Lucky Day

This is a pretty good tv-movie. It had a good plot with some un-expecting twists. The acting is decent only the directing is a bit lame and the story had a bit more potential. But for a tv movie it's good, so watch it when it comes by on television.

I'm not the kind of person who watches TV a lot, but I did incidentally caught this film two times on TV. The second time I saw it about two years have passed since my first viewing, but interestingly enough I recognized the film and even remembered the story and characters, which means the whole thing had something memorable.

I wouldn't like to give anything away not even the first minute of it, but basically if you catch this on TV, what you need to expect from this is a good murder mystery story, with a female protagonist, good characters, filled with occasional suspense. Don't expect originality though, and complicated puzzles, it's more of a typical murder mystery, but a good one.

If you want to release stress after a long and hard day at work, and this is on TV, then it's on for you.

The actions by the detectives involved don't seem to meet proper procedures in fact detective marinello couldn't detect crap on his upper lip ... detectives that make bad assumptions are a dime a dozen so in that regard this wasn't a disappointment ... also since the husband was such a good friend of the messenger, why didn't he help his wife ... too many red flags not to recognize the culprit early on so it was not surprise by the time it was uncovered ... that can hardly be called a mystery ...

Lucky Day comes across as your standard detective mystery. They show a murder, an amateur sleuth and conveniently point the finger at a likely suspect. Ultimately it turns out that the person you least expect is the guilty party because the movie gave them close to no screen time. Lucky Day manages to keep the suspense and intrigue going till the end. I enjoyed the simplicity of this film, no bells and whistles. We get a cut and dried story. It is interesting and sticks to the facts to drive the whole story. The performances are average at best and while it is not super convincing, it gets the job done. I enjoyed it. If you are after a simple and easy to watch mystery then this will be good.

As Rifftrax put it, "Do you find episodes of Matlock too fast-paced and interesting?" Then this tv movie is for you! If you enjoy hate-watching movies this is a great one for the entirely predictable plot, stilted acting, terrible background music and the same locations featured over and over.