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The Lucky One
A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.
12 November 1971, Franklin Springs, Georgia, USA
11 August 1950, Albany, New York, USA
September2002, USA
24 November 1980, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
June 30, 2012
If you're after a high-quality weepie, this superbly crafted romantic melodrama from director Scott Hicks (Shine; The Boys Are Back) and novelist Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook; Dear John) will drain your tear ducts.
April 20, 2012
The overheated eroticism could have at least made for a camp classic, but the film's chilling narcissism ultimately makes for a pleasureless fantasy.
April 20, 2012
There's not much to the movie besides handsome sets, sun-dappled photography and a plot as predictable as the verse in a Hallmark card.
August 24, 2012
The movie follows the Sparks formula so precisely, you could write out every detail of the plot just from watching the trailer.
October 04, 2012
Even within the company of recent Sparks releases like this year's 'The Vow', 'The Lucky One' comes across as a two-dimensional cartoon masquerading as heartfelt human interaction.
October 24, 2012
Falling victim to his source material, Hicks fails to invest it with any sort of edge, rendering the cinematic version as mawkish and saccharine as Sparks' bloated prose.
April 20, 2012
As long as Efron's shirt comes off, he could play an accountant and no one in the target audience would care.
September 15, 2012
A pretty to look at but emotionally void film that does no favours for its otherwise lovely lead actors.
April 20, 2012
Well-acted schmaltz with some gaping plot holes.
April 20, 2012
[Hicks] hits the beats - lonely woman, hunky stranger - without bothering to develop even the slightest depth.
May 01, 2012
Even taken as simple schmaltz, 'The Lucky One' lacks the romantic impact of the adaptation of Sparks's 'The Notebook' or even the Channing Tatum-starrer 'Dear John'.
June 02, 2013
How bad is this Zac attack? Well, let's just say I'm convinced director Scott Hicks opted to render his buff-and-scruffy star the strong, silent type just to keep Efron from opening his mouth.