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The Lucky One
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4241
- IMDb #3643
- Google retired #1859
- Rotten Tomatoes #4088
- Metacritic #4420
- Letterboxd #4838
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #5097
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2808
- Metacritic Critics #4311
- Metacritic Audience #4274
- Criticker #3549
- Douban #1957
- Kinopoisk #2252
- AlloCiné #1575
- Trakt #2115
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 20, highest is Google on 86. Critics average 30, everyone else 64.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A U.S. Marine serving in Iraq attributes his survival during three tours to a photograph of a woman he found in the rubble. Upon returning home, he embarks on a search to find her. When he locates the stranger, he is hesitant to reveal the true reason for his appearance in her life.
Details
- Director
- Scott Hicks
- Writer
- Will Fetters
- Based on
- The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
- Released
- 19 April 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $99.4M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →5 wins from 12 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Golden Trailer Awards 2012 | Best Romance | Find You | Nominee |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2012 | Best Romance TV Spot | Reveal | Nominee |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2012 | Best Romance Poster | One Sheet | Winner |
| People's Choice Awards 2012 | Favorite Dramatic Movie | The Lucky One | Nominee |
| People's Choice Awards 2012 | Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor | Zac Efron | Winner |
| Teen Choice Awards 2012 | Choice Movie: Romance | The Lucky One | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Awards 2012 | Choice Movie: Drama | The Lucky One | Winner |
| Teen Choice Awards 2012 | Choice Movie Actor: Drama | Zac Efron | Winner |
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12 awards — The Lucky One
×| Choice Movie Actor: Drama | Zac Efron | Winner |
| Choice Movie Actor: Romance | Zac Efron | Winner |
| Choice Movie: Drama | The Lucky One | Winner |
| Choice Movie Actress: Romance | Taylor Schilling | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Liplock | Zac Efron & Taylor Schilling | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Romance | The Lucky One | Nominee |
| Best Romance Poster | One Sheet | Winner |
| Best Romance | Find You | Nominee |
| Best Romance TV Spot | Reveal | Nominee |
| Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor | Zac Efron | Winner |
| Favorite Dramatic Movie | The Lucky One | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor | Riley Thomas Stewart | Nominee |