The Life of Lucky Cucumber

Jackass Number Two contributor Sam Maccarone takes the helm for this no-rules comedy about a documentary film crew and their oddball subject, a cave-dwelling, beer-chugging human oddity rumored to have the most remarkable luck of any man who ever lived. Lucky "Cucumber" Cavanaugh (Dian Bachar) ...more

Watching The Life of Lucky Cucumber is more or less like nodding politely as a minor acquaintance (either a 12-year-old boy or a drug-addled 16-year old) shows off the iMovie skills he acquired at the half-hour Genius Bar tutorial. It is as painful of an experience as it is uncomfortably guilt-driven. And, although one wishes the best for the young auteur, it is beyond obvious that he should never, ever make a “movie” again. At least, not until he is capable of not pausing the playback in order ...more