Hit by Lightning
Ricky Miller, a 40-something restaurant manager and aspiring writer is desperately looking for love. Danita is looking for someone to kill her celebrity husband. When their worlds collide on an online dating site, Ricky is ecstatic he has found the woman of his dreams. Now all that stands between him and true love is how to get away with murder.
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- Cast:
- Stephanie Szostak , Jon Cryer , Will Sasso , Jed Rees , Sean Tucker
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Just what I expected
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Ricky Miller (Jon Cryer) is a pathetic, balding manager of Debbie's restaurant in LA. Seth (Will Sasso) is his scheming sleazy idiot friend. In frustration, he prays to God for him to find his soulmate before he's hit by lightning. Out of nowhere, he gets a pop-up ad from E-Happily and is matched up with the perfect Danita (Stephanie Szostak). He falls completely in love. She tells him about her abusive husband and convinces him to kill him. I miss Duckie and I never liked Two and a Half Men. This is somewhere in the middle. Ricky is pathetic and some of Seth sleaziness does rub off on him. He's not the most appealing rom-com lead. Szostak is a beauty but she doesn't have the edge to be a femme fatal. That character could generate more laughs as a noir femme fatal. She's too nice to be mean. Seth is too much of a douche without the humanity. None of the attempted comedy is that funny.
SPOILER ALERT! ...Halfway through the movie, the popcorn still tasted fine and my only concern ping-ponged between Jon Cryer and the script. While his character, Ricky, was essentially a reprise of Cryer's character on "Two And a Half Men" ... I was left wondering if he was actually miscast. Could someone else have played Ricky's role better? Steve Buscemi was alluded to in the film. Buscemi playing Ricky? THAT would be hilarious. But Cryer should be nailing this role, the movie should be more memorable than the sitcom. Alas, I must put the "NEEDS MORE FUNNY" post-it on this one.Then the writing came off the rails. Why does the ending fall flat? Because we've already seen the Stephanie Szostak character, Donita, leave Ricky for 10 days. Her nine-month disappearance after the shooting is just more of the same. The story needs a more convincing second plot-point pay-off.Solution! ... Following the church scene where Ricky secretly meets Donita, have the cop (Ricky's relative) bust Ricky and Donita. Perhaps while the cop was visiting another 'family tree member' at the cemetery, he saw the grave Ricky dug and puts it all together. Tighter than the "crazy serial killer confessing to the wrong murder" excuse.Ricky and Donita go to court. They get a hard judge who goes soft. Donita gets 4 years, Ricky gets 5-and-a-half for pulling the trigger. Their love is now tested by a new element -- the only thing love truly desires: time. Ricky lamented about time before. Now he HAS something to wait for. Even jail is better than managing at Debby's. Ricky has plenty of time to write ... sappy love poetry? Fast forward to four years later. Donita visits Ricky everyday in jail. Silly conjugal visits. Revise the earlier runner about "I love you plus infinity" and close movie with Ricky and Donita in the prison visiting room, their palms pressed together against the glass partition, Donita tearing up, saying, "I love you plus ... how many days are there in 18 months?" to which Ricky quickly replies, "547 ... counting the leap year."
So.. Um, this wasn't funny. Or very entertaining.Yes, I saw this pretty much just because of Ala..uhm..Jon Cryer. I like 'Two and a half men'. Liked. I like Jon Cryer.But this movie, though..? I still don't know what it tries to be. I almost can't even remember what happens. I remember one thing about Jon Cryer, but I guess you could count that as a spoiler if I said more, so I won't. I try to stay spoiler free.He does an alright job. so does that big dude from 'The three stooges'-remake. Or, alright, I don't know.. Not a particularly bad job.This movie is just really boring, nothing cool happens, not much happens at all, really. I can't remember what happens. You know, just don't watch it. The gun intrigued me, but I don't remember what it was for. I don't remember why I gave it a 4, not a 3, but I trust my former self.
We just rented this DVD, now we are going to have to buy it to rewatch again and again. This movie is hilarious from beginning to end! Jon Cryer and Will Sasso are absolutely hilarious. (Will Sasso is like David Koechner - you love every character he plays!) This film is as funny as 2 "modern" classic comedies "Rock Slyde" and "No Clue". Great cast, story, editing. Not a dull moment! Although it's a comedy, it has a mystery weaved into the story and that part will leave you on the edge of your seat! Highly recommend this movie to anyone who loves comedy and loves to laugh! Would love to see Jon and Will teamed up again!