The Lucky One

On his third tour of duty in Iraq, a U.S. Marine Sergeant finds a photograph of a pretty woman, which seems to bring him good luck. He returns to America and tracks her down, and borrowing an idea from ''Shane,'' ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life (such as her aggressive ex), a romance develops between them, giving him hope that she could be much more than his good luck charm. However, this is a Nicholas Sparks story, so take tissues.

101 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Sex).
Drama.

May I have the pleasure of this row?

Credits

Cast	Zac Effron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner, Riley Thomas Stewart, Jay R. Ferguson
Director	Scott Hicks
Screenplay	Will Fetters, from the novel by Nicholas Sparks
Music	Mark Isham
Cinematography	Alar Kivilo
Editing	Scott Gray
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2012
Produced by	Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, DiNovi Pictures, Langley Park Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Isolated
Nudity	None
Sex	Infrequent, moderate intensity, kissing and touching, implied
Violence	Moderate, war setting, withing context, threat
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Times Todd McCarthy Serving up predictable treacly tale.	2
Box Office Pete Hammond This Sparks never ignites	5
ScreenIt C. Fuchs If you enjoy these sorts of melodramas and their rote predictability, and have a track record of letting the waterworks flow based on what transpires therein, you'll probably like The Lucky One.	8
Metacritic.com 35 critics	8
Rottentomatoes critics 133 critics	9
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer While it provides the requisite amount of escapist melodrama, The Lucky One ultimately relies on too many schmaltzy clich�s to appeal to anyone not already familiar with the Nicholas Sparks formula.	4
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	9
Movie Review Intelligence 43 critics	9
What the People say
Internet 4872 Netizens Nothing special	12
Average .. 37%	7