Review of The Lucky One (2012) by Laura P — 01 Sep 2012

Nicholas Sparks has basically created his own brand of romantic movies. Each one seems to do extremely well and as many reviewers have pointed out they are all very similar recipe and have the same basic aura about them.

So you can't go into The Lucky One without knowing exactly what you're in for. If you understand these expectations The Lucky One will please you because it follows that recipe perfectly and it succeeds to be sweet and romantic with an okay story and decent characters.

The issue with The Lucky One is that it doesn't break the mold, it won't ever be accused of being ambitious. Its perfectly complacent in its genre and appeal to young girls mostly proved by its choice of leading man.

There is no great story, great characters, great direction, great ending...there is just an okay story, characters, direction and ending. I was pleased that the ending was at least reasonably "happy ever after" because one thing with Sparks' stories is that you never know what the "big disaster" will be at the end or to one of the main characters.