I'm so glad I stumbled upon this film. I always love a good story and THE LUCKY ONES is a great character driven story. This is my first IMDb review so I'm going to be very careful NOT to give anything away, so I'll leave it at this...if you are looking for a great story with engaging, believable characters and just scenically pleasant to the eye, this is the movie for you. If you need to see things "blow up", make another choice.

I was used as an extra in the movie as a soldier in the Army Reserve, many Soldiers from my unit were used for the movie during shooting at Lambert Airport in St Louis. It was very interesting to see what goes on into the making of a film. Between takes and such, I was able to chat with Robbins, Pena, and McAdams....yummy :). I would say that the filming went pretty well, but all things take time with that many players in the room. Staff and even the director were very down to earth and did not see any snobbyness from Hollywood types you would expect. Hell, I even made a suggestion to the director and the did a reshoot because of it. Couple funny moments: After seeing many extras that were not military with their patches and such on their uniforms all screwed up, I got to talk with the wardrobe director and they put me on "fix the uniforms" detail, Pena and I running into each other during a shoot and laughing our butts off about it, asking Pena if he was going to shave off his goatee before shooting a scene in uniform...he laughed it off, Robbins ribbed him a bit and we all waited while he went and shaved.Overall, a really interesting experience and kind of creepy to see yourself and others you know on a big screen movie theater. I am quite visible during 2 scenes

It's not about where you go ... it's about the way/road and how you are going to cross that, to get there. In other words, it's about the journey. It's about the fact, that while you are on your way, things (and maybe you) will change. It's about your flaws, about your personality and how you that will mix up with other people. It's about a story written in a great way and played by some great actors.Rachel McAdams has the looks, but she also has the talent. You might not agree with the political statements Tim Robbins makes, but you can't fault his acting abilities. I forgot the name of the third lead, but I have seen him in a quite a few movies and he does deliver here too. A story more about the people, than any political statement. And that might be something, that some people will miss out in this. Like "what is the point?".But that's exactly it. How can you explain life? How can you explain fully what you (or the characters in this case) are doing? You just can't. So the director (and screenwriter) stay true to just tell the story. And this works very fine.

I saw this film recently and its very entertaining indeed!!!,may be a little subtle at times the film makes up an excellent story with an equally good performances.Its a story about three people from the army,complete strangers at first who ultimately start to find about each other on a road trip that lies ahead.The film is a mixture of comedy and drama in an almost perfect way.I don't have much more to say about it but i do recommend this one to the viewers,so if you wanna pass another 100 minutes or so id say go ahead and i am sure you won't regret your decision,road trip movies are usually interesting and this is no exception..