The Lucky One: DVD Review

The Lucky One: DVD Review

Rating: M
Released by Roadshow Home Entertainment

Only in a Nicholas Sparks book and world, could taking a photo of an unknown good looking woman and tracking her down be romantic - and not deemed stalking.

That's exactly what happens in the adaptation of the 2008 novel from the Sparkster and starring Zac Efron in his first major leading man role.

Efron is Marine Corp soldier, Logan, who finds a pic of a girl (Taylor Schilling) in Iraq. When he heads away from his unit to pick it up, the rest of his troop are killed. Believing she's his guardian angel, he vows to track her down.

And that's exactly what he does - and ingratiates himself into her life. He finds she's called Beth, and despite initially irritated by him, Beth begins to warm to him - as does her son.

You can pretty much guess the rest.

The Lucky One is chick flick kryptonite which is, in all honesty, pleasantly put together but utterly predictable. With soft focus and deliberate director manipulation, you know what's on the way but will totally relax into the journey.

Efron makes a pleasant lead and he shares good chemistry with co-star Taylor Schilling, which certainly helps sell the story. Even if that story is Nicholas Sparks' formulaic and schmaltzy, it's certainly enough to pass a rainy afternoon.

Extras: Efron and Schilling's chemistry.

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