Luck Review: Apple TV+ Movie Has Equal Parts Heart, Humor & Visual Flair

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Following a person into fantastical alternate worlds is a common trope for animated movies, from Monsters Inc. and Coco to Soul and Inside Out. Each of these has been received well and, in a way, Skydance Animation pulls from this Disney playbook for Luck. The first movie in a deal between Skydance and Apple TV+, Luck feels familiar, but it still portrays a unique and weirdly charming world for Sam Greenworld, its main character, to explore. While short on laugh-out-loud moments, Luck is charming and whimsical, with a voice cast that brings their distinct talents to the film.

Luck follows Sam (Eva Noblezada), a girl who ages out of the foster system and is left to live her unlucky, but comfortable, life. About every possible problem imaginable manages to befall Sam, from getting injured on the job to locking herself in the bathroom with a broomstick. When Sam runs into a mysterious black cat one evening, that all changes. Sam finds a penny that grants her the luck of having a pretty normal life — until she flushes it down the toilet. When Sam finds out the black cat is actually named Bob (Simon Pegg), she follows the cat into the Land of Luck, a mysterious world populated by leprechauns, unicorns, dragons, and other mystical creatures.

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The voice cast, which also includes Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Flula Borg, and Lil Rel Howery, imbues each of their characters with a distinct personality and, by keeping its cast relatively small, Luck ensures they each get their moment. Goldberg and Fonda are, of course, natural standouts as The Captain (a leprechaun) and Babe the Dragon (the head of the Land of Luck), respectively. Noblezada, in what is one of her first major roles, also