The Lucky One Movie 2012

Movie Information

Directed by:Scott Hicks

Produced by:Denise Di Novi,Kevin McCormick.
Screenplay by:Will Fetters

Based on:The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

Starring:Zac Efron,Taylor Schilling,Jay R. Ferguson,Blythe Danner.

Music by:Mark Isham

Cinematography:Alar Kivilo

Editing by:Scott Gray

Studio:Village Roadshow Pictures,Di Novi Pictures.

Distributed by:Warner Bros. Pictures

Release Date: April 20, 2012

Running time:100 minutes

Country:United States

Language:English

Budget:$25 million

Box office:$43,727,000

Synopsis: U.S. Marine Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) is a very good man who returns to Colorado from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive—a photograph he found of a woman he does not even know. With this picture luck follows him wherever he goes. After his return from Iraq, lost after his near death experiences, he walks to Louisiana from Colorado to find this woman whom he credits for saving him. He is able to find her in a small town and learns her name is Beth (Taylor Schilling) and where she lives; he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel without her knowing he has a photograph of her. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm. Meanwhile her ex- husband gets jealous of Logan and does everything he can to break them up.

Reception: The Lucky One received generally negative reviews from critics. At Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a "negative" rating of 20%, based on 108 reviews and an average rating of 4.3/10, with the critical consensus saying, "While it provides the requisite amount of escapist melodrama, The Lucky One ultimately relies on too many schmaltzy clichés to appeal to anyone not already familiar with the Nicholas Sparks formula".It also has a score of 38 on Metacritic based on 33 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".The Lucky One made $22,515,358 over its opening weekend, landing in number 2 at the box office behind Think Like A Man, but was able to end The Hunger Games 4 week streak as well. As of Apr. 29, 2012, it has an estimated worldwide gross of $43,727,000.