{"id":171382,"date":"2025-04-04T20:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/acting\/review-paul-walter-hauser-is-the-luckiest-man-in-america\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T20:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:41:55","slug":"review-paul-walter-hauser-is-the-luckiest-man-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=171382","title":{"rendered":"Review: Paul Walter Hauser is &#8216;The Luckiest Man in America&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-ast-blocks-layout=\"true\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/the-luckiest-man-in-america.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Walter Hauser in 'The Luckiest Man in America'\" class=\"wp-image-189202\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"\" loading=\"eager\" importance=\"high\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub>Paul Walter Hauser in \u2018The Luckiest Man in America\u2019<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>People trying to game game shows totally intrigue me for some reason, both in real life and in film. <strong>Robert Redford<\/strong>\u2018s 1994 film, <em>Quiz Show<\/em>, about the rigging of <em>Twenty-One<\/em>, a hugely popular game show, is an excellent example. Director Samir Oliveros\u2019s <em>The Luckiest Man in America<\/em>, while not as compelling as Redford\u2019s film, falls into that same category.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Walter Hauser<\/strong>, one of the best character actors working right now, stars as Michael Larson, a sad-sack ice cream truck driver, who has figured out how to win on the CBS game show, <em>Press Your Luck<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 1984 and when we first meet Larson, he\u2019s weaseled his way into an audition for the show by pretending to be someone else. The producers (<strong>David Strathairn<\/strong> and <strong>Shamier Anderson<\/strong>) quickly figure this out and give him the boot. But Strathairn\u2019s Bill Carruthers senses something in the soft-spoken, disheveled guy and, against Anderson\u2019s Chuck, lets him appear on the show.<\/p>\n<p>He then starts winning. And winning. And winning. The guy doesn\u2019t stop. He really is the luckiest man in America. Soon though, they find out what\u2019s really happening. He has somehow figured out that the show had a series of five patterns that it kept going back to over and over and over again. It never changed. Larson memorized the patterns and used that to his advantage, winning over $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>The cast is terrific. Some of the smaller roles are inhabited by some really good actors like <strong>Maisie Williams<\/strong> as a PA and <strong>James Wolk<\/strong> as one of the crew members. <strong>Walton Goggins<\/strong> plays the host, Peter Tamarkin, who is both cheesy and almost checked out at the same time. By the way. Is he having a great year or what? <em>Fallout<\/em>, <em>The White Lotus<\/em> and now this. Strathairn is his usual and dependable awesomeness and Anderson, who I can\u2019t recall seeing before, is terrific as well. There\u2019s a moment right after he\u2019s thrown under the bus by Carruthers that the camera just stays on his face stays. on his face. Oliveros\u2019s could have held on it longer because it just told us so much of what was going on.<\/p>\n<p>But really, this movie relies on Hauser\u2019s performance and what a performance it is. Hauser can play misfits like the best of them, and this one definitely falls into that category. He looks like a bear of a man, with hair that looks like he went to Heat Miser\u2019s hairstylist and a beard that seems to cover his whole face. While playing the game, he\u2019s focused and confident, but as soon as that stops, he\u2019s almost meek and painfully mild mannered. This guy should be in everything.<\/p>\n<p>Co-written by Oliveros and Maggie Briggs, the film loses momentum towards the third act but picks back up shortly before the end. It\u2019s fun and satisfying and thanks to the cast, you won\u2019t get a Whammy. If you check it out, you\u2019ll know what I mean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Walter Hauser in \u2018The Luckiest Man in America\u2019 People trying to game game shows totally intrigue me for some reason, both in real life and in film. Robert Redford\u2018s 1994 film, Quiz Show, about the rigging of Twenty-One, a hugely popular game show, is an excellent example. 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