three soldier be home from iraq while a 40 ish tim robbins out for good and the young michael pena and rachel mcadams on a thirty day leave . each have their own problem that they be face with at the beginning of the film . robbins come home to a wife who want a divorce and a son who need $ 20 and 000 for college and pena suffer a wound that have make him impotent and mcadams lose her friend and want to find his family in order to return his guitar and live with them since she lose any tie with her own . think every problem be go to be solve in a little bow by the end . well and you would be right . think that it go to really typical and schmaltzy . not so much on that one . it seem like a film that make for the obvious ups and down throughout but it actually manage to be quite original and refresh . instead of feel like a film that just about resolve the individual situation and it a lot more carefree and a lot more about these three people simply enjoy life together and keep one another joyful . of course there be many different stop on the way to their ultimate destination in order to give u some situation of them interact in the real world and but each one be a lot of fun and we gain a little more depth to the character at each stop . all of the character be well flesh out and do not feel like just another retread of stereotype we have see over and over again . one of the thing that really surprise me be that when a little romance start to bloom between pena and mcadams and i do not roll my eye like i would have expect but instead i smile and enjoy watch this flirtation grow between the two of them in a non typical way . and all the way through we be treat to three strong performance from three solid actor . the real star be rachel mcadams and who i would say be oscar worthy . she keep the laugh come all the way through and steal every single scene with her bright eye and southern drawl and but you can tell that there be real emotion brim just under the surface . she a girl who have every reason to hate life with a fury and but she remain optimistic and try to get those around her to enjoy live just as much a she do . one scene in particular and when she finally meet the family of her fall friend and be a showcase for what an extraordinary actress she be . this be her best performance by a long shot and and definitely one of the best of the year . the lucky one be something that could have be obvious and clichéd and but end up be just the opposite while a refreshing and very well acted story that i wish wasn not destine to be forget come award season .