Lucy

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Lucy

R

2014

1h 29m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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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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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

Sep 26, 2016

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.

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David Sims

The Atlantic

Sep 22, 2016

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.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

Jun 18, 2016

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.

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Sean Axmaker

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May 6, 2023

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...

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Jan 24, 2023

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.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Aug 5, 2022

2.5/4

Besson packs a lot of ideas into the brief 89-minute runtime, but he should've spent another 20 minutes on character development.

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Cameron S

@RT67507190 Sep 16, 2026

Looks like most critics have little or no idea on appeal for an audience. I have watched this movie so may times because it speaks to me about, humanity, intelligence and the possibilities for humanity who currently destroy everything within thier grasp..... Don't listen to morons this is one for the ages...

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Thomas B

@RT56008813 Sep 9, 2026

Surprisingly this turned out to be one of the most ridiculous movies I've seen in a while. I'm not sure if it was supposed to be campy but I laughed out loud at times. Cerebral? Please. More like "mindless" and beyond my ability to suspend disbelief. I guess it was fun to see Scarlett kick some pathetic ass but otherwise it was just God awful.

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Garry A

@heavyg Sep 1, 2026

This is a cerebral sci-fi action flick. It has a high entertainment factor.

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Giovana L

@Giovana183 Aug 27, 2026

Contains spoilers.I didn't like it. Even with the action, the calm moments are slow and boring. After 40 minutes, all the nonsense about "activating 100% of the brain" gets tiring. Besides, just because she reached maximum capacity doesn't mean ordinary humans are ignorant. Lucy changes her appearance in the mall in front of everyone and nobody notices. She causes several traffic accidents and no government agency goes after her. Someone with unusual, almost supernatural behavior would attract at least the FBI at their door to take her to Area 51. The only enemies were the Asian criminals, whom she chooses not to take down right away (but causing accidents with innocent civilians is okay, right?). The ending was terrible: her merging with the internet. It would have made more sense for her to merge with the universe, but okay.

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Elizabeth D

@RT62064577 Aug 17, 2026

Based on the reviews I expected this to be worse than it was, perhaps a little limited of what it could be, but still enjoyable. Can’t tell if peoples’ reservations are due to the remarked upon gender difference usually reserved for these stories, or if its scientific accuracy offends academic circles (which would have gone over my head anyway).

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Ricardo S

@RT68880975 Aug 1, 2026

I attempted to suspend all disbelief, hoping for just some fun action. My recommendation: Just watch the trailer. That’s the whole movie and shows all the best action scenes. No need to waste your life. Fortunately I was stuck on a long haul flight so I had plenty of time to kill.

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Lucy

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Professor Samuel Norman

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Amr Waked

Capt. Pierre Del Rio

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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
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 29m

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