The Lucky Ones (2008)

there is no comedy in this movie, there is no war but war related, drama maybe but not really. its mostly a road trip movie. That on the side, movie itself is so so. main characters are well developed and acted out. they are well portrait as in a mix mash of 3 completely different "types" of soldiers. any other characters involved are pale and not worth mentioning. But that's it for me. Nothing else i found interesting or special about this flick. It is straight forward 90minutes of conversations and couple of situations they run into on the trip. camera work and directing don't bring much to it either. shots of states nature side fill in some blanks but all in all i forget pretty much everything but the characters after movie ended. all in all not a complete waste of time but not really entertaining or emotionally moving. 5/10 is plenty comparing to 7/10 at the moment.

I wasn't sure if I liked "The Lucky Ones" from the opening moments - it seemed a little implausible and contrived, but over the runtime the movie settled into some interesting character development and story. I liked the directors willingness to keep it low-key and quirky. (spoiler) One of the better scenes in the movie was the party, where we finally listen to some serious conversation and reflection on the current wars. The dialog is well written here, as you start to see the unwarranted and sneering ridicule that comes out misdirected at US Servicemen. The detractor/anti-war character in the conversation demonstrates the idiocy of protesting a war to people in the service. The actors all do good jobs, and by the end the eventuality doesn't seem surprising but highly fitting. Good movie.

I saw this film recently and its very entertaining indeed!!!,may be a little subtle at times the film makes up an excellent story with an equally good performances.Its a story about three people from the army,complete strangers at first who ultimately start to find about each other on a road trip that lies ahead.The film is a mixture of comedy and drama in an almost perfect way.I don't have much more to say about it but i do recommend this one to the viewers,so if you wanna pass another 100 minutes or so id say go ahead and i am sure you won't regret your decision,road trip movies are usually interesting and this is no exception..

I sat down to this film not knowing anything beyond what the trailer depicted...and I had only a vague memory of that. Is it a drama, a comedy, a what...? I can honestly say that I think the answer is yes. To all. It's the most honest, solid, watchable film I've seen in a long time. Nothing seemed forced, gratuitous, or pandering... it's just a well told, and acted, human story. Neither a magical, nor let-down ending...unless one would count "I wish more films could be made this well" as a let down.So, that's my opinion, which doesn't mean much...unless you are like me, and enjoy the quality of a film more than the franchise future possibilities of one.