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Lucky Grandma
Directed by
Sasie Sealy
Not Rated
2019
87m
Comedy
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Drama
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6.3
95%
72%
6.4
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Set in New York City's Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck - and in the middle of a gang war.
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Cast of Lucky Grandma
Tsai Chin
Grandma
Hisao-Yuan Ha
Big Pong
Michael Tow
Little Handsome
Emma Hong
Luna
Yan Xi
Sister Fong
Lyman Chen
Sister Fong's Driver
Clem Cheung
Benny Ng
Mason Yam
Little David
Wai Ching Ho
Lei Lei the Fortune Teller
Woody Fu
Pock-Mark
Eddie Yu
Howard
Arden Wolfe
Nomi
Zilong Zee
Lao Shei
Kristen Hung
Betsy
Wayne Chang
Bank Manager
Christine Chang
Bank Teller
Elvis Newman
Da Wei
Ali Ahn
Lynn
Elbert Kim
Gambler
Sasie Sealy
Director / Writer
Lucky Grandma Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
Anne Cohen
In this incandescent and utterly delightful debut, director Sasie Sealy delivers a sparkling movie that centers the story of an elderly woman of color with the agency, care, and attention it deserves.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
She and she alone makes the movie worth your time.
The Lens
Andrew Wyatt
Lucky Grandma's combination of genre fundamentals and refreshing reconfiguration make it an inspired and worthy comic noir.
Cinema Sentries
Matthew St. Clair
Tsai Chin is an absolute force of nature as the main character.
Movies For The Rest Of Us
Bill Newcott
(The film) has more than fun thrills in mind: It's also an unvarnished critique of the marginalization of older people in America - whatever their cultural outpost.
Culture Mix
Carla Hay
Lucky Grandma is not a deep or complicated film, but it does have an underlying message that people should not be quick to dismiss or underestimate the power of a very determined and stubborn elderly woman.
L.A. Weekly
Chuck Wilson
The range of emotions that play across her face when she realizes she's gambled away all her money is a master class in the art of acting.
Newport This Week (RI)
Loren King
It's a character we rarely get to see in movies, and she makes viewers feel lucky to spend a little time with her...
Elements of Madness
Douglas Davidson
Filled with twists and turns akin to an early Guy Ritchie flick, [director Sasie] Sealy and [co-writer Angela] Cheng craft a tale that's hilarious and action-packed with just the right amount of heart.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
The fusion of Andrew Orkin's score and Eduardo Enrique Mayén's cinematography, which coats everything in the grimy yellow of a lifelong smoker's room, tips the hat towards noir, but Sealy balances that with a deft wit and charm
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Rarely turning her camera's gaze away from the formidable Wong, director Sealy situates her protagonist in a Chinatown brimming with inviting cultural and social details.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
What ultimately makes it all work so well is Tsai Chin's endearingly gruff performance.
IndieWire
Jude Dry
"Lucky Grandma" is a wickedly entertaining dark comedy, steeped in the colors and characters of New York City's Chinatown.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Angie Han
This is such a stylish and sharp movie with such a strong sense of the setting... I had so much fun with this.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Fagerholm
It exemplifies the potential of a more inclusive cinematic landscape, one that is guaranteed to alter the predominant Hollywood beliefs regarding what constitutes a mainstream appetite.
New York Times
Devika Girish
"Lucky Grandma" puts an older Asian woman center stage without infantilizing her or rendering her pitiful.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
"Lucky Grandma" affords Chin a leading role she clearly relishes.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
This isn't a movie about money at all, but is instead a search for the dignity and respect the elderly deserve in a world that too often chooses not to afford it.
Variety
Peter Debruge
Chin is plainly the film's greatest asset, a terrific actor with great comic timing and a tendency to underplay her character's reactions, which helps to offset the relatively broad performances that surround her.
The Hollywood Reporter
Harry Windsor
A crowd-pleaser with a slyly magnetic lead performance.
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