Lucky (2017) • Blu-ray + DVD [Eureka Video]

The spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist.

written by Remy Dean.

Lucky marks the directorial debut of John Carroll Lynch, a character actor with a familiar face that’s hard to place. Odds are you know him from numerous bit parts and a string of supporting roles since the early 1990s, or from hundreds of television appearances in shows like Carnivàle (2003–5), K-Ville (2007–08), Body of Proof (2011–12), American Horror Story (2014–17), or One Dollar right now. This movie’s written by Drago Sumonja and Logan Spark, a pair of screenwriting newbies, so my expectations were for a quirky low-budget indie offering… but one that’ll be worth a watch if it’s got Harry Dean Stanton and David Lynch in it, right?

You won’t be disappointed! Lucky is a gently devastating character portrait, and one of the most emotionally engaging and surreptitiously profound arthouse films in years. The sophisticated storytelling is also deceptively simple. There are certain shots, peppered throughout, that only become relevant much later when their significance is revealed. It all works as a whole, held together with some beautiful…