Lucy (2014) | Rotten Tomatoes

Lucy

R

Released Jul 25, 2014

1h 28m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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240 Reviews

47%

Audience Score

100,000+ Ratings

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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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Alejandro Turdo

EscribiendoCine

Perhaps the intellectual side of the film arrives a little too late after so much action and does not withstand analysis, but it is enough to elevate a genre film born from an enormous What If... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

May 9, 2023

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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

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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

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Colin M

Stunning slick visuals with jubberish dialogue in search of a plot. Gorgeous to look at, but quite nonsensical.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/26/24

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Wallace L

It’s cool. Not the greatest thing ever or believable or anything like that but it was enjoyable.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/24

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Joey

One of the worst action movies I have ever seen. The only movie in my life I wanted to just leave

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/12/24

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Tina K

Five-star story. I loved it mainly for the concepts presented. Some of the ideas were totally unexpected, exciting and energizing. I love the depictions of the possibilities if the body and mind were to quickly evolve. I liked the contrasts between transcendence and the mundane (greed, violence, etc.) which made the latter effectively seem sooo petty, little and "beneath us."

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/11/24

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Lukasz Z

Another great Luc Besson movie with a unique concept & storyline. Watched it numerous times and still enjoyable. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/09/24

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Dan R

Not a bad movie, story was meh, but still not bad.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/08/24

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Luc Besson

Director

Scarlett Johansson

Lucy

Morgan Freeman

Professor Samuel Norman

Choi Min-sik

Mr. Jang

Amr Waked

Capt. Pierre Del Rio

Julian Rhind-Tutt

The Limey

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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+, EuropaCorp, Canal+, TF1 Films Productions
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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