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Genre : Romance, Drama Release Date : April 20, 2012 MPAA Rating : PG-13 Duration : 101 minute(s) Production Budget : -Studio : Warner Bros. Pictures Official Site : http://theluckyonemovie.warnerbros.com/ Reviews Rate :
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you know going in what you're buying: beautiful young people finding true love against some odd or two, usually in the also beautiful Carolinas
by Joanna Langfield [The Movie Minute ]
without much tension, the film becomes more of an extended music video of Logan and Beth's rocky road to love
by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times ]
there's nothing wrong with a three-hankie romantic weeper, but The Lucky One doesn't even manage to elicit a token tear - except perhaps one of boredom
by Linda Barnard [Toronto Star ]
the movie isn't without its small pleasures, but its adamance as a rule-abiding, sales-rack swooner leaves no room for notability
by R. Kurt Osenlund [Slant Magazine ]
seeing her and Efron fumble at each other is like watching a stick of butter and a bag of flour not turn into a cake
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
onscreen chemistry between actors is a mysterious thing-100 years into cinema, it remains the one story element that Hollywood can't fake
by Chuck Wilson [Village Voice ]
of course, there's every chance that the target audience for The Lucky One will still cry a happy tear at the end
Review rate : C
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
now a lack of proper communication over an entirely forgivable, completely inoffensive and passive, even endearing act constitutes dramatic tension?
by Mary F. Pols [TIME Magazine ]
it's nice, but for anyone who's too mature for Tiger Beat, it's not enough
by Barbara VanDenburgh [Arizona Republic ]
doesn't have a genuine emotion in it or a plausible reason to endure it
by Peter Travers [Wall Street Journal ]
another pat, paint-by-numbers masterpiece by Nicholas Sparks, the undisputed king of the syrupy soap opera
by Kam Williams [AALBC.com ]
and speaking of tasks, for some folks, who prefer their love stories slathered in syrup, The Lucky One won't seem like a task at all
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]
by Linda Barnard [Toronto Star ]
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
by Barbara VanDenburgh [Arizona Republic ]
by Peter Travers [Wall Street Journal ]
by Kam Williams [AALBC.com ]
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]
