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The Lucky Ones (2008)
A meaningful story of three veterans who come back home from the cruel battlefiled is directed by Neil Burger. They have to learn how to pass over the obsessed memories and move on. TK seeking confidence to confront his wife after the injures has negative impact on his sexual function and middle-aged Cheever attempts to pay for his son's college tuition.
10 December 1973, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA
7 March 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
29 October 1954, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
13 January 1976, Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 July 1965, Houston, Texas, USA
1 December 1966, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
15 November 1968, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
October 07, 2015
Mostly everything in the film, regardless of how contrived the set up, eventually rings true.
February 26, 2010
... captures the manner in which both the smallest and largest events on a road trip can build a sense of camaraderie among three strangers with very little in common.
September 26, 2008
As they hit the road, the scenes play out like TV sitcom vignettes with little holding the centre together. We find out details about the characters lives, but never feel we know them.
October 06, 2008
It feels like the writers were trying for dialogue that sounded natural and improvisational. Instead, it feels scripted and rehearsed. It's all phony balony!
September 26, 2008
The Lucky Ones has plenty of heart and courage. If it only had a brain ...
September 26, 2008
This is not the worst of the Iraq-themed movies of the past few years, and it's possibly the best acted of any of them. But you wish the bonding of these three people wasn't diluted by the trite scenarios and artificial circumstances of their saga.
September 26, 2008
Like its lead characters, Lucky is wounded, lost, and impractical, but it has a messy, winning humanity and an agreeably leisurely pace that almost redeems it.
September 26, 2008
McAdams and Peña are affectingly vulnerable, while Robbins convinces as a family man with strong paternal instincts.
August 15, 2011
Their real, unstated missions are more in the nature of relocating their souls and finding some elusive peace of mind.
September 30, 2008
Ultimately I was left without any clear notion as to what was being said through the film and why.
September 29, 2008
The Iraq war has thus far produced no truly memorable dramatic movies, as opposed to documentaries, and the losing streak continues with The Lucky Ones.
March 18, 2009
If not for the warmth and likability of its characters and those playing them, The Lucky Ones would be a tiresome formula picture.
