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Lucy

Play trailer Poster for Lucy R Released Jul 25, 2014 1h 28m Action Mystery & Thriller Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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When a boyfriend tricks Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) into delivering a briefcase to a supposed business contact, the once-carefree student is abducted by thugs who intend to turn her into a drug mule. She is surgically implanted with a package containing a powerful chemical, but it leaks into her system, giving her superhuman abilities, including telekinesis and telepathy. With her former captors in pursuit, Lucy seeks out a neurologist (Morgan Freeman), who she hopes will be able to help her.
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Enthusiastic and silly, Lucy powers through the movie's logic gaps with cheesy thrills plus Scarlett Johansson's charm -- and mostly succeeds at it.

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Emily St. James Vox It's a film that takes great delight in her essentially co-opting a long series of tropes and storylines typically reserved for men in stories of this type, which is an old trope in the feminist action movie wheelhouse. Sep 26, 2016 Full Review David Sims The Atlantic let it grab you by the noodle and zap you into its whacked-out vision of human existence. You'll feel much better for it, I promise. Sep 22, 2016 Full Review Jason Bailey Flavorwire Say what you will about 'Lucy,' which is an absurdly silly and sometimes aggressively stupid movie, but it's at least interested in showing us something new. Jun 18, 2016 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand It's basically a fantasy wrapped in the guise of science and used as an excuse for an action thriller, but what a thriller. This is a kinetic explosion at its best with Johansson striding through it with a sense of drive and assuredness... May 6, 2023 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine Lucy‘s two strands co-exist, intercut but separate; the pleasure is in ricocheting between two incompatible elements for an entire movie, making those blunt opening juxtapositions surprisingly indicative of what’s to come. Jan 24, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Besson packs a lot of ideas into the brief 89-minute runtime, but he should've spent another 20 minutes on character development. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 5, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Joshua m This is certainly entertaining and it gets points for creativity and novelty. There is enough action to satisfy any sci-fi fan. There are some interesting themes here, although they only get superficial treatment, which is too bad. It crosses the border though from sci-fi to fantasy. Rather than using her knowledge to create technology to get superpowers, Lucy just gets them de facto. Narratively speaking, this doesn't work well. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/23/25 Full Review Audience Member Loved the movie. I probably re-watch this a few times a year. Reminds me of my mortality, how fragile life really is. Puts everything into perspective and I think that was the idea. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/23/25 Full Review Rundyl B Quite a cool vision from the field of fantasy, but evidently someone got carried away. Nice idea but the script changes faster than a teenage girl's mood. I watched it and it's okay, but it's definitely not mind-blowing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/22/25 Full Review Lovely P sorry but worst ending ever Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review Fusion F This movie was just… so weird, it really felt like a weird AI ahh dream, from being an action movie with a girl revenging on what they did to her to BEING MATTER, I really didn’t thought about it as much since I just want it to have some fun in the action sequences and man I really had even more fun with the weird things that the movie turned to. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review Owen S A very compelling story that gets watered down by drawn outness. It had way more to explore and instead leaves you feeling like some parts were added just to extend the movies run time. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When a boyfriend tricks Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) into delivering a briefcase to a supposed business contact, the once-carefree student is abducted by thugs who intend to turn her into a drug mule. She is surgically implanted with a package containing a powerful chemical, but it leaks into her system, giving her superhuman abilities, including telekinesis and telepathy. With her former captors in pursuit, Lucy seeks out a neurologist (Morgan Freeman), who she hopes will be able to help her.
Director
Luc Besson
Producer
Virginie Silla
Screenwriter
Luc Besson
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Cine+, Canal+, TF1 Films Productions, EuropaCorp
Rating
R (Sexuality|Disturbing Images|Strong Violence)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 25, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$126.5M
Runtime
1h 28m
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