Lucky Grandma

An aging Grandma, who is grumpy and rude with everyone in her life, steals tens of thousands from a stranger, who dies on the bus seat right next to her. Her actions endanger her 11-year-old grandson's life, and she learns nothing in the process.

The movie makes us realize that we all actually have an Icon at home having all the elements of "badass", rebellious personal style and cutting edge care and concern for her family members, living or deceased ! She is none other than your granny !

I hardly understand how in this day and age today, someone can come to the review section of films like "Lucky Grandma" and leave racially insensitive comments... I see one where Grandma was described to be "a nasty Chinese-American lady," which I take offense to because I think her portrayal bears resemblance to how the actual Asian grandparents are for us 2nd generation immigrants.

Found this movie via Alamo's OnDemand site - Lucky Grandma has something for everyone: Light humor, mob intrigue, a lovingly shot Chinatown, and a stand-out score that yanked me in with the first blast of the brass choir.I don't think there are enough stories featuring the 70+ crowd out there Tsai Chin paints a very human picture of entitlement (damn the consequences) after a life of hard work.

Sometime you just can't put China away and hope it will forget how powerful a force it is on earth. Lucky Grandma is set in NYC's Chinatown while Polanski's Chinatown ends on the opposite coast, unifying so to speak.

Misleading title. if you are going to feature a Chinese-language film, then don't give it an English title.

"Lucky Grandma" (2019 release 87 min.) brings the story of Grandma.

This started off well. A curmudgeon grandma with grand-kids who visits a soothsayer - and then goes off to the casino to see what can happen.

An overall good movie. Safe for 12 and up to watch.