Now, we have a blending of the previous two recommendations. This film both stars John Travolta and received an F Cinemascore! Unlike “Solaris,” however, that score makes a lot more sense. “Lucky Numbers” is terrible. So why am I recommending this? A number of reasons. I am a massive fan of the films of Nora Ephron, the writer/director behind terrific pictures like “Sleepless in Seattle,” “You’ve Got Mail,” and “This Is My Life.” “Lucky Numbers” is easily the most confounding work in her filmography. This dark crime comedy about a weather man (John Travolta) and lotto girl (Lisa Kudrow) scheming to win the lottery is unlike anything in her oeuvre. Most notably, this is the only film she directed that she did not write, and I cannot fathom why this script spoke to her so much that she just had to make it. It’s not funny, thrilling, and Travolta’s performance is ghastly. Its oddity within Ephron’s work makes it utterly fascinating.

The other major reason to check it out is actually a positive, and that is Bill Pullman. Pullman plays a detective on the case of the lottery fraud, and his entire character is that he would rather be doing anything else in the world than his job. It is genuinely a hysterical performance that is unfortunately buried within a terrible film. He shows up about halfway through the movie and injects it with such a wonderful energy that it makes you think for just a brief moment the film isn’t a train wreck.

Look, most people do not even know that “Lucky Numbers” exists, and I don’t blame them. But ever since I first saw the film, it has been a puzzle I have been trying to figure out. Join me in attempting to decipher it.