The Luckiest Man in America

The Luckiest Man in America
May 1984. An unemployed ice cream truck driver steps onto the game show Press Your Luck harboring a secret: the key to endless money. But his winning streak is threatened when the bewildered executives uncover his real motivations.
Rob Logan | The Geek Generation reviewedMay 9, 2025
This is solid as a casual, low stakes watch, but it only manages to scratch the surface of what's going on with the main character. A full-on character study seems like it would have been more interesting than what was presented. That being said, Paul Walter Hauser is doing excellent work portraying Michael Larson.