The Lucky Ones

Movie
German title	The Lucky Ones
Original title	The Lucky Ones
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2008
length	approx. 113 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Neil Burger
script	Neil Burger, Dirk Wittenborn
production	Neil Burger, Brian Koppelman , David Levien , Rick Schwartz
music	Rolfe Kent
camera	Declan Quinn
cut	Naomi Geraghty
occupation
Rachel McAdams : Colee Dunn Tim Robbins : Fred Cheaver Michael Peña : TK Poole Molly Hagan : Pat Cheaver Mark L. Young : Scott Cheaver Spencer Garrett : Pastor Jerry Nolan John Heard : Bob Jennifer Joan Taylor : Bob's Wife Howard Platt : Stan Tilson Arden Myrin : Barbara Tilson John Diehl : Tom Klinger Annie Corley : Jeanie Klinger Katherine LaNasa : Janet Scott Jaeck : Guitar shop owner

The Lucky Ones is an American comedy film from the year 2008 . Directed by Neil Burger , who also co-produced the film and wrote the script together with Dirk Wittenborn .

action

Soldiers Colee, Cheever and TK return from the Iraq war . They meet in Germany, from where they fly to New York City on the same plane . There the connecting flights will be canceled.

The soldiers travel together across the United States to bring back the guitar for the family of Colee's fallen friend - who saved her life . TK did not get an erection after being shot in his penis and wants a prostitute to cure this problem before he goes to his fiancée. Cheever wants to go home to his wife and lead a normal life with her and their son. But it turns out differently than all three think.

background

The film was shot in Denver , Las Vegas , St. Louis and various locations in Illinois from May to June 2007 , among others . Its production amounted to an estimated 15 million US dollars . The world premiere took place on March 10, 2008 at the ShoWest festival. On September 10, 2008, the film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival . It opened in cinemas in the United States and Canada on September 26, 2008.

Reviews

The organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival decided that the film started like a road movie , but that it tells a moving story of the three Americans who had returned home and disoriented. Each scene draws the characters more precisely. The performances of the main actors are "outstanding" ("standout").

The lexicon of international films describes the film as an "[a] excellently played mixture of tragic comedy and road movie, which treats a national trauma with subtle humor".

Web links

• The Lucky Ones in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Lucky Ones at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} cf. tiff08.ca ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 9, 2008. 
2. ↑ Filming locations of The Lucky Ones on imdb.com, accessed September 9, 2008.
3. ^ Production Costs for The Lucky Ones on imdb.com, accessed September 9, 2008.
4. ↑ The Lucky Ones premiere dates on imdb.com, accessed September 9, 2008.
5. ↑ The Lucky Ones. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .