Michael Peña (as TK, left), Rachel McAdams (as Colee) and Tim Robbins (as Cheaver) in THE LUCKY ONES. Credit: Matt Dinerstein / Maple Pictures

The few films out there concerning Iraq War vets have portrayed horrible physical injuries or soldiers with a few mental screws loose on returning home. The Lucky Ones takes a different approach by tingeing a vet homecoming with comedy as it unites three diverse soldiers just trying to re-connect with their lives stateside or find a new beginning.

Two of the soldiers T.K. Poole (Michael Pena) and Pvt. Colee Dunn (Rachel McAdams) are on 30 day leaves but older Sgt. Fred Cheever (Tim Robbins) is a career Army man heading home for good having hurt his back. This unlikely trio end up sharing a van together cross country to Las Vegas when a blackout grounds the planes they planned to take to various locations. Colee, who is dealing with a slight leg wound that causes her to limp, is taking her dead soldier boyfriend's guitar back to his family hoping that they will take her in since she is estranged from her own relatives. Ambitious T.K. has an injury that makes him worry he'll not be able to physically "hook up" with his Army Lieutenant girlfriend and Fred just wants to pick up his life with wife and son where he left off but, it's too late.