Perhaps it seems too richly ironic that renegade director Alex de la Iglesia would follow a film literally set in the circus (
The Last Circus) with a movie centered on the so-called media circus, but in
As Luck Would Have It, the man behind such masterful comedy-thrillers as
Common Wealth and
The Perfect Crime does just that, turning out one of his most humane and socially perceptive films in the process. A virtual 180-degree shift from the brutal excess of
The Last Circus,
As Luck Would Have It might not appear to be as immediately grotesque as that gun-toting, grease-painted nightmare, even if it qualifies (and it very well...
Released:
2012
Rated:
n/a
Length:
95 mins