I couldn’t help myself today. I went and watched The Lucky Ones starring Tim Robbins as Cheever, Rachel McAdams as Colee and Michael Pena as TK. I wanted to see how a very vocal anti war protester (Robbins) would portray our Vetrans in a film like this.
The story revolves around three soldiers; Colee, TK and Cheever who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S., with Colee on a mission to bring her boyfriend's guitar back to his family because he saved her life, TK seeking confidence to face his girlfriend after a shrapnel injury that threatens his sexual function and middle-aged Cheever planning to hit the casinos in a desperate effort to pay for his son's college.
At one point in the film a person asks the 3 soldiers what were they fighting for in Iraq and the answer was, “To stay alive.” I think that misses the whole point. But all things considered it wasn’t a bad film. I give I 3 tiger paws.
The story revolves around three soldiers; Colee, TK and Cheever who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S., with Colee on a mission to bring her boyfriend's guitar back to his family because he saved her life, TK seeking confidence to face his girlfriend after a shrapnel injury that threatens his sexual function and middle-aged Cheever planning to hit the casinos in a desperate effort to pay for his son's college.At one point in the film a person asks the 3 soldiers what were they fighting for in Iraq and the answer was, “To stay alive.” I think that misses the whole point. But all things considered it wasn’t a bad film. I give I 3 tiger paws.
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