Three different soldiers - a woman and two men - return from war and facing the peaceful life's problems of each other.Three different soldiers - a woman and two men - return from war and facing the peaceful life's problems of each other.Three different soldiers - a woman and two men - return from war and facing the peaceful life's problems of each other.
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- TriviaColee talks of how T.K. and his fiancée should experiment sexually, 'by having another man with her while T.K. watches'. Later on in the film, Cheaver (accidentally) puts himself in exactly that position (having sex with a woman just as her husband enters the room).
- GoofsWhen TK is at the airport bar in Las Vegas the bartender refills his old fashioned glass with a (generous) shot of tequila. She fills the glass almost halfway full. He takes a slug from the glass and puts it down but in the next shot it's more than half full.
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[Colee finally feels T.K's penis work for the first time]
Colee Dunn: Is it working?
T.K. Poole: What?
Colee Dunn: Is it working?
T.K. Poole: As a matter of fact, yeah, its working pretty good right now.
Colee Dunn: That's great!
Colee Dunn: [Colee hugs T.K. when she feels his penis working] Uh, yeah, okay. Yep, that's working. Um... that's great. Ahh. Wow. We should get out.
- Crazy creditsHoney wagon driver - Gary Suckahosee
- ConnectionsFeatures America's Got Talent (2006)
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'The Best Years of Our Lives' remake
Did you have any idea that The Best Years of Our Lives was remade in 2007? I didn't either until I was actually watching the movie and figuring out the similarities. The Lucky Ones is a very good film, but unfortunately, hardly anyone has even heard of it. Don't expect a literal remake, though. This one won't make you cry, and it won't change your life, but it is a modern tribute.
Instead of three veterans returning from WWII, the three leads are coming home from Iraq. Tim Robbins is the Frederic March equivalent, an older family man who has to adjust to his relationship with his wife and college-aged child. Michael Pena is the injured party, but instead of missing hands, he has damaged another part of his anatomy that makes him feel like less of a man. And instead of Dana Andrews, there's Rachel McAdams, who's looking for her boyfriend's family (instead of Dana looking for his wife). Just like in the original, they start off with mixed feelings about coming back, and after their homecomings don't go well, they meet up again and help each other through their struggles. It does deviate quite a bit from The Best Years of Our Lives, though, so don't hold it against me that I called it a remake. It's as close to a remake as we're going to get, since the modern time has changed quite a bit from the 1940s. I really like it though, and I own a DVD copy.
Instead of three veterans returning from WWII, the three leads are coming home from Iraq. Tim Robbins is the Frederic March equivalent, an older family man who has to adjust to his relationship with his wife and college-aged child. Michael Pena is the injured party, but instead of missing hands, he has damaged another part of his anatomy that makes him feel like less of a man. And instead of Dana Andrews, there's Rachel McAdams, who's looking for her boyfriend's family (instead of Dana looking for his wife). Just like in the original, they start off with mixed feelings about coming back, and after their homecomings don't go well, they meet up again and help each other through their struggles. It does deviate quite a bit from The Best Years of Our Lives, though, so don't hold it against me that I called it a remake. It's as close to a remake as we're going to get, since the modern time has changed quite a bit from the 1940s. I really like it though, and I own a DVD copy.
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- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $266,967
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $183,088
- Sep 28, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $287,567
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