The Lucky Ones Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

When three very different U.S. soldiers find themselves on an unplanned road trip across America, they form a deep bond that may be the closest thing any of them has to real family. T.K. Poole, Colee Dunn and Fred Cheever arrive in New York from Germany only to find their connecting flights canceled due to a power outage. Anxious to get to their respective destinations, they agree to share a rented minivan to suburban St. Louis where Cheever is to reunite with his wife and teenage son. From there, the other two plan to fly to Las Vegas where the macho T.K. wants to make an important stop before seeing his fiancée and the tough yet naïve Colee plans to pay a visit to a fallen fellow-soldier's family. But, when Cheever's homecoming turns out to be a far cry from what he anticipated, the trio's one-day drive expands into an impromptu cross-country marathon. Along the way, they experience a string of surprising adventures ranging from the hilarious to the heartbreaking. As their interstate journey takes them from a barroom brawl to a high society dance to a bizarre Sunday morning church service, T.K., Colee and Cheever discover that home is not quite what they remembered and the unlikely companionship they've found in one another might be what matters most of all.

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  Rachel McAdams

  Send Help, Doctor Strange

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  Tim Robbins

  Green Lantern, Zathura

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  Michael Peña

  Extinction, The Martian

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  Katherine LaNasa

  The Campaign, The Frozen Ground

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  Molly Hagan

Who is making The Lucky Ones – Crew List

A look at The Lucky Ones behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Neil Burger last helmed Inheritance and Voyagers. The film's writer Neil Burger last penned Voyagers and The Mistaken.

Director

Neil Burger

Screenwriters

Neil Burger
Dirk Wittenborn

Producers

Brian Koppelman
David Levien
Rick Schwartz

Production – What we know about the The Lucky Ones

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Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2008

Completed

Changed The Lucky Ones movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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