Neil Burger

Neil Burger: 'He gets arrested at the end of the short story...for blurring the distinction between art and reality...it's an abstract, intellectual idea and not kind of emotional or impactful enough to hang the climax of a movie on...'

Burger winningly combines relatively rare elements--a turn-of-the-century setting, an assured star turn by Edward Norton, and a deft Philip Glass score--to pull off a tricked-out romantic thriller.

The annoyance of its Screenwriting 101 script is hard to overcome, but The Lucky Ones just about works in spite of itself, as an actor’s showcase.

Burger plunges into the material at such a headlong pace and with sufficient adrenalized style as to propel this essentially trashy thriller and distract from the abundant loose ends.