There are few filmmakers as readily and effortlessly associated with the rom-com genre as Nora Ephron.
With warm and fuzzy rom-coms like When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle, Ephron defined the quintessential charm of 90s romance.
So, it came as a surprise to see the auteur filmmaker directing the dark comedy, Lucky Numbers in 2000, a movie which was so devoid of the signature Ephron tenderness and joy that you just couldn’t trace any of her signature essence in it.
Unlike Ephron’s previous works where you couldn’t help but root for two individuals to get together, here, you are, at best, apathetic to the romance of the couple, and at worst, annoyed every time they share the screen together.
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