I’m actually glad that you mentioned the animator and other workers, who actually worked on this film than just one big name that everyone wants to forget. Seriously, the workers deserve more credit.

Yea, I am sticking with Wolfwalkers and Charlie Brown in AppleTV+. Also, let’s not forget the last time Lassiter directed a movie was with Cars 2, the film that arguably broke Pixar’s reputation and moral.

It's a shame. This looks like a cool premise. Also, isn't it ironic that two of the most hated animated stories about bad luck involve members of the industry that have made themselves hated with allegations? You got this by John Lasseter and The Loud House's No Such Luck by Chris Savino. Rather a weird pattern. And, wouldn't you know it? Milo Murphy's Law is one of my favorite animated stories about bad luck, and Dan and Swampy are wonderful people! I'll tell you what's really lucky: the Anti-Fairies from the Fairly OddParents being so popular, since B*tch Hartman made them.

As a guy who love Disney and Pixar movies this hurts. John went downhill from here. His Luck is so bad.

I'm getting a little tired of the "modern Disney" CG character style. It doesn't look awful, there's a reason it's still being used, even by studios outside of the House of Mouse, but it just doesn't wow me in a way that I know character animation is capable of doing. Funnily enough, not long after John Lasseter left Disney/Pixar, I found that at least Pixar's output animation-wise has slowly been turning a tiny bit more experimental in a way that isn't common with most popular western animation studios. (Turning Red, regardless of what you think of the story, has some amazing character design, and more noticeably, character animation.) Still a ways to go until we get more films like Into the Spider-Verse, or Wolfwakers more frequently that really push western animation past its casual movie-goer Disney-kiddie stereotype, but at least it shows that some freedom is being given to make films with different aesthetics. I just hope John Lasseter either retires or gets fired for his incompetent behavior at Skydance, because I can't see a new animation studio succeeding if it's being choke-held by the man who was largely responsible for Pixar's half-decade slump after Toy Story 3.

This may only be tangentially related, but I've always been shocked that there hasn't been more discussion of Lotso as an allegory for Lasseter in Toy Story 3, especially considering his position and how Lasseter also considered himself "a hugger".

I can also attest and confirm that there definitely some hard-working and decent people who worked on this movie. One of my animation mentors who was let go from Blue Sky after it shut down got hired at Skydance Animation and he was an excellent teacher and a stand-up guy. Thank you Mat for pointing out that many talented people worked on this movie and wanted to the best they can and they shouldn't be overshadowed by one toxic "creative visionary."

Can’t say I had plans to see this, but I was def a little curious lol. Thanks for making this, dude. When you brought up the budget, I googled it and my damn jaw fell to the ground. Smh.

It’s sad how John Lasseter, the man who brought us Toy Story and Cars, went on a downhill spiral the past few years.

I was seriously shocked that John Lasseter was involved with this!

John Lasseter is a good example of: "Oh how the mighty have fallen."

It really is heartbreaking that John is the very same man who contributed the bear sequence from The Fox and the Hound alongside Glen Keane, (Masaaki Uasa claimed this to be one of his inspirations to animation) gave birth to PIXAR and not to mention bringing the works of Studio Ghibli to the whole world. He is also my hero and seeing him in such a state, I am very disappointed in him because I know myself that he can do better than this. The way that Skydance hired Lasseter is way too soon. Perhaps they should have hired him in, say, 10 years for the sake of Lasseter to really process his misteps.

Beavis and Butthead made a better comeback than John Lassaster on the same weekend

For John Lasseter, this being a man that has provided so many peoples childhoods with toy story and a bugs life and cars and so many people looking up to him including myself, to see that about him come to light is so heartbreaking to find that out about him

Wait, John Ratzenberger was in this film? Damn, he really must be Lasseter's lapdog because he hasn't been in any Pixar movie (other than Onward) since Lasseter's departure. Either that or Ratzenberger wanted to "stick it to the libs" for "canceling" Lasseter. He is Republican after all.

So glad to see a review of this, as the advertising has been absolutely all over the place despite looking awful. So this oughta be fun to listen to

John was once every aspiring animator's idol and who everyone looked up to as the wonderful man of Pixar, its a mighty fall considering how he seems to be seen as controversial now.

John Lasseter is really the twist villain of Pixar

Even though people are saying that this film was a let down, i enjoyed it nonetheless i mean the movie itself may not have been great but the story was interesting. i mean a world where good luck and bad luck are made, that's a world i would definitely explore if it were real.

The career death of the former chief creative officer of Disney and Pixar

Something tells me that if John keeps on going with his streak of egotism, stubbornness and nepotism, the cycle will continue and Skydance will show John the door, even if it'll be too late. I also believe he's probably gonna still be creep as well

So far, the way Skydance Animation and their films are being structured feels like they're just trying to replicate far more relevant studios, hence the hirings of many old recognizeable names from Disney or DreamWorks (EVEN BEFORE Lasseter came in!) but without understanding what truly made their films good.

Even though I'm aware of John's reputation and why he left Pixar, I almost forgot that this movie was even released until seeing the thumbnail.

I don’t know why anyone would be proud to be described as ‘the creative visionary who brought you Cars’.

The message is alot deeper than people give it credit for. On the surface, it might not seem like much, but as I watched it I saw so many allusions to real life and how even though we can't always control what happens to us, we can still find something good out of it. When Sam was crying over how she felt Hazel and everyone else would have been better off never knowing her, Bob told her that simply knowing a person as kind, selfless and creatively resourcesful as Sam, Hazel is already very lucky. It's not the big, miraculous things in life that bring joy, often times it's the simplest. After a hard day at work my heart fills when my cat walks up to greet me, even if my work continues at home taking care of both my mom and grandma. Its small, but one small thing can make a hug difference in someone else's life. As someone who wrestles with depression and self worth, this film really made he see myself differently. The Dragon, in my eyes, represents good but still missguided intentions. In this day and age where people are told to live their 'best life' and always be happy (which can lead to toxic possitivity) the idea of everyone having good luck, always having a goos day and only having good things come their way is a tempting idea and one we humans have desired for generations. Just look at all of the legends and myths of these utopian places that seem so out of reach yet are so tentalizing. But, as Bob placed it, "lucky people don't need to try". In a world where we never have to try, never have to work hard, never have to adapt and solve problems either by ourselves or as a group, we become spoiled, lazy, and even more selfish than we are now. We constantly complain about how the world should get better yet we turn a blind eye to the thousands of uportunities where we CAN do it. By usibg these fantastical elements of good and bad luck, it feels like its using these elements more in a metaphorical sense that we don't always need everything handed to us. By being more like Sam--puting other's needs before our own, and seeing that good things can--and have--come out of a bad situation (like Dragon and Haimdoll the unicorn falling in love) then we can create our own luck, using a little bit of both. Heck, I see alot of myself in both Samm and the Dragon. Is the movie flawless? No, but no story needs to be oscar worthy. Sometimes, all we need is a simle, wholesome film to remind us of what really matters. If a movie can reach at least one or two people and inspire them to look at reality with new eyes (like it did with me and my depression) then how can we say it didn't do its work right? One small thing can make a very big difference.

Also, fun fact: Skydance is releasing another animated film later this year and it will also have John Lasseter as a producer. Actually, no, that's not really fun. That's depressing.

JOHN LASSITER WHILE GETTING KICKED OUT OF DISNEY AND PIXAR JOHN LASSITER: *to John ratzenburger* if I am going you are coming with me! JOHN RATZENBURGER: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Working with Lasseter on an animated film sounds just about as appealing as being casted in a Harvey Weinstein film

So many similarities to Rumble - Made by an animation studio that's not had a good track record (albeit by default in this case, since this is the first movie for it's studio's animation slate) - Made by a company with a guy-in-charge who's *allegedly* a total creep (John Lasseter and Vince McMahon since WWE collaborated with Paramount to make Rumble) - Main protagonist is a young woman in a world populated by both humans and anthropomorphic civilians who teams up with one of the anthro characters to save the day - The protagonist has a sentimental reason for wanting to be a hero - The story focuses on the two main heroes and doesn't do much with the other characters - It went into production with a great concept and had everything going for it to be unique and compelling, but thanks to studio meddling, the finished product is a bland "message for the kids" story with a predictable plot that just tries to be like other movies - Everything that's great about it (The concept, the animation, the visuals and the voice cast) only puts a band-aid on how bland and generic the story is, making the movie no better than mediocre and no worse than passable, combined with a lack of marketing and direct to streaming release which means it'll probably be long-forgotten in a month from now

What was supposed to be John Lasseter’s supposed comeback, only reinforced the fact that he should retire from the animation/film making industry.

From what I can piece together, Lasseter's behavior can be boiled down to several factors. Like, him falling asleep during story meetings is the negative effect of his drinking habit (plus the fact he's pushing 65.). As for the bottlenecking, that's evident of him wanting to make the film good as possible by approving every detail, resulting in it being too restrictive. It reminds me of how the way Walt Disney would insist on approving every detail in his earlier animated films.

If only John Lasseter had a lucky penny XD

If anything, this movie makes good ammunition against people who insist that pixar is nothing without John Lasseter.

I said it before, and I’ll say it again; When will the harassers learn? Skydance doesn’t deserve that, and I make sure to enjoy the work of everyone else.

Not going to lie, the Kermit like voice you chose for Lasseter asking for a hug was perfect.

Who would’ve thought that Pixar’s greatest twist villain would be John Lasseter?

The fact that I got an ad for Disney+ during this video just makes it even better.

I just watched this movie myself earlier today, literally. I don't understand why people are shitting all over this movie. I think it's absolutely amazing, despite the past of certain people involved with the movie

This is Lasseter's first movie after he left Disney and Pixar. The fact that he was picked up by Skydance was his luck, so it is a fitting name for a title.

So this could have been an interesting urban fantasy that could also shed light on how war doesn't just effect the people fighting but also the innocent, uninvolved people in-between... but John stuck his hands were they didn't belong....again.

"Onwards, Binky! someone's playing the Luck drinking game again!" points for anyone who gets the reference

C'mon John. You're better than this. Don't end up like Weinstein.

As Dean Hardscrabble would say: “Your luck will run out. Eventually.” Funny enough, the dragon character does look a bit like Dean Hardscrabble by some sort of coincidence. Similar attire, but lighter skin colour.

All the characters of this film look like they are an online casino mascot and not in a good way

To quote deadpool "luck is not a power"

Ya, because of the controversies he has gotten overtime, maybe it is for the best that John Lasseter just retires altogether. It's just sad to see a huge downfall for the person that helped revolutionize the animation industry (especially being one of the founders of Pixar, which would make Toy Story "the Snow White of computer animated films" and many other beloved classics).

John was brought for marketing? Ironic, I would assume Lasseter's involvement would turn people away more than anything else.

Wait, John was part of this project? Why is he still in the animated business? I used to adore his work, until we found out who he really is

Also for the record, Mat, if you bother to read this at all. Luck is the first animated movie in a while for the mainstream audience that is RATED G. The last time a G-rated movie had a great impact on the animation community was the last film at PIXAR John Lasseter had his name attached, Toy Story 4. Let that sink in.

john ratzenberger is in this? Well no wonder Pixar dropped him as their good luck charm, they feel betrayed that he would follow John Lasseter so they dropped the whole put him in everything tradition. I also wouldnt expect him to voice hamm anymore going forward, but its possible they might make an exception. Though if they need to, Andrew Stanton can do a near perfect impression of him

John, much respect to your work, but don't let your misconduct get in the way again.

Someone in the article said Lasseter is a "story master". Yeah, okay🙄especially when he falls asleep during a story meeting. How professional.

Sorry John, your reign of terror has it's consequences!

John Lasseter’s involvement with this movie sounds exactly like what he did with Brave. He threw out another director, who had a much better vision for the film, squandering the film’s potential as a result.

I guess I haven’t been paying attention because this is the first I’ve heard of there being sexual misconduct allegations towards John Lassiter. I owe so much to this guy (some of my favorite films, including Ghibli films that he worked on as producer, I think (at least with the English dubs)) that learning of all the negative allegations makes me feel heartbroken. 😭

John lasster is back To make mediocre direct to streaming movies like Disney did with with their direct to dvd sequels to the 2000s

Thank you, John Lasseter, for convincing me NOT to get an Apple TV+ subscription.

Well Skydance, there is only one thing left to say: Better Luck next time!

John did alot for Pixar and Disney. But his toxic behavior and his sexual misconduct ruined things for him.

John Lasseter? More like Un-Lucksseter

A guy who started making successful, high quality animation but got fired for being hard to work with and doing some pretty shady things, but then continued work onto a smaller studio making a project where they have way more creative control and it turned out terrible? Sounds familiar to the tale of another big name in animation who was ousted to be doing some very inappropriate things.

I was only 7 when I saw cars and it was because of that film that I wanted to work for Disney and be a filmmaker just like John who was my childhood hero but seeing him like this I take a vow to never act the way he is now because if acting like him is what it takes to be a filmmaker than I guess I chose the wrong passion

this movie would have been better if Oswald the Lucky rabbit was the main character in this movie (saying this jokingly) 😂

Are we not gonna mention that Skydance Animation Madrid (formerly known as Ilion Animation Studios) are the ones that ACTUALLY worked on this, and not Skydance Animation America (which contains some of Blue Sky Studios’ employees)? For those who don’t know, Ilion Animation Studios previously worked on “Planet 51”, “Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible”, and “Wonder Park”.

*Previously on Animat’s Last year’s video* Animat: *looks at the upcoming animated movie luck* well that’s interesting who’s making this again? *check and found out it’s John lasseter* oh…oooh no…..

Everybody's trying to come at the big dog known as Pixar 😎

I love when people mention a movie's score in a review, and I especially love you giving John Debney some well deserved praise

You should review Monsters Inc. it has what Luck wanted to do but it’s actually better and good at it in every way

I feel bad for John. To see him fall so far down into this is depressing.

I thought the movie was in production even before John Lasseter took part of the studio and had little to no involvement in this movie, therefore, this movie being bad isn't his fault. But I guess not.

I guess you could say that this movie wasn’t very Lucky. Jokes aside, I already didn’t plan on seeing it due to being exclusive to Apple TV+, but hearing John Lassenter was behind it despite basically being outed from Disney due to the skeevy shiet he pulled made what little interest I had entirely dissipate.

Guess you could say this movie was “Lucky” that it avoided The ASOG.

A former Pixar Employee said that the hugs were not sexual and that no one filed a complaint. She even defended John

Thumbnail’s a good summary of it. …But if you wanna see something good from Skydance Animation, I suggest watching Joe Mateo’s “Blush” on the same streaming service.

Aside from Luck being another generic animated feature, Lasseter was hired because of that dude shown at the end for wanting to have one his favorite icons work for him!? First off, red flag because John is know known for ruining his career by having bad behavior. Second, if he's still gonna be around to work at Skydance, then I'm honestly worried how the studio will end up. P.S. Sexually harassing people is not only bad, it's also a freakin waste of time!

That thumbnail is I think the best you have ever done. And this film had bad luck considering whose name was attached to it.

The lesson: do not meet your ‘heroes’ at all.

❤️💖 Personality, I do have mixed feelings about this movie. One, I do loved the fact that we have a new animation studio entering the animation industry even though we lost Blue Sky a year ago. Second, I do loved the concept about Luck and it is quite interesting and unique to see the world building and creativity about Luck where does it goes between good luck or bad luck and how does luck goes. It would've been good or great if it was done by Disney or Pixar and handled the project in good hands. I do wanted to see this movie but I am not sure. I wanna give John Lasseter a second chance but after reading an article about him I kinda lost faith in him. Couldn't they pick someone else? Why not pick Lee Unkrich, the director of Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3 and Coco to be the new head of Skydance Animation? He did quit Pixar few years ago maybe he could have been good choice. What about Brad Bird? Maybe he could've another great choice. This is not a great first impression. I do wished the best of "luck" for all the animators and directors of Skydance Animation. 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤️

Honestly, a movie's success should only depend on its quality and not how it came to be.

And to think, when I was a kid, I always wanted to meet Lasseter. Then I find out he's a nepotist with a misconduct streak many years later!

A New upload! Must be my lucky day!

Spongebob is getting a MYSTERY SERIES!!!

The black cat looks like it was ripped straight out of Coraline

so instead of an unique twist where it could've been a good troll hunter substitute we get the worlds most reused storytelling plot of somewhat regular person wind up in a fictional world to learn a important of what they should be doing I know slice of life can be great but can we agree it DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN EVERYTHING!!!

This movie reminded me of how tired I am of the supernatural-world-is-a-bureaucracy cliche. On a different note, I think further developments in Skydance Animation will be very interesting to see.

Hopefully this studio keeps trying and improves, especially without somebody to hold them back.

Luck is basically the 2020s version of Escape from planet earth

And this is why I don't follow big names in animation too much. Big names lead to big problems. I like to go into animated movies with as little baggage as possible and let the art speak for itself.

John Lasseter used to be one of my biggest influences for art and animation. It really saddens me that he has had some serious allegations 5 years ago. His life is better off if he retires. People who are just entering the industry don’t want a huge that makes them too uncomfortable. Now, I still don’t hate the guy. I just want to suggest what’s best for him. Anyways about Luck, I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m a bit mixed about it. I will admit, Sam’s design is kinda cute despite looking too much like Disney’s style. The Land of Luck is highly imaginative. But the rest is left to be desired. I don’t have a subscription for Apple TV+, but I’ve always wanted to get one to watch the new Peanuts specials that they have. Once I get it, I’ll watch this as an afterthought.

HE'S GONE MAD WITH POWER!

I feel if this flim when with its original director and story it probably could have been a 8 or 9 out of 10 flim

Why don’t you iron horseshoes? You don’t want to press your luck.

I must have fell asleep at some point but… What did John Lasseter do exactly? True question, I haven’t heard anything from him since Cars 2.

Turning Red 9/10 Lightyear 8/10 The Bad Guys 8/10 The Bob’s Burgers Movie 8/10 The Sea Beast 7/10 Minions: The Rise of Gru 6/10 Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood 6/10 DC League of Super-Pets 6/10 Luck 5/10 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 4/10 Hotel Transylvania: Transformania 3/10 The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild 3/10 I believe Luck will be the bottom 5 of the 2020's worst movies, that is if an upcoming movie that is sightly worse than it

I was not interested in checking this film out anyway, and I agree that for the sake of everyone in the animation industry, it's best for John to just retire. With all the controversy he's found himself in, him being involved in "Luck" is not going to do him any favors.

Is it just me or do people with the name John seems to be the most despicable person? I mean John Lassiter, John K

This feels like the type of movie on KZfaq with a Zootopia thumbnail that is titled "Animation Kids Movies Disney Free Online"

Dear lord, imagine what happens if an animated movie from a new studio is under the supervision of John K., Butch Hartman, Chris Savino, or even Dan Schneider.

I saw trailers from this movie, and from voice deliveries only, i knew this was gonna be very bad, however, i didnt know john made this, that just makes it sadder.

They tried to be pixar Im happy to see john Ratzenberger come back after hes silent Cameo In Soul