As Luck Would Have It
Comedy, Drama
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2011
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Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with his wife. However, instead of the hotel, he finds a museum built around the Roman theater in the city. While walking through the ruins, he has an accident, an iron rod sticks into his head and leaves him completely paralyzed. If he tries to move he would die. Roberto becomes the focus of the media, which will change his life ...
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
30 Nov 2011
Country:
ES, FR, US
Languages:
Spanish, French, Polish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$757,111
Awards:
4 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Combines lecture, farce and soapy sentiment in a single misshapen package.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
4 Feb 2013
fresh:
This dark satire may be hard to watch at times, but its' queasy mix of satire and tough love should be seen for how black comedy can be done outside the U.S.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan 2013
rotten:
Family is the truest wealth, insists a strenuous orchestral score, but neither Feldman nor Iglesia seems to buy it, so how can we?
– Jonathan Kiefer,
Village Voice,
29 Jan 2013
fresh:
Though it slickly offers up drama, black comedy and enjoyable perfs in due measure, the pic never develops much bite, though it does bare its fangs.
– Jonathan Holland,
Variety,
21 Jan 2012