The Lucky One (DVD + UV Copy) [2012]

Great acting, great story, Nicholas Sparks is a genius writer.

I'm not usually a fan of romantic films, but a Nicholas Sparks movie (or book for that matter) will always be an exception to that. Luckily this movie was just as good as I'd hoped and I was glued to the screen from start to finish.Having not read the book, which is sadly sat waiting for me on my to-be-read pile, I didn't know what the story was about other than what the trailers had shown BUT I did expect to experience a gorgeous romance followed by a heart-breaking twist at the end as Sparks' other movies seem to have. The Lucky One features Zac Efron as Logan - a marine just coming back home after losing a lot of friends and comrades in the battle. A troubled Logan was saved during battle by a picture glinting in the sun; it catches his eye and he goes to grab it and because of this movement he misses being killed. Logan vows to find the girl in the picture and thank her for saving his life.Eventually he does find the girl, Beth, who works in a dog kennel. She mistakes him for a hopeful employee and gives him a job before he is able to tell her his story. From this moment on we see a will they? Won't they? romance ensue and I absolutely loved it. When I saw that Taylor Shilling would play Efron's love interest I was slightly dubious. I wasn't surely they looked like they'd have much chemistry but wow! Shilling is absolutely fantastic as Beth, as Efron is as Logan, and I was blown away by how beautifully they portrayed their chemistry - even when she seems to hate his guts!I can't recommend this film enough. It surprised me with it's greatness.As a side note: I purchased this as Blu-ray and thought that the sound and picture quality was just fantastic. There are only three major bonus features which show how Zac Efron was made into a Marine, his chemistry with Shilling and some behind the scenes features; these were quite nice to watch (but only after watching the movie!) I'm glad I went for the Blu-ray - particularly because I'll be watching it so much!

Have watched it several times

A likeable cast, with a pleasant story. Nothing to write home about, but sometimes this is just what you need.

Loved this movie..it had a good story to it.

Great story

Watchable, nice Sunday afternoon type of film.

Great romantic movie

j ai bien aime . merci

Handsome Zac and the movie was unexpectedly beautiful!

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I love this movie so much that I watches it just about every week!

Vom Inhalt her ein sehr schöner , einfühlsamer und romantischer Film.✌️Die sehr hübsche und natürlich wirkende Schauspielerin Taylor Schilling und der gutaussehende einfühlsame Zac Efron spielen Ihre Rollen in diesem Film sehr gut. Natürlich überzeugen auch die Grossmutter und der Junge als leidenschaftliche Darsteller. Insgesamt ein gelungener und ansehenswerter Film der für beste Fernsehunterhaltung sorgt ✌️✌️✌️