Film "The Lucky One" with Zac Efron Schmonzette

The Lucky One

Teen star Zac Efron is on the high school films that made him famous, discovered a new genre for themselves: love movies that critic might call it Schmonzetten. This time he plays a soldier in the Nicholas Sparks movie "The Lucky One."

Where it says Nicholas Sparks, Nicholas Sparks is also in there. This also applies to the latest literary adaptation "The Lucky One - For Your always the" who is now in theaters. It is about love, fate, romance and drama - critics might also speak of kitsch.

The film tells the story of U.S. soldiers Logan Thibault (Zac Efron), the Iraqi desert in the middle of the photo is a beautiful young woman. When he goes over to pick it up, explode at the exact place where he had stood still, a mine. Henceforth, Logan is convinced that the woman had saved his life. After his return to the United States, he is traumatized; he sets out to search for the woman and finds her after a long hike.

The Lucky One

To Beth (Taylor Schilling) to know that he takes in the kennel of the family to a job. Her grandmother (Blythe Danner) is excited from the beginning of the young soldiers gripping; Beth does not trust him, however. Nevertheless, it comes naturally, as it must: Logan and Beth fall in love, falling by candlelight over each other and both believe they have found their fate, especially since Logan also with Beth's sensitive son Ben (very cute: Riley Thomas Stewart) quite outstanding cope.

Nicholas Sparks is a decent film but would not, would not wait even a dramatic turn for the happy couple. And it is in "The Lucky One" equal in concentrated form: Beth has her brother's death - also a soldier in Iraq - can cope yet, her jealous and aggressive ex-husband makes trouble and all the drama is still a sword of Damocles: Finally, Logan did not tell her about the photo.

The film, directed by Scott Hicks reaches deep into the box and it also Schmonzetten one or the other next time. Especially towards the end, the film takes strange turns.

This is especially bad for Zac Efron, who may be facing in the one-sided role of the U.S. soldiers Logan not what he would have probably acting on the box. Although he became famous as a teen idol in the "High School Musical" movies, was now likely he could be a serious actor - if he did not choose the wrong movies.

After the bright spot "Me and Orson Welles" the supernatural-themed film, "It was a miracle", followed 2010. Although even in this kitsch Efron strips gave a good figure, he could not save the sentimental story. Sneaking feeling this is a - - In his new film, he does not even try to salvage something.

The Lucky One