The Lucky One: Press reviews

'no real surprises and only a surface rendition of a parable about love and fate.'

'It's twaddle, sure, but it hits its marks dead centre'

'a well-made tear-jerker with just the right amount of drama and romance'

'A through-and-through weepie that's unlikely to convert any Sparks naysayers. The darker hues of its war-based story nonetheless make the sugary excesses easier to swallow'

'The Notebook may have had us blubbing but since then Nicholas Sparks adaptions have offered thin pickings for cinemagoers. For all Efron's boyish charms, this one could be the most ordinary of the lot.'

'If realism is what you're after, you'll do better at "The Three Stooges."'

'if you long to see Mr Efron fondle puppies, this is your dream movie.

'A film with sun-kissed montages where its story should be.'

'There's a thin line between the exploration of grief and its exploitation that this film crosses'

'deception lends tension to an otherwise routine melodrama'

'A tsunami of syrup and a Niagara of nonsense here in this mind-blowingly ridiculous romdram, '

'Lucky is the one who avoids this.'