Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Predrag This Martin Short gem is probably my favorite movie of his (aside from the Father of the Bride series) and it seems to be so undervalued. I loved this movie way back then and I love it now. So many bad things happen to him during this hilarious and irreverent movie and even after all my many, many viewings, I still seem to eagerly anticipate all his misfortunes. The way he just takes all his many "accidents" in stride is what I love about it. And Danny Glover's horrified fascination is also priceless and perfectly played. It skips a lot of the clichés, isn't too obvious, and is largely situational - if anything can go wrong, it will. Martin is a naive hothead who delivers physical comedy with style, and Glover is a hard-boiled P.I.-cum-babysitter who just can't believe this is all happening to him. I don't know the circumstances that led Danny Elfman to only compose the main titles and ending selection for this soundtrack, but his compositions are quite fun. Definitely a switch from his dark stuff, it hearkens back to his Oingo Boingo days, with a twist of Caribbean."Pure Luck" is a hilarious comedy, with Martin Short and Danny Glover at their best! There is some language, but mild on the scale these days. You'd think with all of today's technology they'd give us a button to turn that stuff off if we wanted to. Anyway, not too much to worry about with this movie, just laugh!!! My favorite scene is where Martin short attempts to use karate on Danny Glover and winds up landing in a .... well you'll just have to watch to find out where he lands. This is without a doubt, one of the funniest movies of the 80's.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

Aaron1375 Martin Short is a guy who made a couple of comedies that I thought were pretty good. Though looks like once again I like a comedy that a lot of people do not. Granted I did not think it was super great or anything, but I did find this movie about a detective trying to find a girl who had been kidnapped by using a guy with as bad of luck as the girl kidnapped to somehow stumble upon her rather funny. It was Short's character though that carried this one, as Danny Glover was not bad, but he at times was a bit too serious in this one. That is okay, most of the comedy does around Short and he does a good job in his scenes as he has physical comedy scenes and with most other comedy as well. Danny Glover's character spends most of the film trying to prove that Short's character does not have luck and that luck has nothing to do with anything which seems silly to continue thinking shortly after he and Short's character meet. Some good scenes involve Short finding quicksand in a place that has no quicksand, a very bad bee sting and a very bad decision by Glover to get Short to proposition a lady. Short ended up pretty much disappearing from movies for the most part, but I thought he was a good actor in comedies.

bqjones-1 It's hard to believe that this movie is so overlooked (under 5/10 rating??? bunch of morons). Pure Luck has perhaps Martin Short's best comedic performance (oscar worthy, I'm not kidding) accompanied by a hilarious and engaging plot that makes me incontinent, I laugh so hard. And still not on DVD. The film's nuances in every scene demonstrate its genius and accentuate Martin Short's brilliant acting skills (e.g., "buenos tardos, amigos"). I find myself smiling for hours after watching it, picturing Martin Short's face as he tries to appear engaged during the cigar smoke-filled police briefing. I've seen this movie many, many times and never grow tired of it, something I can't say for most films these days. Morons, I tell you.

mvanaselja-2 I have been looking to rent this movie for long time and could not find it because I did not know the name of it.Now, when I found a name I could not find it anyway. Why it is not available on Netflix? I like the story and I have not seen the movie for very long time. Is it too old or is it under some kind of protection. Everybody should be able to see it.There should be more funny movies like this one and I believe that there are enough good stories to tell, that will make people laugh.Also I think that Martin Short is very funny actor and "Pure Luck" is one of my favorite movies.