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‘Lucky Lu’ Review: A Gripping, Moving Portrait of an Immigrant Gig-Worker’s Desperation and Resilience

By Jessica Kiang May 21, 2025 | 1:03 PM

Luck is a peculiar concept. Winning the lottery is lucky, but so too is it the traditional thing to say when the bus that could have killed you merely breaks every bone in your body. Lloyd Lee Choi’s compassionate, absorbing, sometimes agonizing “Lucky Lu” deals exclusively in the latter type — the tough luck of […]