The Lucky One

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  • Opened April 20, 2012 
  • 1 hr 41 min
  • PG-13 | For some sexuality and violence
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. More on child suitability

  • U.S. Marine Sgt. Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) returns home from his third tour of duty in Iraq with the one thing he believes kept him alive: a photograph of a woman he doesn't even know. He learns the woman's name is Beth (Taylor Schilling) and goes to meet her, eventually taking a job at her family-run kennel. Though Beth is full of mistrust and leads a complicated life, a romance blooms, giving Logan the hope that Beth could become more than just his good-luck charm. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner, Riley Thomas Stewart, Jay R. Ferguson, Adam Le Fevre
  • Director: Scott Hicks
  • Genres: Drama

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FELL IN LOVE WITH "THE LUCKY ONE"!!!

by TXmoviemom

I am a HUGE Zac Efron fan, so I will admit, that's why I went to see the movie..but I do LOVE Nicholas Sparks and "The Notebook" is my all time favorite movie. I was instantly drawn into this movie...

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pretty good

by susannasmovies

I loved the movie. Granted, it was different from the book...but I've come to expect that with movies. It's definitely a movie for girls, but that's no surprise as it is a Nicholas Sparks book. It's...

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Wonderful date movie

by PBPmovielover

I read the original book first and couldn't have imagined the characters or setting any better than what was portrayed in this movie. Zac Efron was wonderful! Very romantic! The type of guy every...

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Critic Reviews

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Efron, who wears an "All glory is fleeting" tattoo on his back and a soulful look on his face, gets to be more of a grown-up in The Lucky One than in most of what he's done before. Read full review

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Movieline
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The Lucky One aspires to but never reaches the grandly melodramatic heights of the über-Sparks adaptation "The Notebook," though a reconciliation embrace in an outdoor shower of some sort seems deliberately staged to evoke the earlier feature. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

The Lucky One doesn't have the schlock rapture of "The Notebook" (the one Sparks adaptation that has really worked). The trouble with the movie isn't that it's too girly-swoony; it's that it tries to achieve emotion through glowy sunsets and a paint-by-numbers script. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

So the cliches are as thick as a vat of honey. And the love story proves just as syrupy. But for those who lap up this sappy vision of romance, it contains all the key ingredients. Read full review

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Taylor Schilling as Beth Green and Zac Efron as Logan Thibault in "The Lucky One."