Lucky 7 (film)

Lucky 7
Written by	Jessica Barondes
Directed by	Harry Winer
Starring	Kimberly Williams-Paisley Patrick Dempsey Brad Rowe Brian Markinson Gail O'Grady
Music by	Danny Lux
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Judy Cairo
Cinematography	Jon Joffin
Editor	David A. Simmons
Running time	95 minutes
Production companies	Lions Gate Television Carlton America
Original release
Network	ABC Family
Release	July 20, 2003 (2003-07-20)

Lucky 7 is a 2003 television film starring Patrick Dempsey and Kimberly Williams. In the film, a female lawyer arranges her life according to the predictions of her deceased mother. Her mother predicted that she would marry her 7th boyfriend, but the lawyer is confused when she concurrently dates two boyfriends following a break-up. Which one is the 6th boyfriend and which one the 7th boyfriend is unclear to her.

Plot

Amy Myer is a woman whose dying mother made out a timeline for Amy's life and predicted she would marry her seventh boyfriend. But when she falls head over heels for her sixth boyfriend Daniel McCandles, she decides to find another sixth boyfriend to dump in order to marry Daniel. She settles on Peter Connor, a local bagel shop owner who is in love with her. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned when Amy realizes that she has feelings for Peter.

Amy lives her life based on a timeline that her mother made for her at age seven. Her dying mother told her to become an attorney (she does), and to marry her 7th boyfriend. When her family asked what the definition is that constitutes a “boyfriend” she declares to them all, is that he would be the 7th one who calls her his girlfriend, therein locking him into that slot for marriage. She breaks up with boyfriend #5, meets Daniel, who she thinks is perfect for her. She wants him to be #7, not #6, so she goes in search of a #6.

Peter runs a bagel shop (but also is an ex-Bear Stearns trader worth hundreds of millions), who loves her and asks her to accompany him to a wedding on Orcas Is. She first turns him down, but then sees him as a #6. They go to the wedding (Amy and Peter) and he tells her he has told his friends at the wedding they're dating and mentions the word "girlfriend", locking Peter into slot 6 driving the two to act like a couple around his friends and his ex-girlfriend who is now remarried and present with her new boyfriend (Peter's ex-girlfriend broke up with Peter after he resigned from Bear Stearns not knowing Peter generated all this money while at Bear Stearns).

They end up having the 'hot lovin', but she tells Peter it was a mistake. Peter asked why, she tells him about the timeline. He asked what happens after marriage, since the plan ends there; they return to the city without speaking further. Amy and Daniel go to a work dinner party that night; Daniel told his boss they were dating and she is his girlfriend (making Daniel #7 by her own declaration shared with her family defining what constitutes a boyfriend therein locking Daniel into number #7).

Unfortunately, Amy realizes she didn't want to have Daniel as #7 as things didn't go as Amy and her mother planned wherein Amy realizes that she has feelings for Peter (deviating from her mother's timeline) then tells Daniel they have never even held hands (let alone sex). She leaves to find Peter, but he wasn't at work; she found him at the island of the wedding they'd attended together (which he apparently owns). They meet up, embrace, and she says she quit her job and is starting fresh. Peter offers her a job at the bagel shop, and we close with Peter and Amy in her apartment; each dressed for getting married.

Cast

• Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Amy Myer
• Patrick Dempsey as Peter Connor
• Brad Rowe as Daniel McCandles
• Brian Markinson as Bernie Myer
• Gail O'Grady as Rachel Myer

Reception

CineMagazine rated the film 3 stars.

External links

• Lucky 7 at IMDb
• Lucky 7 at AllMovie