Lottery Ticket (2010 film)

Last updated
Lottery Ticket
Lottery ticket poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Erik White
Screenplay byAbdul Williams
Story byErik White
Abdul Williams
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPatrick Cady
Edited byHarvey Rosenstock
Music by Teddy Castellucci
Production
companies
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 20, 2010 (2010-08-20)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$19 million [1]
Box office$24.7 million [2]

Lottery Ticket is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Erik White and starring Bow Wow, Brandon T. Jackson, Naturi Naughton, Keith David, Charlie Murphy, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Terry Crews, Mike Epps, Loretta Devine and Ice Cube. The story follows a young man from Atlanta who wins a $370 million lottery, and soon realizes that people from the neighborhood are not his real friends, but are after his money.

Contents

Released theatrically on August 20, 2010 by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the cast's performances but criticized the story and characters. It was also a box office disappointment, only grossing $24.7 million against a $19 million budget. [3]

Plot

Living in the projects with his grandmother, Kevin Carson dreams of one day designing his own sneaker line, but currently works at Foot Locker. His dreams are supported by two of his best friends: Benny and Stacey. Meanwhile, everyone in his neighborhood is trying to win the Mondo Million Dollar Lottery of $370 million. At Foot Locker, paroled criminal Lorenzo demands that Kevin gives him and his three friends three sets of sneakers each for free. However, after he grabs the shoes, the alarms go off and the police arrive. When Lorenzo claims Kevin gave him the shoes as a gift, he attempts to explain to the police that he did not intend to give the shoes to Lorenzo. Lorenzo is then arrested for shoplifting and Kevin loses his job.

On his way home, he buys a Mondo Millionaire Lottery ticket at a gas station, playing his grandmother's and his lucky numbers. He also gets a ticket for himself, using the numbers on a fortune cookie fortune. He meets Benny, who tells him that the whole neighborhood heard that Kevin "snitched" on Lorenzo, and is even called one by their friends. Depressed, Kevin goes home and quickly falls asleep. Later, the numbers of the lottery are announced. Grandma's ticket doesn't win, but Kevin finds out that his ticket has won him $370 million.

However, when he and Benny head to the claims office, they are told that they must wait three days for the office to reopen, due to the Fourth of July weekend. News of Kevin's winning ticket spreads, and the entire neighborhood swarms him and his home, begging for a cut of the money. Nikki Swayze, a seductive girl who previously rejected Kevin, suddenly develops an interest in him.

This angers Stacey, who tells Kevin that Nikki is only after his money, but Kevin doesn’t believe it. Kevin and Benny meet loan shark Sweet Tee, who gives Kevin $100,000 to go out and have fun. After her date with Kevin, Nikki secretly tries to make him get her pregnant, but Kevin refuses. Nikki then reveals to Kevin that she was legally trying to get half of his money, by having a baby with him. He leaves the house angry and upset. Upon leaving the building, a man calls him from the basement window. Kevin meets Mr. Washington, a retired boxer who invites him to his house for a conversation.

The next day, Kevin attends church with his grandmother until Benny comes in and tells him that Lorenzo is looking for him and the ticket. Lorenzo comes in and is stopped by the churchgoers. Kevin tries to escape, but he's confronted by Lorenzo's crew. Sweet Tee's bodyguard (Terry Crews) saves Kevin with his gun, but Lorenzo emerges and physically breaks his hand. Then, Kevin runs to the train station with Lorenzo and his boys chasing him. Kevin leaps onto the train thinking he's safe, but Lorenzo gets on, too. However, Kevin hops off before the doors close. The train leaves the station with Lorenzo still on it.

Later that day, Kevin and Benny have an argument about the ticket when Benny asks Kevin to let him keep the ticket so Lorenzo wouldn’t take it, leads to them not speaking to each other. He goes to Stacey's house, and she tells Kevin that she thinks he was wrong about the entire situation. He also tells her that she is the girl for him, which leads to her getting angry and telling him to get out. He kisses her and she responds accordingly, but they are interrupted by the arrival of her mother.

As Kevin leaves Stacey’s house, Lorenzo knocks him unconscious, stealing his sneakers and ticket. The following day, he wakes up in the apartment of Mr. Washington, who talks with him. Kevin also takes time to reconcile with Benny. They make a scheme to fool Lorenzo that the ticket is fake, which later upsets Lorenzo. Later, the neighborhood has a block party and Kevin learns that Sweet Tee will torture him if he doesn't pay back the loan.

Lorenzo arrives, injures Sweet Tee and beats Kevin to the point where he forces Kevin to give him the ticket through gunpoint. Just as Kevin submits, Mr. Washington appears from behind and knocks Lorenzo unconscious, being hailed a hero to the neighborhood. Afterwards, Benny tells Kevin to sign the back of the ticket.

Months later, Kevin has started his sneaker company with Benny as his CEO and Stacy as his future attorney and his girlfriend. It is implied that Kevin managed to pay Sweet Tee back. He also opens a park with Mr. Washington appointed as head security and a foundation that will help the community by funding businesses and providing scholarships. After giving a speech to the neighborhood, Kevin, Benny and Stacey board Kevin's new helicopter and fly off to work.

Cast

Reception

Box office

In the United States and Canada, Lottery Ticket was released alongside Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang , Piranha 3D and The Switch , and was projected to gross under $10 million from 1,973 theaters on its opening weekend. [4] The film made $3.8 million on its first day and went on to debut to $10.6 million, finishing fourth and coming slightly above expectations. [5] [6]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 34% based on 82 reviews, with an average rating of 5.10/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "There's a worthwhile message at the heart of Lottery Ticket, but it's buried under stale humor, tired stereotypes, and obvious clichés." [3] On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [7] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.

Soundtrack

The following is a track listing of songs for the film, Lottery Ticket. Songs marked with an '*' are just songs that can be briefly heard in the film.

  1. "Workin' Man Blues" - Aceyalone featuring Bionik
  2. "Look At Me Now" - King Juju
  3. "Lord Rescue Me" - Jason Eskridge
  4. "If You're Really Hood" - The Handlebars
  5. "What You Talkin About" - Classic
  6. "How Low" - Ludacris
  7. "I Make the Hood Look Good" - T-Drop
  8. "Tim & Bob Groove 1" - Tim & Bob
  9. "We Like to Party" - Ben and Family
  10. "Mysterious Love" - Lamar J and Deshawn Williams (of Take 2)
  11. "I Be Doin It" - Classic
  12. "Outta Control" - Envy
  13. "Gangsta Party" - Classic
  14. "Southside" - Johnny Ringo
  15. "I Can Transform Ya"*- Chris Brown
  16. "Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong
  17. "Hallelujah"
  18. "All Your Bass" - T-Pain
  19. "Tim & Bob Groove 2" - Tim & Bob
  20. "Deez Hips" - Dem Naughty Boyz
  21. "Oh Happy Day" - Edwin Hawkins Singers
  22. "Whoa Now" - B Rich
  23. "Million Bucks" - Maino featuring Swizz Beatz
  24. "Tim & Bob Groove 3" - Tim & Bob
  25. "I Invented Sex" - Trey Songz featuring Drake
  26. "Standing in the Rain" - Al Green
  27. "Come By Here My Lord" - Tick Ticker
  28. "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" - Alicia Keys featuring Drake
  29. "Let My People Go" - Darondo
  30. "Take Your Shirt Off" - T-Pain
  31. "Here to Party" - Classic
  32. "For My Hood" - Bow Wow featuring Sean Kingston

See also

Related Research Articles

<i>Like Mike</i> 2002 American sports comedy film

Like Mike is a 2002 American sports comedy film directed by John Schultz and written by Michael Elliot and Jordan Moffet. Starring Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover, and Eugene Levy, the film follows an orphan who gets basketball talents after finding an old pair of sneakers that once belonged to Michael Jordan.

<i>Honey</i> (2003 film) 2003 film by Bille Woodruff

Honey is a 2003 American dance film directed by Billie Woodruff. It stars Jessica Alba, Mekhi Phifer, Romeo Miller, Joy Bryant, and David Moscow, with a cameo by Missy Elliott and featured performances by Tweet, Jadakiss, Ginuwine, and Blaque.

<i>Jersey Girl</i> (2004 film) 2004 film by Kevin Smith

Jersey Girl is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written, co-edited and directed by Kevin Smith. It stars Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler with George Carlin, Stephen Root, Mike Starr, Raquel Castro, Jason Biggs and Jennifer Lopez in supporting roles. The film follows a widowed man who must learn how to properly take care of his precocious daughter after her mother dies during childbirth.

<i>Sleepers</i> (film) 1996 film by Barry Levinson

Sleepers is a 1996 American legal crime drama film written, produced and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1995 book of the same name. The film stars Kevin Bacon, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Vittorio Gassman, Brad Renfro, Ron Eldard, Jeffrey Donovan, Terry Kinney, Joe Perrino, Geoffrey Wigdor, Jonathan Tucker, Bruno Kirby and Billy Crudup. The title is a slang term for juvenile delinquents who serve sentences longer than nine months.

<i>Meet the Fockers</i> 2004 film by Jay Roach

Meet the Fockers is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Jay Roach, and the sequel to the 2000 film, Meet the Parents. The film stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo. Despite mixed reviews, the film was a box-office success, grossing $522 million worldwide, becoming the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2004. The sequel, Little Fockers, followed in 2010.

<i>The Wild</i> 2006 film by Steve Williams

The Wild is a 2006 animated adventure comedy film directed by animator Steve "Spaz" Williams and written by Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson and Philip Halprin. It features the voices of Kiefer Sutherland, Eddie Izzard, Jim Belushi, Janeane Garofalo, Richard Kind, William Shatner, and Greg Cipes. The film's plot centers around Samson, a male lion who loses his preteen son Ryan when he wanders off and accidentally gets shipped from the Central Park Zoo to Africa, he teams up with a group of animals as they embark on a journey to rescue his missing son and take risks to evade dangers along the way.

<i>Are We There Yet?</i> (film) 2005 film by Brian Levant

Are We There Yet? is a 2005 American family road comedy film directed by Brian Levant. It was written by Steven Gary Banks, Claudia Grazioso, J. David Stem and David N. Weiss based on a story by Banks and Grazioso. Ice Cube stars alongside Nia Long, Jay Mohr and Tracy Morgan.

<i>Next Friday</i> 2000 film directed by Steve Carr

Next Friday is a 2000 American stoner comedy film and the sequel to the 1995 film Friday. It is the first film to be produced by Ice Cube's film production company Cube Vision, and to be written by Cube himself. It was directed by Steve Carr and stars Ice Cube, Mike Epps, John Witherspoon, Tamala Jones, and Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. It is the second installment in the Friday series. It tells the story of Craig Jones as he goes to live with his uncle, who just won the lottery, and cousin in Rancho Cucamonga after the neighborhood bully Deebo escapes from prison where Craig contends with three criminal brothers known as the Joker Brothers. Next Friday was theatrically released on January 12, 2000, grossing $59 million worldwide. The film has received generally negative reviews from critics.

Timothy Kevin Story is an American film director. He is best known for Barbershop (2002), Fantastic Four (2005), and the Ride Along franchise. He has been nominated for two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie in 2006 and 2013.

<i>Zebrahead</i> (film) 1992 US romantic thriller film by Anthony Drazan

Zebrahead is a 1992 American romantic drama film produced by Oliver Stone, written and directed by Anthony Drazan and starring Michael Rapaport and N'Bushe Wright. The film also stars Kevin Corrigan, Ray Sharkey, and Lois Bendler.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Naturi Naughton</span> American actress and singer

Naturi Cora Maria Naughton-Lewis is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Naughton is best known as one-third of the R&B group 3LW and for her acting roles in the films Fame and Notorious, playing rapper Lil' Kim in the latter film. Naughton was a series regular on the NBC series The Playboy Club as Bunny Brenda, starred in the first season of the Lifetime drama series The Client List as Kendra and starred in the Starz drama Power as Tasha St. Patrick, a role she reprised in the spin-off series Power Book II: Ghost. In 2022, she starred as Jill “Da Thrill” in the ABC series Queens.

<i>The Sandlot</i> 1993 film by David Mickey Evans

The Sandlot is a 1993 American coming-of-age sports comedy film co-written, directed, and narrated by David Mickey Evans. It tells the story of a group of young baseball players during the summer of 1962. It stars Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, Marty York, and James Earl Jones. The movie is set in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, CA and the filming locations were in Midvale, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah. It grossed $34 million worldwide and has since become a cult film.

<i>Knockaround Guys</i> 2001 film by David Levien, Brian Koppelman

Knockaround Guys is a 2001 action crime thriller film starring Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Seth Green, John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper. It was filmed in locations in the U.S. and Canada including the small town of Delia, Alberta.

<i>All About the Benjamins</i> 2002 American film

All About the Benjamins is a 2002 American buddy action comedy film directed by Kevin Bray, starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps as a bounty hunter and a con artist who join forces to find a group of diamond thieves: the former for glory, and the latter to retrieve a lost winning lottery ticket. The film was released in theaters in March 2002 to negative reviews. Despite this, the film was a moderate box office hit. The film's title was taken from the popular 1997 hip-hop song performed by Puff Daddy "It's All About the Benjamins". Ice Cube and Mike Epps also starred together in the Friday series and the (2009) film Janky Promoters.

<i>For Queen and Country</i> 1988 film

For Queen and Country is a 1988 crime drama film co-written and directed by Martin Stellman and starring Denzel Washington in Panavision. Washington stars as Reuben James, a Black British former paratrooper, who joined the British Army to escape the poverty of inner city London; Reuben fights in the Falklands War, and upon returning home he finds that society ignores and challenges him while trying to adjust to normal life.

<i>Lucky Numbers</i> 2000 American film

Lucky Numbers is a 2000 black comedy film directed by Nora Ephron. It stars John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport, Richard Schiff, Daryl Mitchell, Bill Pullman, and Michael Moore in a rare acting role.

<i>The Idolmaker</i> 1980 musical film directed by Taylor Hackford

The Idolmaker is a 1980 American musical drama directed by Taylor Hackford in his feature directorial debut, written by Edward di Lorenzo, and starring Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Paul Land, Tovah Feldshuh and Joe Pantoliano. Loosely based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, whose discoveries included Frankie Avalon and Fabian and who served as a technical advisor for the production, the film marked the screen debuts of both Gallagher and Land.

<i>In the Heights</i> 2005 musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda

In the Heights is a musical with concept, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is set over the course of three days, involving characters in the largely Dominican American neighborhood of Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

<i>Fame</i> (2009 film) 2009 film by Kevin Tancharoen

Fame is a 2009 American teen musical drama film directed by Kevin Tancharoen from a screenplay by Allison Burnett. It is a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same name. The film follows talented high school students attending The High School of Performing Arts in New York City, where students get specialized training that often leads to success in the entertainment industry.

<i>Little Fockers</i> 2010 film by Paul Weitz

Little Fockers is a 2010 American romantic comedy film and the third and final film in the Meet the Parents film series, serving as a sequel to Meet the Parents (2000) and Meet the Fockers (2004). The film stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Jessica Alba, Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand.

References

  1. ↑ Fritz, Ben (August 19, 2010). "Movie projector: Five new movies open, but 'Expendables' may kick butt again". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ Lottery Ticket at Box Office Mojo
  3. 1 2 Lottery Ticket at Rotten Tomatoes
  4. ↑ "Will Summer End With a Bang?". The Numbers. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Lottery Ticket Domestic Daily Totals". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Lottery Ticket Domestic Weekend Totals". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lottery Ticket Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved May 13, 2018.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.