The Lucky Ones (2008)

After the success of the period film THE ILLUSIONIST, director Neil Burger turns to more contemporary fare with the drama THE LUCKY ONES. Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, and Michael Pena star as a trio of soldiers who are home in America on leave. A blackout causes massive flight cancellations, and the three people decide to drive to Pittsburgh for what turns out to be a very revealing road trip.

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Omdat soldaat T.K. Poole (Michael Peña) door de oorlog in Irak verwondingen heeft opgelopen mag hij voor een periode naar huis. Als op het vliegveld blijkt dat alle vluchten naar zijn thuishaven zijn geannuleerd moet hij een andere manier vinden om thuis te komen. Bij toeval ontmoet hij twee andere soldaten - Cheaver (Tim Robbins) en Collee (Rachel McAdams) - die ook terugkomen van de oorlog. Eenmaal begonnen aan de reis naar huis komen ze erachter dat het leven in Amerika erg is veranderd. Dit feit brengt de drie dichter bij elkaar en wat een korte trip naar huis zou moeten worden loopt uit tot een onverwachte r...
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Director Neil Burger's road movie The Lucky Ones stars Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, and Michael Peña as three Iraq War veterans who take a road trip together. The trio meet on their way home from overseas with Fred Cheaver (Robbins) finishing his service once and for all, while the other two -- Colee Dunn (McAdams) and TK Poole (Peña) -- are about to enjoy 30 days of R and R. A blackout leads to the three renting a car together after their flight is indefinitely delayed, and driving from New York to Cheaver's home in St. Louis. Upon arrival, Cheaver learns that his wife wants a divorce, and his son needs 20,000...
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dollars in order to attend Stanford. Emotionally shaken, Cheaver tries to drop the other two off at the airport, but they refuse to go until they can help him through his troubles. The two of them, however, are going through their own issues. Poole suffered an injury while on duty that he worries will end his relationship with his girlfriend, and Dunn is trying to deliver a guitar to the parents of her deceased boyfriend, a fellow soldier who died overseas.
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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 fiancé...
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e 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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