GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE Proves Bonkers!
Hey friends! Barbarella here. If you’re looking for a film that delivers energy, wit, and a whole lot of crazy, look no further than GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE! It takes viewers on a wacky journey through the follies of modern society, wrapping its social commentary in humor and action. In theaters Friday, February 13, this movie starts strong as it introduces its ensemble of motley characters. When a man (Sam Rockwell) comes back from the future to recruit a band of misfits to help save the world, he heads straight to Norm’s, a diner in Los Angeles.
From the moment he enters, Sam Rockwell commands the screen with an opening exposition that could easily have felt weighty if it weren’t for his entertaining and animated way of presenting the information. Keeping the scene dynamic despite the extensive dialogue proves one of the many smart choices director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Ring, Rango) makes throughout the film. The director taped out the entire diner in a rehearsal space where he worked extensively with Sam Rockwell on the path he would take and where people and things needed to be for him to hit the marks and keep everything flowing. He then sent the layout to the production designer to build the set to fit the specifics of the performance.
Written by Matthew Robinson, this film doesn’t just want you to know its characters through a series of backstories, but it insists you examine (while laughing at) the world they
