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| Jan 27, 2009DVD Talk
Its quick disappearance is unfortunate--while it's not a great film (it is too cluttered and too cliché-ridden for that
But all three actors are so gifted, they manage to make it all play.
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| Jan 23, 2009Starpulse.com
An Official Selection of the 2008 Toronto Film Festival, The Lucky Ones was called "Spellbinding" by Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times ) and "a sharply observed, smart road movie" (Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News ) with "sharp, heartfelt performances" (Philadelphia Inquirer ). ... Full Review
| Nov 02, 2008RopeofSilicon
Neil Burger (The Illusionist ) co-wrote and directed the film and it doesn't suffer from poor filmmaking, it suffers merely from disinterest and its ultimate anti-climactic ending.
The Lucky Ones may be one of the most forgettable films I have ever seen.
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| Sep 29, 2008ACED Magazine
This is not the case of The Lucky Ones, a poignant yet humorous film that took me on a road trip to reason and realism, created by an interesting story that was nicely directed and written for the screen.
FINAL ANALYSIS: The Lucky Ones should not be missed if you like road movies that are not only humorous but have meaning as well.
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| Sep 26, 2008Boston Herald
Some of "The Lucky Ones" is fun to sit through, mostly thanks to the cast, even if McAdams monotonously channels Renee Zellweger in "Cold Mountain.
L argely uninspired, "The Lucky Ones" starts with a familiar Iraq war battle scene and is yet another film that will be met with indifference at the box office.
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| Sep 26, 2008Philadelphia Inquirer
For various reasons, movies about the war in Iraq have not fared well at the box office, but The Lucky Ones deserves better.
Neil Burger's The Lucky Ones falls short of greatness, but this disarming and deftly balanced film - about three returning Iraq war veterans sharing a minivan from New York to Las Vegas - is still very much worth catching.
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| Sep 26, 2008Newsday
Three American soldiers meet randomly in an airport and end up on a cross-country road trip in "The Lucky Ones," a thoughtful study on the way foreign wars can reverberate here at home.
And the movie so carefully avoids voicing an opinion - which is not the same as an agenda - that you may wonder what, exactly, it wants to say.
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| Sep 26, 2008The New York Sun
Those who love coincidence and happenstance might just consider "The Lucky Ones" the best film ever made.
One can easily imagine a different, better movie involving these three characters, one in which their attempts to deal with the issues of dead friends, lost loves, and battle scars would be used to far more poignant and powerful ends.
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| Sep 26, 2008The Miami Herald
But the contrived and convoluted plot of The Lucky Ones eventually undermines any serious intentions.
In The Lucky Ones, three returning Iraq War veterans find themselves on an improbable cross-country journey.
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| Sep 26, 2008Newsday
Three American soldiers meet randomly in an airport and end up on a cross-country road trip in "The Lucky Ones," a thoughtful study on the way foreign wars can reverberate here at home.
And the movie so carefully avoids voicing an opinion - which is not the same as an agenda - that you may wonder what, exactly, it wants to say.
... Full Review