Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.
Directed by Nora Ephron
weather forecast
lottery
weather forecaster
weather
debt
woman director
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Letterboxd
2.4 / 5
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Cast
John Travolta
Russ Richards
Lisa Kudrow
Crystal
Tim Roth
Gig
Ed O'Neill
Dick Simmons
Michael Rapaport
Dale
Daryl Mitchell
Detective Chambers
Bill Pullman
Detective Pat Lakewood
Richard Schiff
Jerry Green
Michael Moore
Walter
Sam McMurray
Chief Troutman
Michael Weston
Larry
Maria Bamford
Wendy
Crew
Nora Ephron
Director
John Lindley
Director of Photography
Sean Daniel
Producer
Nora Ephron
Producer
Andrew Lazar
Producer
Donald J. Lee Jr.
Co-Producer
Jonathan D. Krane
Producer
Daniel Moder
Second Assistant Camera
Eliza Coleman
Stunts
David Kilde
Stunt Double
Jim Wilkey
Stunts
Stephen Pisani
Stunts
Popular Reviews
11 reviews
Jamie
6.0★ · 03/18/26
Mediocre. I think the pace was off. Bill Pullman MVP.
Mediocre. I think the pace was off. Bill Pullman MVP.
JackJ
4.9★ · 03/01/25
Unexpectedly kinda funny
Unexpectedly kinda funny
mimi
5.0★ · 11/07/23
top 5 tim roth baby girl moments
top 5 tim roth baby girl moments
aly gi
4.1★ · 06/26/23
the cast made it better my multiverse of madness actually
the cast made it better my multiverse of madness actually
Nika
2.1★ · 02/07/23
Profoundly stupid movie with an even more profoundly stupid performance by John Travolta
Profoundly stupid movie with an even more profoundly stupid performance by John Travolta
