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The Lucky One Movie Review

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The Lucky One is a great movie that really surprised me. This review may contain spoilers, but I will try my best not to give too much away. Product received for review. Post contains affiliate links.

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The Lucky One

The Lucky One is based on a best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks. It stars Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner. This romantic drama is directed by Academy Award®-nominated writer/director Scott Hicks.

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Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) is a US Marine Sergeant on his third tour of duty in Iraq. One day something catches his eye on the ground. He walks over to pick up a photograph. While he does this a bomb hits the exact location where he was just standing. Had he not gotten distracted and gone to pick up this photo, he would have been killed. After this he vows to find the woman in the picture to thank her. Since he does not know her, this requires some stalking research.

After Logan learns the name and whereabouts of the woman in the photo, he shows up at her door. Beth (Taylor Schilling) seems to intimidate him a little. There never seems to be a good time to reveal his true intentions, so he ends up taking a job at her family-run kennel. She seems to have her reservations with him and is actually quite creeped out. Her mother (Blythe Danner) likes him immediately and insists on keeping him around.

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Beth has a child with a jerk, who likes to cause trouble whenever he can. He sees the chemistry between Logan and Beth before they are even aware of it. This bothers him so he goes out of his way to make waves. It’s easy for him to abuse his power as the local sheriff to make things difficult for everyone.

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Eventually the two begin an intense romance, even though he still has not told her about the picture. Of course that is eventually uncovered and then he just seems like a liar… I will not ruin any surprises, so you will have to watch and see for yourself!

My Thoughts

I did not read the book before watching this movie, so my opinion is based solely on the movie itself. (I know it can be hard for a movie to live up to a book!) I really enjoyed this movie. So much so that I plan to watch it again very soon.

Many people said that Zac Efron was too young to play this character. I had never watched High School Musical or anything else that he had been in, so I really didn’t “know” him. I thought he was excellent for the role! The bonus footage on the Blu-ray shows how he trains to “become a Marine”. He really did his job and beefed up. I thought he did a great job. He’s a hottie for sure.

I had a box of tissue ready for this viewing! Nicholas Sparks is known for his tear-jerkers so I wanted to be prepared. Surprisingly, that wasn’t really the case with this one. I had a feel-good feeling after watching it, unlike some of his other stories!

If you like romantic movies, I definitely recommend The Lucky One! It’s available now on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download.

Have you see The Lucky One yet? I would love to hear your thoughts.


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Jennifer is the founder of A Magical Mess. She is married to a wonderful man, and together they live with their three rescue dogs. Jen is an entrepreneur at heart. Hobbies and interests include working, reading, playing word games, and learning new things.

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Comments

  1. Kayla @ TheEclecticElement says

    September 27, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    I really haven’t really been the biggest fan of Zack Effron, but I think I’m being too judgmental on the kid (I say kid and I’m pretty sure he’s older than me LOL). I will admit, seeing some of the movies he’s played in (aside from HSM), he’s a pretty darn good actor!

    I haven’t seen this movie yet but I plan to eventually!

  2. Amber Edwards says

    September 28, 2012 at 9:07 am

    I seriously LOVED this movie! I was surprised because with Zack Effron as the lead, I was thinking it just wouldn’t work! I mean, how could the star from HSM pull of this role? He’s a little farcical at times. But he wasn’t anything like any of his previous movies! He was so different! He’s definitely making that change from “child popstar” actor into a real adult actor! He did a great job and I really loved this movie!!

  3. Jeannette says

    September 28, 2012 at 9:43 am

    I loved this movie! I had to get past thinking of Zac Efron as a kid but once I did, it was really fabulous!

  4. Kelsey Apley says

    September 28, 2012 at 10:01 am

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie!!! I watched it in theaters mother’s day weekend, and then rented it on Redbox! LOL not addicted to it at all 🙂

  5. Dawn Lopez says

    September 28, 2012 at 10:05 am

    You know I live under a rock, because this is the first time I’ve heard of this movie, lol! I love tear-jerkers, I am definitely going to add this to my watch list. Thanks for sharing 😉

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