The Lucky Ones is a modern day fable ala Candide and the classic Malcolm McDowell movie of a similar name (O Lucky Man) that provides a mirror into our humanity - an unconventional look at what defines love and family, the dichotomy between our predictable expectations and unseen possibilities triggered by a simple twist of fate.  Effectively but subtly woven into the fabric of the story is the bankrupt morality of the Bush-Cheney folly in Iraq and the deep canyons that separate class in America.  The story unfolds in near real-time as three U.S. soldiers meet on the flight returning home from Iraq – two on 30 day medical leave following injuries and one after finishing his third and final tour of duty.  They are then suddenly thrown together by a series of circumstances that in the course of just several days turn their lives inside out and upside down. 

Cheever (Tim Robbins) is the middle aged career soldier eagerly heading back to his wife and teenage son.  Colle (Rachel McAdams) is the young female soldier who is estranged from her family and is using her medical leave to locate and meet the parents of her boyfriend who saved her life and was killed in action to return his family heirloom guitar.  TK (Michel Peña) is the confident, sometimes cocky African American sergeant inured in an ambush who’s heading to Vegas for help with a libido crisis so his girlfriend will not be disappointed.  Three disparate lives