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  1. Luckiest Girl Alive movie review (2022)

    Unfortunately, "Luckiest Girl Alive," the latest of these films falls in that latter category. Based on the book of the same name by Jessica Knoll, who also serves as screenwriter, the movie not only dramatizes a school shooting in poor taste, it has the gall to use one as the backdrop while it also exploits rape trauma in the name of girl ...

  2. Luckiest Girl Alive

    Rated: 2/4 Oct 11, 2022 Full Review Richard Lawson Vanity Fair Luckiest Girl Alive keeps telling us that we are watching a biting depiction of sublimated grief and rage, but the movie bounces ...

  3. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' Review: Lean In, to Outrage

    Oct. 6, 2022. Luckiest Girl Alive. Directed by Mike Barker. Drama, Mystery, Thriller. R. 1h 53m. Find Tickets. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we ...

  4. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' review: Mila Kunis in a messy adaptation of

    CNN —. "Luckiest Girl Alive" has a lot going on, in a way that undermines the movie's translation from book to screen. Mila Kunis produces and stars in this #MeToo-tinged story, which ...

  5. Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)

    Luckiest Girl Alive: Directed by Mike Barker. With Mila Kunis, Chiara Aurelia, Finn Wittrock, Connie Britton. A woman in New York, who seems to have things under control, is faced with a trauma that makes her life unravel.

  6. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' Review: A Punishing Thriller That Inflicts

    Screenplay: Jessica Knoll, based on her novel. Camera: Colin Watkinson. Editor: Nancy Richardson. Music: Linda Perry. With: Mila Kunis, Finn Wittrock, Chiara Aurelia, Scoot McNairy, Justine Lupe ...

  7. Luckiest Girl Alive

    Full Review | Original Score: 6.5 | Aug 10, 2023. Tina Kakadelis Beyond the Cinerama Dome. Luckiest Girl Alive is able to tie everything up with a neat bow at the end because nothing was ever ...

  8. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' Review: Mila Kunis in Jessica Knoll Adaptation

    Director: Mike Barker. Screenwriter: Jessica Knoll. Rated R, 1 hour 53 minutes. Adapted from Jessica Knoll's best-selling novel of the same name, Luckiest Girl Alive struggles to balance its ...

  9. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' Review: Mila Kunis In Netflix Thriller

    Read a review of 'Luckiest Girl Alive,' the Netflix movie starring Mila Kunis as a woman in New York who seems to have things under control, is faced with a trauma that makes her life unravel.

  10. Luckiest Girl Alive review

    Luckiest Girl Alive is a genre film with timely and modern themes. Despite the film being too long, the story holds the viewer's attention while mixing in moments of sobering reality. This is a good picture that ultimately may have too many moments of triggering effects for mass audiences. However, the visceral story is empowering, and Kunis ...

  11. Luckiest Girl Alive

    Luckiest Girl Alive centers on Ani FaNelli (Mila Kunis), a sharp-tongued New Yorker who appears to have it all: a sought-after position at a glossy magazine, a killer wardrobe, and a dream Nantucket wedding on the horizon. But when the director of a crime documentary invites her to tell her side of the shocking incident that took place when she was a teenager at the prestigious Brentley School ...

  12. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' Review: A Flawed But Compelling Bestseller

    Dark messaging, childhood trauma, and shocking violence coalesce in "Luckiest Girl Alive." The Netflix film is based on Jessica Knoll's 2015 New York Times bestselling book of the same name.

  13. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' Netflix Review: Stream It or Skip It?

    Luckiest Girl Alive (now on Netflix) casts Mila Kunis in possibly her heaviest lead role yet, the protagonist of Jessica Knoll's bestselling novel about a woman hounded by past traumas. The ...

  14. The Novel and Story Behind 'Luckiest Girl Alive'

    October 7, 2022 8:43 PM EDT. A ni FaNelli ( Mila Kunis) sits in front of stained glass windows in her former high school, the private and prestigious Bradley School in suburban Philadelphia. She ...

  15. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' movie review: Mila Kunis makes it work

    Mila Kunis is the 'Luckiest Girl Alive' in this Netflix film based on a bestselling novel. Ani FaNelli seemingly has it all figured out. Ani, played by Mila Kunis in "Luckiest Girl Alive," is ...

  16. Luckiest Girl Alive Review: Mila Kunis Delivers a Career ...

    Luckiest Girl Alive is, plain and simple, one of the best movies of the year. It offers a career-best performance from Mila Kunis and isn't afraid to throw salt in two giant wounds that can't ...

  17. Luckiest Girl Alive Review: Mila Kunis Leads Shaky Survivor Story

    The subtlety hinted at teases "Luckiest Girl Alive" as a "Don't Worry Darling"-esque saga — a perfect life that surreally falls away at the edges, giving way to a more sinister past ...

  18. Luckiest Girl Alive Movie Review

    Our review: Parents say ( 1 ): Kids say ( 2 ): This emotionally taxing film is likely to spark debate about the portrayal of both sexual and school violence and its repercussions, and Kunis' compelling lead performance drives that portrayal. Kunis plays the main character of Luckiest Girl Alive, who calls herself a "victim" rather than a ...

  19. Luckiest Girl Alive (film)

    Luckiest Girl Alive is a 2022 mystery thriller film directed by Mike Barker from a screenplay by Jessica Knoll, based on her 2015 novel of the same name.The film stars Mila Kunis, Finn Wittrock, Scoot McNairy, Chiara Aurelia, Justine Lupe, Thomas Barbusca, Jennifer Beals, and Connie Britton.. Luckiest Girl Alive was released in select cinemas on September 30, 2022, before its streaming release ...

  20. Luckiest Girl Alive Review: Mila Kunis Carries Tepid Adaption Of

    When Jessica Knoll's Luckiest Girl Alive debuted in 2015, the novel was favorably compared to Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and Paula Hawkins' The Girl On The Train.Both books were eventually adapted to film, with Gone Girl becoming a massive hit.Gone Girl's success at the box office and its positive critical reception launched Flynn into the upper echelon of screenwriters, and it ushered ...

  21. Luckiest Girl Alive Summary and Synopsis

    Mila Kunis stars as TifAni "Ani, Fanelli, a young magazine writer who just landed a job for the New York Times whose life is seemingly all figured out until one day she happens upon ghosts from her past- opening up a decade of buried secrets that threaten to upend her entire life. Though Ani exudes confidence and success, her inner monologue reveals that she's a survivor of trauma and has ...

  22. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' movie review: Mila Kunis starrer is a disturbing

    Luckiest Girl Alive is marred by Ani's inexplicable meeting with a fellow journalist at the end. If you can just look away from that, the film, like the book, is a harrowing watch, gripping from ...

  23. Luckiest Girl Alive Review: Skip This Glorified Lifetime Movie

    Writer: Jessica Knoll. Starring: Mila Kunis, Finn Wittrock, Scoot McNairy, Chiara Aurelia, Justine Lupe, Thomas Barbusca, Alex Barone, Carson MacCormac, Isaac Kragten, Gage Munroe, Jennifer Beals ...