the final battle between Cooke and the jock villain Rick McDowell is pathetic.

My best friend wrote it and directed it and asked me to come over for free and do this stupid thing, oh, and yes I'm not an actor (could you tell? Micheal went on to do a bunch of these things and he actually lives off the money to this day! I think it cost about 3 grand to make. Anyhow, have fun peoples.. I'm Nubbs by the way. My best friend wrote it and directed it and asked me to come over for free and do this stupid thing, oh, and yes I'm not an actor (could you tell? Micheal went on to do a bunch of these things and he actually lives off the money to this day! I think it cost about 3 grand to make. Anyhow, have fun peoples.. I'm Nubbs by the way.

For what's supposed to be a low budget movie, this movie really rocks. It's got just the right amount of humor, skin, and romance.

I love these late '80s to mid '90s college/high school themed romantic comedies. The girls for some reason are lot better looking than the girls you see in B movie these days. In this movie, all the girls are good looking.

I don't know what makes these movies so charming, but the characters are cute, and acting is very decent. I remember these movies from USA Up All Night days. It's hard to describe what makes this movie work, but if you see it, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Sweet movie that's really worth a watch.