Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Latest
    • Thank You
    • 4000. Scenes From A Marriage (1973)
    • 3999. The Pianist (2002)
    • 3998. Philadelphia (1993)
    • 3997. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
    • 3996. The Green Mile (1999)
    • 3995. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    • 3994. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
    The Mad Movie Man
    • Home
    • Blog
      • All Posts
      • Best Of The Year
        • Best Of 2015
        • Best Of 2016
        • Best Of 2017
        • Best Of 2018
        • Best Of 2019
        • Best Of 2020
        • Best Of 2021
        • Best Of 2022
      • The Decade In Review
      • Box Office Analysis
      • James Bond
      • Oscars
      • RANKED
      • Star Wars
      • The Big Questions
      • Top 10
      • World Cinema
    • Ratings
      • Top 250
      • Top 100 Foreign Films
      • Bottom 50
      • 0 – 1.9
      • 2 – 3.9
      • 4 – 5.9
      • 6 – 7.9
      • 8 – 10
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Anthology
      • Animation
      • Christmas
      • Comedy
      • Crime
      • Documentary
      • Drama
      • Fantasy
      • Film-Noir
      • History
      • Horror
      • Kids’
      • Musical
      • Psychological
      • Romance
      • Sci-Fi
      • Short
      • Silent
      • Sport
      • Superhero
      • Survival
      • Thriller
      • Western
    • Release Year
      • 2020s
      • 2010s
      • 2000s
      • 1990s
      • 1980s
      • 1970s
      • 1960s
      • 1950s
      • 1940s
      • 1930s
      • 1920s
    • Country
      • Afghanistan
      • Argentina
      • Australia
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Brazil
      • Cambodia
      • Canada
      • Chile
      • China
      • Colombia
      • Costa Rica
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Czech Republic
      • Denmark
      • East Timor
      • Faroe Islands
      • Finland
      • France
      • Germany
      • Georgia
      • Greece
      • Hong Kong
      • Hungary
      • Iceland
      • India
      • Indonesia
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Ireland
      • Israel
      • Italy
      • Japan
      • Latvia
      • Lebanon
      • Laos
      • Malaysia
      • Mexico
      • New Zealand
      • Nigeria
      • North Korea
      • Norway
      • Paraguay
      • Peru
      • Philippines
      • Poland
      • Romania
      • Russia
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Singapore
      • South Korea
      • South Africa
      • Soviet Union
      • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Switzerland
      • Syria
      • Taiwan
      • Thailand
      • Turkey
      • Uganda
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Uruguay
      • Vietnam
      • Zambia
    • About
    The Mad Movie Man
    You are at:Home»Review»2355. Jackpot (2015)

    2355. Jackpot (2015)

    0
    By The Mad Movie Man on November 20, 2018 2015, 6 - 7.9, 90-99 mins, Comedy, Drama, Movies Of 2018, Nov 18, Review, Vietnam
    6.2 Rather dull
    • Acting 6.6
    • Directing 6.0
    • Story 6.0
    • User Ratings (0 Votes) 0

    Starring: Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc, Chi Tai, Mai The Hiep

    Director: Dustin Nguyen

    Running Time: 92 mins


    Jackpot (Trúng Số) is a Vietnamese film about a lottery ticket vendor who comes across a winning ticket, she faces a dilemma as she must decide whether to sell it as required or keep it for herself.

    It may seem like an easy-going, throwaway comedy, but there really isn’t all that much to Jackpot to make it an entertaining movie. While it has a light-hearted atmosphere and a couple of pleasant performances, the film is generally fairly amateurish, and with poor dialogue and a very shallow story throughout, it proves a disappointing and really rather dull watch.

    Now, you may be thinking that Vietnam isn’t the world’s greatest movie-making country, so we should cut them a little bit of slack when comparing to the likes of Hollywood. Well, it’s certainly true that the country doesn’t have the immense experience of others when it comes to the movie business, but as seen with brilliant films like Go-Go Sisters, that doesn’t mean there’s no chance for real gems to come out of Vietnam, making Jackpot seem all the more mediocre.

    On the bright side, the movie does have a simple and light-hearted enough atmosphere to prove easy-going, and it at least doesn’t ever overplay the dramatic side to its story, with the central dilemma faced by our main character and everything that goes on around her not ever coming across as overly dramatic or important.

    As a result, the film is a pleasant watch at times, and with a lovely lead performance from Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc, it does have the capacity to make you smile from time to time, but in general, there’s very little else to it to really impress.

    Above all, it really struggles with its characters. Frustratingly content with just showing you a couple of cards on screen detailing who the main characters are, there’s very little opportunity for you to get to know the people involved in the story, and that makes it all the more difficult to care about what’s going on when the film tries to appeal to your emotions.

    What’s more is that because it thinks it’s established the characters within the first two minutes, the film drops you right in the middle of a society that you’re still not all that sure about, and there’s nowhere near enough exposition or background as to what’s going on and who is who, making the first act in particular a rather confusing state of affairs.

    Also, a lot of the film’s dialogue comes across as painfully amateurish. Although I can’t speak for the original Vietnamese screenplay, the general feel of the dialogue throughout, as well as the English translation for it, is really clunky, and the way that the characters converse with one another feels as if they’re acting in a far more official capacity than the slice of life atmosphere the film is trying to create, occasionally interspersed with the odd jarring ‘Hey man’ to make things stranger.

    Overall, I wasn’t particularly enamoured by Jackpot. It can be a light-hearted and pleasant watch at times, but it’s generally a less-than-stellar work, with poorly developed characters, clunky dialogue, and a shallow story that never really grabs your attention at any point, and that’s why I’m giving it a 6.2.

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    The Mad Movie Man
    • Website
    • Facebook
    • Twitter

    The Mad Movie Man, AKA Anthony Cullen, writes articles and reviews about movies and the world of cinema. From January 1st, 2013 to December 31st, 2022, he watched and reviewed a movie every day. This is the blog dedicated to the project: www.madmovieman.com

    Related Posts

    8.2

    4000. Scenes From A Marriage (1973)

    7.8

    3999. The Pianist (2002)

    8.2

    3998. Philadelphia (1993)

    Follow Me Online!
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Tumblr
    New Releases
    8.2
    December 25, 2022

    3994. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

    5.6
    December 10, 2022

    3969. Falling For Christmas (2022)

    6.9
    December 4, 2022

    3956. The People We Hate At The Wedding (2022)

    5.4
    December 3, 2022

    3954. Disenchanted (2022)

    7.4
    December 3, 2022

    3953. Meet Cute (2022)

    7.6
    November 23, 2022

    3934. Do Revenge (2022)

    7.0
    November 18, 2022

    3929. The Wonder (2022)

    6.7
    November 13, 2022

    3924. See How They Run (2022)

    Recommended Movies
    8.0
    Review
    July 11, 20160

    1414. Ghostbusters (2016)

    8.4
    Review
    March 3, 20160

    1273. Nine To Five (1980)

    8.3
    Review
    July 14, 20140

    623. Boyhood (2014)

    8.6
    Review
    January 19, 20180

    2025. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

    8.7
    Review
    June 27, 20200

    3000. The Deer Hunter (1978)

    Popular Posts
    December 31, 2022

    Thank You

    8.2
    December 31, 2022

    4000. Scenes From A Marriage (1973)

    7.8
    December 30, 2022

    3999. The Pianist (2002)

    8.2
    December 29, 2022

    3998. Philadelphia (1993)

    7.5
    December 28, 2022

    3997. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

    9.1
    December 27, 2022

    3996. The Green Mile (1999)

    7.6
    December 26, 2022

    3995. Doctor Zhivago (1965)

    © 2023 ThemeSphere. Designed by ThemeSphere.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.