Python Hyena Lucky Numbers (2000): Dir: Nora Ephron / Cast: John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Bill Pullman, Ed O'Neill: Anything but lucky for those unfortunate enough to see it. Title refers to its two stars but since the ongoing events result in bad luck it comes off as a misdirection. John Travolta plays an adored weatherman who is joined by lottery girl Lisa Kudrow in rigging the lottery. She is romantically involved with both Travolta and her boss. Director Nora Ephron previously directed Travolta in Michael but here she is surrounded by endless stupidity. The production looks as festive as an outdoor toilet. Travolta looks plain desperate as he attempts to erase one mistake by creating five new ones. Kudrow plays dimwit dumb without payoff. When her asthmatic cousin fails to come through on part of the scheme she throttle the tar out of him, unintentionally killing him. In any event both leads are at their worst, and considering that Travolta starred in the dreadful Battlefield Earth the same year, it would take more than the lottery to bypass that shame. Tim Roth is best casting as a strip club owner who assists the star duo. Bill Pullman plays a brainless cop who concludes on the one funny scene. Ed O'Neill plays a sleazy station manager who sleeps with Kudrow on the side. Theme of greed is evident but this is ultimately Travolta's unlucky number. Score: 3 / 10

Uriah43 "Russ Richards" (John Travolta) is a famous television weather reporter who also happens to own a snowmobile dealership. Nevertheless, because of unseasonal warm temperatures he has seen his business decline dramatically and is faced with foreclosure. Likewise, his girlfriend "Crystal" (Lisa Kudrow) is also facing some money problems and at the urging of Russ' friend "Gig" (Tim Roth) they come up with a plan to rig the Pennsylvania state lottery in order to win $6.4 million. However, since both Russ and Crystal work at the television station that hosts the lottery they need an outsider to actually cash the winning ticket. And this is when the problems really begin. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that I liked several of the actors cast in this movie. Unfortunately, the character development was clearly inadequate and as a result it made the movie seem somewhat shallow and disjointed. At least that's how it seemed to me. In any case, although I liked the performances of both Tim Roth and Lisa Kudrow, I felt the overall movie could have used some improvement here and there and because of that I have to rate this film as slightly below average.

Juan_from_Bogota This funny and entertaining film kept me waiting every moment what was going to happen next!. Is like a thriller but well mixed with funny events. This movie also have a good lesson for life, and for all the good people, that desperate have made some bad decisions (i think that's a lot of us), or for those that haven't made them, and it is to see the consequences of some dumb acts. With a great casting (John Travolta, Bill Pullman, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport, and also Michael Moore!, the director and producer of Farenheit 9/11, playing a funny role in it) that makes the movie even better than just an original script!. Simply watch it and make your own conclusion; for me it's a really good movie, not a piece of art, but a well obtained entertaining movie!About the Movie: This funny and entertaining movie is about Russ Richards (John Travolta), a famous and charismatic television weatherman, that is broke because he lives a life that he cant't afford; he starts a snowmobile business, but he can't sell anything because of the warm weather, desperate, he run an insurance scam and decides with her friend and lover Crystal (Lisa Kudrow), and some additional help (Gig (Tim Roth) and Crystal cousin Walter (Michael Moore)), to manipulate fraudulently the state lottery; they then start a quest around all these decisions and evolve in a entertaining, funny and tense story.7/10! Good work of Nora Ephron!

elusivedream78 A great comedy! I think some others were dissapointed that the movie/characters were not more complex (Probably due to seeing Travolta after Pulp Fiction, eh?), but again -- this is a comedy.The movie reminded me slightly of Seinfeld, due to the character's interaction with each other and the small quirks of the characters creating the final outcome. (ie: making something out of nothing!)I particularly enjoyed the Lazy Cop character for some reason, or perhaps related to him. :)