History YMMV / LuckyNumberSlevin

* OneSceneWonder: The opening story-within-a-story has plenty of these; the casting directors did a hell of a job on the side characters.

* CriticalDissonance: Most critics ''hated'' the film, or at least gave it mixed reviews (at the time of writing, it has around 51% on Rotten Tomatoes), but it's generally well liked by the regular public- it has an 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes from fans.

* OneSceneWonder: The opening story-within-a-story has plenty of these; the casting directors did a hell of a job on the side characters.

** [[spoiler:Slevin Kelevra was once just a normal kid when both his parents were murdered on the orders of two mob bosses, the Boss and the Rabbi, to make an example of his father for trying to place a bet on a fixed horse race. The contract killer sent to take care of Slevin, Mr. Goodkat, couldn't bring himself to kill Slevin and instead raised him to follow in his footsteps as an assassin. Slevin spent years plotting the demise of his parents' killers with Goodkat's help killed the Boss' son and both bosses' book keepers to make them even more paranoid of each other after they had already previously broken up their partnership. Goodkat then kills Nick Fisher so Slevin can pose as Nick's friend and be taken to the bosses to settle Nick's outstanding debts to both men. Slevin makes himself appear harmless before later killing the Rabbi's son as well and faking his own death, then kidnapping both mob bosses and suffocating them to death after explaining his reasons for wanting revenge. Slevin demonstrates that a dish BestServedCold requires real mastery of the KansasCityShuffle]].

** Mr. Goodkat is a veteran, world-class assassin brought in to murder the child Henry since nobody else will take the job. Taking pity on Henry, Goodkat adopts him and raises him into the capable Slevin Kelevra to take revenge on the Boss and the Rabbi. Orchestrating the events of the film and playing the two crimelords against one another, Goodkat helps to bring them into Slevin's clutches for his final revenge, also attempting to murder Slevin's girlfriend Lindsey for taking his photo. Upon realizing Slevin had helped her fake her death, Goodkat shows a final mercy to both of them one more time before vanishing after his successful KansasCityShuffle.

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Slevin Kelevra was just a normal kid when both his parents were murdered on the orders of two mob bosses, The Boss and The Rabbi, to make an example of his father for trying to place a bet on a fixed horse race. The contract killer sent to take care of Slevin, Mr. Goodkat, couldn't bring himself to kill Slevin and instead raised him to follow in his footsteps as an assassin. Slevin spent years plotting the demise of his parents' killers with Goodkat's help, killing the Boss's son and both bosses' book keepers to make them even more paranoid of each other after they had already previously broken up their partnership. Goodkat then kills Nick Fisher so Slevin can pose as Nick's friend and be taken to the bosses to settle Nick's outstanding debts to both men. Slevin makes himself appear harmless before later killing the Rabbi's son as well and faking his own death, then kidnapping both mob bosses and suffocating them to death after explaining his reasons for wanting revenge. Slevin demonstrates that a dish BestServedCold requires real mastery of the KansasCityShuffle.]]

* {{Earworm}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxF5bfVofkk The Kansas City Shuffle.]]
-->''It's a blindfold kickback type of game called the KansasCityShuffle...''

* OneSceneWonder: The opening story-within-a-story has plenty of these; the casting directors did a hell of a job on the side characters.
* ShoutOut: Perhaps it's a coincidence that The Boss is an avid chess player, and Morgan Freeman once played a character who hated chess.

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Slevin Kelevra was just a normal kid when both his parents were murdered on the orders of two mob bossess, The Boss and The Rabbi, to make an example of his father for trying to place a bet on a fixed horse race. The contract killer sent to take care of Slevin, Mr. Goodkat, couldn't bring himself to kill Slevin and instead raised him to follow in his footsteps as an assassin. Slevin spent years plotting the demise of his parents' killers with Goodkat's help, killing the Boss's son and both bosses' book keepers to make them even more paranoid of each other after they had already previously broken up their partnership. Goodkat then kills Nick Fisher so Slevin can pose as Nick's friend and be taken to the bosses to settle Nick's outstanding debts to both men. Slevin makes himself appear harmless before later killing the Rabbi's son as well and faking his own death, then kidnapping both mob bosses and suffocating them to death after explaining his reasons for wanting revenge. Slevin demonstrates that a dish BestServedCold requires real mastery of the KansasCityShuffle.]]

* MagnificentBastard: Slevin Kelevra was just a normal kid when both his parents were murdered on the orders of two mob bossess, The Boss and The Rabbi, to make an example of his father for trying to place a bet on a fixed horse race. The contract killer sent to take care of Slevin, Mr. Goodkat, couldn't bring himself to kill Slevin and instead raised him to follow in his footsteps as an assassin. Slevin spent years plotting the demise of his parents' killers with Goodkat's help, killing the Boss's son and both bosses' book keepers to make them even more paranoid of each other after they had already previously broken up their partnership. Goodkat then kills Nick Fisher so Slevin can pose as Nick's friend and be taken to the bosses to settle Nick's outstanding debts to both men. Slevin makes himself appear harmless before later killing the Rabbi's son as well and faking his own death, then kidnapping both mob bosses and suffocating them to death after explaining his reasons for wanting revenge. Slevin demonstrates that a dish BestServedCold requires real mastery of the KansasCityShuffle.

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Slevin, who plans the entire plot of the movie and [[ObfuscatingStupidity plays dumb]] so effectively nobody suspects him. That and how quickly he manages to seduce The Fairy.]]

* {{Earworm}}: The Kansas City Shuffle.

** Funny that he presents "ataraxia" as a condition; it's a Greek philosophical concept and considered something to strive for by various Greek schools, such as the Stoics.

* CriticalDissonance: Most critics ''hated'' the film, but it's generally well liked by the regular public.

* Shoutout: Perhaps it's a coincidence that The Boss is an avid chess player, and Morgan Freeman once played a character who hated chess.

* OneSceneWonder: The opening story-within-a-story has plenty of these; the casting directors did a hell of a job on the side characters.

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Slevin, who plans the entire plot of the movie and [[ObfuscatingStupidity plays dumb]] so effectively nobody suspects him.]]

-->''It's a blindfold kickback type of game called the KansasCityShuffle...''

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Pretty much anything Slevin says, but if one had to pick a moment, it's when Elvis and Slow meet Slevin:
-->'''Slow''': "Tell it to the one legged man so he can bump it off down the road."
-->'''Slevin''': ...
-->'''Elvis''': ...
** Or shortly thereafter:
-->'''Elvis''': "Slevin, Clark Kent, whatever the fuck your name is--the Virgin Mary herself could come waltzing up in here with her fine ass titties hanging out and everything and if she said your name was Jesus Christ, I still gotta take you to see The Boss. Know why?"
-->'''Slevin''': "No."
-->'''Elvis''': "Orders. Now, you do know what orders is, right? Orders is ''orders''."
-->'''Slevin''': "So I guess no one ever taught you not to use the word you're defining in the definition."
-->'''Elvis''': ''(punches Slevin in the gut)'' "Say something else! I will break your motherfuckin' nose, I ain't playin' with you!"
-->'''Slevin''': "My nose is already broken."
-->''[[GilliganCut (cut to him with a bloody nose in the backseat of their car)]]''
** Another notable one:
-->'''Lindsey:''' "So what are you gonna say?"
-->'''Slevin:''' "The same thing a man with two penises says when his tailor asks him if he dresses to the right or to the left."
-->'''Lindsey:''' "...What's that?"
-->'''Slevin:''' ''[[MathematiciansAnswer "Yes."]]''

-->'''Slevin:''' ''[[MathematiciansAnswer "Yes."]]''