Ricky, a lonely but sweet 40-plus manager, gets his prayers answered when he joins a dating site and meets Danita, his perfectly ideal woman. He soon learns there's just one little catch: she's married and wants him to kill her abusive husband.
24 May 1975, Ladner, British Columbia, Canada
8 March 1970, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16 April 1965, New York City, New York, USA
17 August 1971, Pasadena, California, USA
November 03, 2014
Hit By Lightning might have worked as black comedy, but Blitt clearly lacks any instinct for genuine darkness.
October 30, 2014
From its uninspired, sitcom-y look to its phoned-in dialogue ("I love you plus infinity"; "I love you plus double infinity") to its creaky plot, "Hit by Lightning" is anything but electrifying.
October 29, 2014
Cryer makes a likable sad-sack and Will Sasso provides balance as his narcissistic best friend. But both guys deserve better. As do we.
October 30, 2014
An offbeat rom-com that ventures down the film-noir path, "Hit by Lightning" manages to make dark comedy fresh by combining two formulas.
October 28, 2014
It's a black-comedy plot without any blackness or actual comedy, unless mugging and bro-heiming by Mad TV's Will Sasso counts as hilarious.
October 27, 2014
Jon Cryer plays another lovesick loser, only this one can swear and gets mixed up in a lame "murder my husband for me" comic thriller
October 30, 2014
[A] turgid, static, ineptly made first directorial feature from Blitt.
October 30, 2014
"Hit by Lightning" often resembles a laugh-deprived "Seinfeld" episode.
November 07, 2014
Never gets past mildly amusing, finding Blitt unwilling to spin the effort dizzy with madcap encounters and pitch-black comedy.
