This movie reflects a reality that many people tend to not believe in. It reflects how big of
a role luck has to play in our lives and we are not even aware of it. But in truth, it
can make or destroy your life. Let’s see how the story depicts it in the best possible way!
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The movie starts with our main character Chris telling us that having luck is very important in
life, people do not believe in luck because they are afraid of losing. There comes a point in a
tennis match when the ball hits the net, now, it could either land on your side or your opponent’s
side. This is when your luck comes into play, if you are lucky, you could come out victorious
and if not, you could come out a loser. Chris is actually a very successful tennis player,
but he is tired of going to different countries on tours, so, he has decided to retire and take up
this profession as an instructor. He finds a job at an upmarket club in London. He now has a rich
pupil whose name is Tom, and they are now good friends as well. Tom tells Chris that he likes
opera, but he has no one who can accompany him, Chris then reveals that he likes opera too, the
two bond over this common interest and Tom invites Chris. When they go to watch Opera, it turns out
that Tom’s whole family is already there. Tom’s parents and his sister named Chloe.
Chloe is Tom’s elder sister; she meets Chris for the first time and gets good vibes from the man.
Tom tells Chris that his sister liked having him the other day and she has now invited him to see
her parents. Chris goes over to his house, and they play tennis, Chloe also joins them,
and then Chris and Chloe spend some time together and get to know each other.
Chloe gets to know that Chris basically comes from a poor family, but he made his way up and became
a professional tennis player and now, he is well off. Chloe likes everything about Chris so far.
She then invites Chris to an art exhibition. There he meets Nola Rice, and she seems very attractive
to him. She is a good tennis table player, and no one is able to defeat her that day.
Chris then takes on Nola and defeats her. Nola then starts flirting with Chris saying he is too
aggressive, and Chris asks her if she has ever been told that her lips are too sensual. Amidst
this flirting, Tom appears and introduces Chris to Nola telling him that she is his fiancée.
Nola is a professional actress and Tom’s mother does not like this profession, but she has to
make her peace with it because Tom really loves Nola. Chris nowadays has a lot of free time to
spend with Chloe as he does not have many students and Chloe really likes it. She wants to help out
Chris, so, she talks to her father about Chris asking him if they have a vacant position, they
can give it to Chris. His father says yes to it but when Chloe tells Chris about it, he does not
seem to be a fan of the idea as he said he does not know a thing about business and adds that he
won’t be good at this job. Chloe however tells him that she believes in him and that he is gonna do
great. That night, Chris and Chloe go on a double date with Nola and Tom. Chris seems interested in
Nola and he wants to know more about her so, he asks her about her movies. Nola however tells him
that she has only gotten one commercial so far and after that, she has not gotten a chance. She adds
that she has been considering quitting acting. Chris decides to take up the job at Chloe’s
father’s company. One day they are hanging out and Chris gives Chloe a DVD, they plan on spending a
nice evening together. Chloe then tells Chris that Tom and Nola had invited them over for dinner,
but she said no because she wanted to hang out with Chris. When he hears Nola’s name,
Chris says that they can hang out at any time and that they should go to dinner with Tom and Nola.
Chris is now interested in Nola. They go to the dinner, but Nola is not there that night, it turns
out that she has an audition and she is at home being nervous about it. The next day, Chris is out
when he runs into Nola. She is about to go for her audition, and she is extremely nervous about it.
Chris tells her that she is gonna do great. Chris then accompanies her to the place where Nola is
auditioning. When Nola comes out, she tells him that the audition did not go well, and Chris
tells her that she needs a drink to calm herself down. They then go to a place to have a drink
together. Nola reveals that her father abandoned her when she was just a kid and she has always
wanted to become someone big, that’s why she is in pursuit of making a career as an actress.
Chris then asks Nola about her and Tom’s relationship. She tells him that they met
at a party, Tom started liking her right away and he used to send her a lot of gifts giving
her a lot of attention. Tom proposed to her and now they are engaged. Nola says that she
has been frustrated lately because Tom’s mother does not like her. Chris then says that he thinks
she does not like him either. At this, Nola tells him that Chloe's parents really like him,
and they are already talking about their marriage. She reveals that Chloe had a really bad boyfriend
before him and compared to that person, Chris is really nice. She asks Chris not to screw up,
Chris asks her how he is going to screw up and Nola says, by getting into an affair with her.
On a weekend, all of them are together when Tom’s mother and Nola get into an argument.
Nola gets really angry during the argument, and she storms off as it is raining outside.
Seeing her going out in the storm, Chris follows Nola and the two start to get close. Nola tells
him that it is not a good idea as they might end up doing something stupid. Chris confesses
his feelings for her, and they passionately have sex in a wheat field. Feeling guilty, Nola treats
this as an accident. Chris, however, wants an ongoing clandestine relationship. Nola however
tells him that whatever they did was a big mistake as both of them are involved with other people.
After that, Chris gets married to Chloe, and they go out to see a nice house to live in,
but Chris says that they are not gonna be able to afford it, Chloe says that her father is
going to help them out. After a few days, when Chris and Tom are playing Tennis, Chris gets to
know that Tom has broken up with Nola. He says that he has left her because of his mother as
she wants him to marry a cousin of his. Chris tries to find and contact Nola but to no avail.
Chloe and Chris on the other hand are trying to get pregnant these days. Chloe wants to start
a family as soon as possible. Chris is not a fan of the idea, but he ends up agreeing. Tom
on the other hand gets married to his cousin. One day, Chris runs into Nola, she tells him that she
wanted to go away for a while but now she is back. Chris asks her where she lives and if they can get
together sometime. Nola however reminds him that he is married now. Amidst their conversation,
Chloe gets there, she finds it a little awkward talking to Nola so, she leaves. Chris then
goes on to beg Nola for her phone number. Nola hesitates but ends up giving him her contact.
The next thing we see, they are having sex. Chris starts coming to her house regularly, and
Nola’s maid also gets familiar with him. One day, while Chris is having dinner with Tom and Chloe,
a friend of his comes up to him and says that he saw Chris and called him, but Chris did not hear,
he then goes on to mention the place where he saw Chris and that place is Nola’s town.
Chris says that it was not him and Chloe does not bother much about it so,
Chris manages to get out of it easily. Chris and Nola continue their affair, Chris tells
Nola that he is not happy with Chloe and that he is going to leave her. Nola keeps asking
Chris to tell Chloe the truth and leave her, but Chris says that he will do it soon enough.
Chris goes away on a weekend with the whole family and there he receives a call from Nola,
she tells him that she wants to see him right away, but Chris says he cannot meet her.
Chris tries to make an excuse to Chloe in order to get out of spending time with the family,
but it does not work. At night, Nola calls again and tells Chris that she is pregnant.
The next day, Chris goes to see her, Nola suggests he divorce Chloe and they will start
a new life together. Chris is really worried these days and Chloe starts noticing his worry
and his distraction. One day, she says that she thinks she cannot get pregnant and that is why
Chris has been behaving this way. Chris tells her that it’s not true. In the next scene, Chris meets
one of his friends and tells him everything that has been going on in his life lately. He tells him
that he cannot leave Chloe because he has a big job because of her and his standard of living has
gone up just because of Chloe and her family. He thinks of a plan. In order to avoid Nola,
he tells her that they are going away for the whole month on vacation and when they come back,
he will tell her everything to Chloe. In truth, he is going nowhere. One day, Chloe’s father
comes to see Chris and Chloe at their house, and he gives a big promotion to Chris.
Nola on the other hand tries calling Chris but he keeps ignoring her calls. Nola gets angry and goes
to Chris’s office. When she is about to get into the office, she sees Chris coming out and gets
extremely angry at him. They get into a big fight and Chris tells her that they got back early,
and he was about to call her. Nola then goes on to warn him that if he does have the guts to
talk to his wife, she herself is going to tell her everything. Chris is now in big trouble;
he is unable to sleep at night thinking about the mess he has created. His father-in-law has
a lot of guns because he like hunting, one day, Chris steals one of his guns. At night,
when Chloe tries to open Chris’s bag, he takes the bag from her because he has the gun in that bag.
To avert her attention away from the bag, he tells her that they are gonna watch a play tomorrow.
The next day, Chris calls Nola and tells her that he has told everything to Chloe
and tells her that he is gonna see her at her house at 7 in the evening. He goes to Nola's
building and gains entry into the apartment of her neighbor, Mrs. Eastby, whom he shoots and kills,
and then stages a burglary by ransacking the rooms and stealing jewelry and drugs.
Amidst this, a man knocks at the door but Chris does not answer it and he goes away after a while.
Chris now waits for Nola to arrive as he told her that they were gonna meet at 7. As Nola returns,
he shoots her in the stairwell. Chris then takes a taxi to the theater to watch a musical with
Chloe. Scotland Yard investigates the crime and concludes it was likely committed by a drug addict
stealing money. The following day, as the murder is in the news, Chris returns the shotgun and he
and Chloe announce that she is pregnant. Detective Mike Banner invites Chris for an
interview in relation to the murder. Before he goes in to see the detectives, Chris throws Mrs.
Eastby's jewelry and drugs into the river, but by chance, her ring bounces on the railing and
falls to the pavement. This imagery ties into the opening scene when a tennis ball hits the net but
bounces back, and the narrator says, "The man who said, 'I'd rather be lucky than good,' saw deeply
into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to
think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of
the net, and for a split second, it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck,
it goes forward, and you win. Or maybe it doesn't, and you lose." At the police station,
Chris lies about his relationship with Nola, but Banner surprises him with her diary, in which he
is featured extensively. He confesses his affair but denies any link to the murder and appeals to
the detectives not to involve him further in their investigation as news of the affair may end his
marriage just as he and his wife are expecting a baby. He tells the detective that he really loves
his wife and does not want to hurt her. One night, Chris sees apparitions of Nola and
Mrs. Eastby, who tell him to be ready for the consequences of his actions.
He replies that his crimes, though wrong, had been "necessary", and that he is able to suppress his
guilt. The same night, Banner dreams that Chris committed the murders. The next morning, however,
his theory is discredited by his partner, Dowd appears and goes on to inform him that a drug
addict has been found murdered on the streets. When they searched his pockets, he had Mrs.
Eastby's ring in his pocket. This is the luck we talked about at the start of the movie, that
one ring saves Chris. Banner and Dowd consider the case closed and abandon any further investigation.
Chloe gives birth to a baby boy named Terence, and his uncle blesses him not with greatness but with
luck. This is where the movie ends. Thanks for watching.
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