Logan Lucky is a 2017 American heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh, based on a screenplay written by his wife Jules Asner (credited as Rebecca Blunt).
The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough, Daniel Craig, Seth MacFarlane, Katie Holmes, Hilary Swank, Katherine Waterston, and Sebastian Stan.
The film follows the Logan family and their attempt to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway whilst avoiding both racetrack security and the FBI.
The film received positive reviews, with many critics praising the cast's performances and Soderbergh's direction, and grossed $48 million worldwide.
[4] West Virginian Jimmy Logan is laid off from his construction job in the tunnels underneath the Charlotte Motor Speedway for failing to inform the manager about his leg injuries during his football career in high school.
The next day, Jimmy tells Clyde his plan to rob the Speedway, exploiting his knowledge of its underground pneumatic tube system for moving its vast amount of money.
While gathering supplies, Jimmy meets his former schoolmate Sylvia, who gives him a tetanus shot inside her mobile clinic, which is in need of donations.
Jimmy learns that construction at the speedway is being completed ahead of schedule, forcing them to mount the heist a week earlier, during the much busier Coca-Cola 600 race on Memorial Day weekend.
At the speedway, Sam and Fish blow up a cell tower to disable the credit card machines, forcing vendors to accept cash only.
Jimmy, having retrieved Clyde’s arm from the machine, makes it to his daughter's pageant just in time to see her perform his favorite song, "Take Me Home, Country Roads."
Due to the prison warden's unwillingness to report the riot, the refuting of Chilblain's eyewitness account by his disgruntled and bitter race driver, Dayton White, and the speedway president's satisfaction with the money's recovery and insurance settlement, the case is closed after six months.
Now working in a Lowe's store and having bought a house near his daughter and ex-wife's home, Jimmy happily reunites with Clyde, Mellie, Joe, and Sylvia at the bar.
Soderbergh has said that he was initially given the Logan Lucky script in hopes that he could recommend a suitable director for the project, but he enjoyed reading it and decided to take it on for himself, specifically noting that it was an "anti-glam version of an Ocean's movie".
The film's production notes state that she is a native of Logan, West Virginia who now lives in New York City, and that she is a first-time screenwriter.
[3] In North America, the film was released alongside The Hitman's Bodyguard as well as the wide expansion of Wind River, and was projected to gross $7–9 million from 3,008 theaters in its opening weekend.
The website's critical consensus reads: "High-octane fun that's smartly assembled without putting on airs, Logan Lucky marks a welcome end to Steven Soderbergh's retirement — and proves he hasn't lost his ability to entertain.
[24] Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a positive review, writing: "Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky is a high-spirited, low-down blast.
"[31] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called it "a terrific, twisty, funny-as-hell crime flick about so-called hicks who decide that making America great again starts right at home.
"[32] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote: "Logan Lucky is great fun and one of the most purely entertaining movies of the year.