An orphan who's had it tough hopes to make it easier for a friend by stealing a lucky penny from the leprechauns in Skydance Animation's inconsistent first feature Luck
— represents a force for good in the world. It’s not easy developing both a pipeline and a project that could compete with the Disneys and DreamWorks out there. While the new studio’s debut can’t touch “Toy Story,” it’s an auspicious start for a talented group of storytellers.
In addition to not having a “forever family” of her own, Sam Greenfield is cursed with clumsiness, constantly losing things and making messes wherever she goes.
This may sound like nitpicking for a cartoon that’s intended to be frivolous and fun, except that luck isn’t one of those phenomena that people around the globe can agree on. Take the black cat, Bob , who becomes Sam’s ticket to the Land of Luck. In most countries, black cats are a bad omen, but not in Scotland, which Bob calls home, or Japan, where Hayao Miyazaki classic “Kiki’s Delivery Service” was made. There, they’re a blessing.
According to its own strange logic, the movie treats luck as a glowing green force that makes life easier for those who receive it, seemingly at random, from the Land of Luck, where leprechauns pipe the stuff toward Earth and rabbits serve as the movie’s adorable Minions. On the flip side of this small planet is Bad Luck, inhabited by more troll-like creatures tasked with handling a more disastrous purple substance.