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Synopsis

May 1984. An unemployed ice cream truck driver steps onto the game show Press Your Luck harboring a secret: the key to endless money. But his winning streak is threatened when the bewildered executives uncover his real motivations.

Cast

  • Shamier Anderson
  • Haley Bennett
  • Brian Geraghty
  • Walton Goggins
  • Patti Harrison
  • Paul Walter Hauser
  • Lilli Kay
  • Johnny Knoxville
  • Stefano Meier
  • Tatiana Ronderos

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Metacritic

75
Apr 7, 2025

The Luckiest Man in America is good follow-up viewing for “Quiz Show,” a drama about the 1950s quiz show scandals that prompted congressional investigations and led to reforms in the television industry. It’s also an example of how to make a low-budget movie that immerses you in a long-gone world and the minds of people who lived in it, while maintaining a tight geographical focus on a small number of characters.

Metacritic review by Matt Zoller Seitz
Matt Zoller Seitz
RogerEbert.com
83
Mar 26, 2025

Hauser’s performance as a man whose determination to use his unique talents to forge the emotional connections that otherwise evade him holds the entire film together.

Christian Zilko
IndieWire
50
Mar 26, 2025

With such a wealth of talent at its disposal, The Luckiest Man in America is strangely never as satisfying as it should be.

Metacritic review by Stephen Saito
Stephen Saito
Variety