Dane Cook stars as Charlie: a dentist with a reputation amongst desperate single women – whoever he sleeps with finds their true love in the next man they date.

Despite his breast obsessed best friend seeing it as a gift, Charlie can't help but think it's a curse when he has to stop Cam (Jessica Alba) – the girl of his dreams - from falling for some other guy.

With a 96 minute runtime, Good Luck Chuck is about 90 minutes too long!

Painfully riffing on 1980s classics like Bachelor Party, and borrowing heavily from every Farrely brothers' film ever made, Helfrich blindly stirs it all together with no real attention to things like plot, pace, or characterisation.

Cook is fairly amiable as Charlie, bringing subtle humour to the table and managing to maintain likeability despite his serial polygamy.

But it is the Josh Stolberg's script that lets him down. Had the respected comedian been allowed a little more input then it could have been turned into something far more bearable.

Jessica Alba also does the best she can with her 'clumsy but lovable' turn as Cam – carefully walking the thin line between sweetly accident-prone and a total menace.

Confused whether it wants to be a straight romantic comedy or gross out humour, Good Luck Chuck fails to deliver either.

What it does offer is an array of standardised characters: a commitment-phobe lead looking for love, the 'funny' best friend (a role completely butchered by the irritating Dan Fogler), and the token stoner.

Put them all together and it's a bad re-hash of previous successes, stuffed and crammed into a premise that doesn't have the legs for a full feature.

If you fancy a movie that will have you laughing throughout, go and rent Anchorman.

If you would rather watch a mostly inoffensive, mostly un-funny, predictable comedy that crams in as many topless women shots as possible, then Good Luck Chuck is for you.

3/10 - A romantic comedy that contains neither.