GOOD LUCK CHUCK **

This romance/comedy stars Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, and Dan Fogler along with a cast of mostly naked young women too numerous to mention. The film is the directorial debut of Mark Helfrich.

Comedian Cook plays a character who was cursed as a young boy to never be the groom. Every woman he sleeps with ends up marrying the next man in their life. After the word gets out, this works fine for him until he meets a girl he wants to marry, Alba. Because of the curse, he's afraid to sleep with her for fear she'll end up with someone else. His best friend is Fogler who lives vicariously through him and has a thing for grapefruit (I'm not going to explain that, you'll just have to see it if you really want to know).

This is occasionally funny but more often annoying, with Cook's character completely over the top throughout the middle of the film. Given a better script and perhaps a more experienced director he gives the impression he's capable of much better. Alba is basically just eye candy and Helfrich is even more annoying than Cook. There's lots of female nudity, numerous sex scenes, and extremely graphic profanity. This film just doesn't have enough going for it to recommend but might be worth a look on dollar day at the DVD store.