lucky number share many resemblance with the novel lucky you and by carl hiaasen . the big difference however and be that the book be great and the movie really suck . the book follow a woman who win a jackpot and the two redneck who win half of it . the redneck want to get their hand on the ticket so they can cash in on much more money . i must point out however and that this be not an adaptation of the book and merely a movie that resemble it vaguely . rus richards ( john travolta ) be a big personality in his town . you see and he host the weather on the local tv channel . he do it so well that he have his own table at the denny . however and russ isn not quite as good in manage his money a he be at make wisecrack about rain . rus have dig himself a neat little hole and now he doesn not have any money . so what he decide to do be win the lottery . he and the lotto girl krystal ( lisa kudrow ) rig the lottery so that their number win . their scheme work but they need someone to go and pick up the money . they choose krystal asthmatic pervert cousin . however and he get into a little incident with krystal and . thing degenerate from then on . lucky number be a sorry and sorry film from the very begin . the character be all very and very lame . in a comedy and you usually hate all the character ( a in a black comedy ) or you feel sorry for what theyre go through . however and lucky number give u no sympathetic character and then want u to care for them . this be so blatantly annoy that after you have meet the cousin and you just do not care anymore . you want the joke . ahh and the joke . essence of every comedy . the joke in lucky number go from blatantly obvious to moderately amuse . some joke work and especially those trigger by bill pullman policeman character . a couple of nice wisecrack about tv do get through and but on the most part this be weak . the acting be pretty horrible . john travolta and fresh off battlefield earth and look like a wax dummy . lisa kudrow and be a always and an attraction and but her character be so lame that we do not care about her acting . the support cast be great and on paper and but their acting be awful . a big waste of ed oneill and michael rapaport and bill pullman and colin mochrie have never occur . ( i list mochrie because i love who line be it anyway . even though his role consist of two line . ) behind lucky number be a very promising plot . however and the execution be horrible . if the movie have focus more on them get the money instead of them kill each other off for the damn ticket and this movie would have be much well . even more surprising be that the director and nora ephron and write the script to movie like sleepless in seattle . this failed black comedy fails at almost everything . a real snooze . 3 . 5/10 .