The Lucky Ones Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A bittersweet drama about three injured soldiers who return home from Iraq and learn that life has moved on without them.

Plot

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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.

Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Lucky Ones.

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  Rachel McAdams

  Send Help, The Vow

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  Tim Robbins

  Dark Waters, War of the Worlds

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  Michael Peña

  Turbo, Shooter

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  Katherine LaNasa

  The Frozen Ground, The Campaign

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  Molly Hagan

Crew Behind the Film

The The Lucky Ones behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Neil Burger last directed Inheritance and Voyagers. The film's writer Neil Burger last wrote Voyagers and The Mistaken.

Director

Neil Burger

Screenwriters

Neil Burger
Dirk Wittenborn

Producers

Brian Koppelman
David Levien
Rick Schwartz

Production Details

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Production Updates for The Lucky Ones

Dec 2008

Completed

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