Lucy

R

Released Jul 25, 2014

1 hr. 28 min.

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

List

67%

240 Reviews

Tomatometer

47%

100,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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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Cameron C

The low audience score is a surprise, obviously it was quite hypothetical but I thought it was thrilling for a wide audience. I just would’ve liked to see more layers to this movie, it could’ve brought some deep-thinking to the table and been even more informing and mind-blowing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/23/24

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Nomvula M

Amazing movie, the characters were perfect. 10/10 movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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Person 1

Thoroughly great sci fi action that keeps getting better and better. Certainly unique and very well made.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/19/24

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Hargie M

One of the poorly wrapped-up ending

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/18/24

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John P

Spoiler. She turns into a USB thumbdrive.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Slobodan D

People either do not understand what singularity is or they just straight up haters..I cant believe this movie is so low by users score.. One of my all time fav movie..

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/24

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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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Lucy: Official Clip - A New Lucy

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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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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
Executive Producer: Marc Shmuger
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

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