The Luckiest Man in America
2024 · Movie · R · 90 min · ★ 6.3 · 62% critics
In 1984, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver heads to the game show “Press Your Luck” with a secret that could lead to endless winnings. But his streak of success triggers rising suspicions as show executives in the control room dig deeper into what’s really driving him.
Also known as Press Your Luck
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2025-04-04
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (109 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like true-story-ish game show antics and a retro 1980s atmosphere; Not for you if you want strict factual accuracy or a tightly focused, never-slow pacing, and you may also prefer other similar game-show tales like Dumb Money or Operation Varsity Blues.
Pros: quirky game-show premise; standout lead performance; retro 1980s vibe | Cons: heavy dramatic liberties; pacing can drag; thin focus on key details
Themes
- cheating
- game show
- based on true story
- scandal
- 1980s
Cast & crew
Paul Walter Hauser
as Michael
Walton Goggins
as Peter
Shamier Anderson
as Chuck
David Strathairn
as Bill
Brian Geraghty
as Ed
Patti Harrison
as Janie
Maisie Williams
as Sylvia
Ricky Russert
as Whitman
David Rysdahl
as Todd
Shaunette Renée Wilson
as Donna
Directed by Samir Oliveros