U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive-a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm.
[Hicks] hits the beats - lonely woman, hunky stranger - without bothering to develop even the slightest depth.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr 2012
rotten:
There's not much to the movie besides handsome sets, sun-dappled photography and a plot as predictable as the verse in a Hallmark card.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
20 Apr 2012
rotten:
Well-acted schmaltz with some gaping plot holes.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
20 Apr 2012
rotten:
As long as Efron's shirt comes off, he could play an accountant and no one in the target audience would care.
– Tal Rosenberg,
Chicago Reader,
20 Apr 2012
rotten:
Even taken as simple schmaltz, 'The Lucky One' lacks the romantic impact of the adaptation of Sparks's 'The Notebook' or even the Channing Tatum-starrer 'Dear John'.