The Lucky One
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: April 20, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
21
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenApr 19, 2012
Another Nicholas Sparks novel, another cinematic brush with insulin shock. Read full review
38
Washington PostAnn HornadayApr 19, 2012
Director Scott Hicks lavishes good taste and sunsets on a story that - devoid of genuine tension, conflict or combustible chemistry between its two stars - just prettily sits there. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisApr 19, 2012
Seeing her (Schilling) and Efron fumble at each other is like watching a stick of butter and a bag of flour not turn into a cake. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. ScottApr 19, 2012
If realism is what you're after, you'll do better at "The Three Stooges." The Lucky One is where you will find death, redemption and kisses in the rain. Read full review
30
Village VoiceChuck WilsonApr 17, 2012
No amount of neck nuzzling or back arching can make us believe there's real heat rising between these two. Onscreen chemistry between actors is a mysterious thing - 100 years into cinema, it remains the one story element that Hollywood can't fake. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyApr 17, 2012
Embalming the simple and simplistic yarn in an amber glow that is all but suffocating and banishing from it any traces of humor and spontaneity, director Scott Hicks serves up this treacly tale with absolutely no trace of self-consciousness about the material's cliches or simple-mindedness. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliApr 20, 2012
Supposedly he's suffered, supposedly there are demons lurking within, but guess what: This is a movie. If we can't see it, it's not there. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartApr 20, 2012
I'm beginning to think writer Nicholas Sparks isn't one person at all, but a roomful of ladies doing Harlequin-romance Mad Libs. Occasionally they'll hit a winning combination, as in the Sparks novel "The Notebook." More often, you get eye-rollers like "The Lucky One." Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 19, 2012
Is it the worst of the seven screen Sparks so far? Nope. My vote still goes to 2009's "The Last Song" with Miley Cyrus mothering those unhatched turtle eggs. But it's still pretty damn insufferable. Read full review
25
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallApr 18, 2012
Move along, guys. Nothing to see in The Lucky One, unless you're in the doghouse at home and need to make nice. Read full review
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