Overview
A hilarious heist gone wrong unfolds during a NASCAR race, where family bonds are tested and chaos reigns.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- warm
- lazy sunday
- group movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a smartly assembled, high-energy heist comedy with an unpretentious tone and strong ensemble entertainment value.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jimmy, Clyde, and Mellie use their knowledge of North Carolina workplaces, roads, prison routines, and NASCAR logistics to execute the robbery.
The Logan siblings recruit the volatile safe-cracker Joe Bang and rely on an improvised team to breach the Charlotte Motor Speedway vault.
Jimmy organizes the robbery while trying to secure his future with his daughter and make it to her beauty pageant on time.
The Charlotte Motor Speedway race supplies crowds, noise, infrastructure, and timing for the planned vault robbery.
Films like Logan Lucky, and why
Ocean's Eleven
shares a meticulously engineered heist, eccentric ensemble humor, and breezy criminal caper tone
The Ladykillers
shares working-class criminal schemes, regional character comedy, and warm ensemble chemistry
A Fish Called Wanda
shares a low-key crime plot driven by oddball characters, dry humor, and carefully timed reversals
The Great Muppet Caper
shares a comic robbery structure, affectionate family dynamics, and playful procedural ingenuity
Movie Details
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Release Date
- 2017-08-17
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (3963)
Cast
- Channing Tatum
- Adam Driver
- Daniel Craig
- Riley Keough
- Katie Holmes
- Katherine Waterston
- Seth MacFarlane
- Dwight Yoakam
- Sebastian Stan
- Brian Gleeson
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Logan Lucky about?
- A cash-strapped North Carolina family assembles an unlikely crew to rob a NASCAR speedway in a genial, high-spirited heist caper.
- What is Logan Lucky like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Logan Lucky as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Logan Lucky violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Logan Lucky as mild.
- What did critics think of Logan Lucky?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a smartly assembled, high-energy heist comedy with an unpretentious tone and strong ensemble entertainment value.
- Which films are like Logan Lucky?
- Films with a similar feel include Ocean's Eleven, The Ladykillers, A Fish Called Wanda, and The Great Muppet Caper.
- How long is Logan Lucky?
- Logan Lucky runs 119 minutes.
- Where can I watch Logan Lucky?
- In United States, Logan Lucky is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand.
