The Lucky One
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Scott Hicks
Cast:
Zac Efron, Taylor
Schilling, Blythe Danner, Jay R. Ferguson, Riley Thomas Stewart, Adam LeFevre,
Joe Chrest, Ann McKenzie, Kendal Tuttle, Robert Terrell Hayes, Russ Comegys,
and Sharon Morris
Logan Thibault, a U.S. Marine
finds a photograph of a beautiful woman while serving in Iraq. No one claim it,
so he brings it around. The picture saves his life many times. After finished
his tours and back to normal life, he feels the urge to find and thank her. He
tracks down her by the details from the picture. After spend months walking
with his dog, Zeus, Logan finds the woman. Her name is Beth Green. She lives
with her son, Ben and her grandmother, Ellie, who has a dog kennel. Logan has
difficulty explaining the reason why he is there. It leads Beth to think that Logan
wants to apply for a job. Logan takes the job anyway. At first, Beth does not
like Logan’s presence. She has a change of heart after sees how kind and
supportive Logan is to Ben. They then begin a romantic relationship. Beth’s former husband, Keith Clayton gets
jealous. He intimidates Beth over Ben’s custody. It causes a serious problem to
Logan and Beth’s relationship.
I like the premise that The Lucky One offers. How romantic it
is to know that there is someone who is looking for you for a long time. He
comes so sudden, saves your love life, wins your family’s heart and solves a
complicated problem with the ex, hahaha. I also like, very like the setting of
the story. It is always a small town, far away from the big city. It makes a
calm and peace atmosphere when ever I watch it.
But I prefer they didn’t do and
put anything that already shown on previous Nicholas Sparks’ movie adaptation,
like canoing, kissing under running water (or rain) and a couple-is-about-to-kiss
poster. Ugh. And I wished they cast another actor to play Logan. Zac Efron was
fine. Young, hansome and have a beautiful eyes. But he looks distracted all the
time. His action and expression are not any better. His reaction as Logan faces
something big, like when he meets Beth for the very first time or when he
realizes the photograph is gone, is flat and boring. I think that his way to
keep his handsome face. Ugh (again). On the other hand, Taylor
Schilling is good. I can see and feel the restless of being single mother. One thing
that I do not like is the way she is smiling. She just has a similar face with
Katy Perry, and that is kinda unpleasant.
My favorite scene: Logan and Ben’s chess match after
dinner.
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