Lucky 7

Lucky 7

Year: 2003

Runtime: 96 mins

Language: English

Director: Harry Winer

RomanceComedyTV Movie

After her mother’s death when Amy was seven, the Seattle lawyer clings to a meticulous timeline her mother drafted, which has accurately foreseen every major event in her life. The chart now predicts Amy will marry her seventh boyfriend. When she falls for her sixth boyfriend, Amy is torn between trusting the schedule and following her heart.

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Timeline – Lucky 7 (2003)

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1

Mother's prophecy and the timeline

Amy grows up with a dying mother who draws a strict life timeline: become an attorney and marry the seventh boyfriend. The mother defines 'boyfriend' as the seventh person who calls her girlfriend, locking him into marriage, setting a precise path for Amy's future.

2

Amy becomes an attorney per the plan

Following her mother's instructions, Amy pursues law and achieves her career goal. She continues to navigate relationships with the hope of identifying her seventh partner according to the timeline.

3

Breaking up with boyfriend #5

Amy ends things with her fifth boyfriend to keep the door open for the seventh. She is determined to refine her list so that the path toward marriage remains intact.

4

Falls for Daniel McCandles, her sixth boyfriend

Amy falls head over heels for Daniel, whom she hopes could be the sixth man who will later become the seventh. She wants Daniel to be the seventh, not the sixth, fueling a plan to swap partners later.

5

Searching for another #6 to replace Daniel

Realizing Daniel should be #7, Amy sets out to find a true #6 to replace him. She discovers Peter Connor, a local bagel shop owner who is secretly in love with her.

6

Peter Connor enters the scene

Peter, a successful ex-Bear Stearns trader, confesses his love and asks Amy to accompany him to his wedding on Orcas Island. She reluctantly agrees, seeing him as a potential #6, altering the dynamic of her plan.

7

Orcas Island wedding makes them a couple

At the Orcas Island wedding, Peter tells his friends they are dating and calls Amy his girlfriend, which binds him to the #6 slot. The couple begins acting like a real couple around friends and an ex who attends with her new partner.

Orcas Island
8

The night of passion and the timeline talks

Amy and Peter share an intimate night, but she declares it a mistake. When Peter asks what happens after marriage, she explains the timeline and its expectations, leaving the future unresolved as they return to the city.

Orcas Island
9

Daniel declares girlfriend status and becomes #7

Back in the city, Daniel tells his boss that they are dating and that Amy is his girlfriend, effectively making Daniel the seventh boyfriend by Amy's own definition. The plan appears to be moving toward a traditional ending.

Work dinner party
10

Amy realizes her feelings for Peter

Amy realizes she has genuine feelings for Peter and realizes that the timeline is crumbling. She tells Daniel that they have never even held hands and resolves to pursue Peter instead of sticking to the plan.

City
11

Search leads to the wedding island

Amy searches for Peter and discovers him on the wedding island they had visited, which he apparently owns. He is not at his office, prompting a reunion and a fresh start for them both as she quits her job.

Orcas Island (wedding island)
12

A new path: marriage on a fresh start

The couple embraces in Amy's apartment, dressed as if about to marry. Peter offers her a job at the bagel shop, and they begin a new life together, signaling a marriage not dictated by the old timeline.

Amy's apartment

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