Somewhere in the mess of dark crimes and family drama lies a wacky idea that never sees the light of day. Director Sidharth Sen’s remake of Nelson’s Tamil drama, Kolamaavu Kokila, penned by Pankaj Matta, tries hard to be in the same quirky, dicey space as Ishqiya and Udta Punjab, but its vapid humour and designed whimsy over small-town transgressions never lets Good Luck Jerry become more than the sum of its parts.
Part of the problem is a protagonist who is too opaque for her own good. One keeps waiting for the layers to peel, the mask to slip, the steel to show but the complexity is always just out of reach.