“The Lucky One” – Kevin Brackett (Review St. Louis)

Posted by Kevin Brackett Apr 20, 2012 | Movie: The Lucky One
I think by now we have pretty much figured out the Nicholas Sparks formula. Boy meets girl; boy and girl fall in love, only to face impossible odds; tragedy strikes, but somehow love conquers. It started off with Message in a Bottle in 1999, and eventually The Notebook in 2004 – the best and most popular film adaptation of his work. Now after two films in 2010, we have The Lucky One. Logan (Zac Efron) is a marine that comes back to the states after serving 3 tours in Iraq. During his last tour, he stops in the middle of the road to pick up a picture of a woman – only to narrowly avoid a mortar that would have blown him to bits...

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