Love,Rosie Review

The trailer above basically sums up the whole film. I have never seen a trailer in my life that gives away every ounce of  detail and story line (or lack of it). Honestly there is no point shelling out the money to see this film because after watching the trailer you have basically already seen it. All the key scenes are in the trailer. The other 100 minutes of film just drags things out unnecessarily. 

Alex and Rosie are the main character's who grow up together. They are best friends and   share a wonderful friendship until they reach 18 and then things start to get complicated.Alex decides to take Rosie out to a club to celebrate  her birthday, they both have a shot too many and share a drunken kiss. Rosie becomes unconscious and wakes up the next  morning none the wiser. The kiss (or failed attempt) they share is significant to the whole premise of the film. Fate forces them apart and then enter in and out of each others lives and despite all barriers they are some how  still destined to be together. The choices that Rosie and Alex make mean that they both have to endure miserable lives. All because Alex didn't get off his laurels and ask Rosie to the school dance. Utter nonsense! Instead he runs away to Harvard while Rosie is at home losing sleep over a baby (not his).

The film is a big bowl of cliché soup. The main ingredients being: unplanned pregnancies, failed marriages, true love at first sight blabalablah and denial. This film is a hybrid of my 'Best Friends Wedding', 'Along came Polly' and 'Two Weddings and a Funeral'. It apparently falls into the category of romantic comedy but you are left feeling drained due to its slow pace. It lacks the wit and charm of the films it has attempted to imitate. The film is so frustrating. Half way through you no longer care if  the characters get together or not because the root of the problem is so ridiculous. All they had to do was communicate in the first instance and let each other know how they felt. For the entirety of the movie I sat there slumped in my chair forcing my eyes to stay open. The only incentive to stay seated was the cost of the £9.50 cinema ticket.

Despite all my complaints  the  film  really isn't completely unlikeable. I have  seen far worse. I am certain many more female cinema goers will be enticed to see this as Sam Claflin (Finnick) stars as Alex. Oh and before I forget, the film is  based  on Cecelia Ahern's epistolary novel 'Where Rainbows End'. She is also the author of 'PS. I Love you'. That reminds me of Gerard Butler's ridiculous inconsistent showcase of accents in the film adaptation. It is a  mix between an English, American, Irish and a German accent. To this day I am not sure if he was under the influence or was sleep deprived during filming. What an abysmal performance. Anyway moving on...there are some feebly funny bits in the film (if that helps). 'Love Rosie', I certainly loved when it was over. I sighed with relief; I was so tired I left the cinema with a huge migraine. Why did I even watch it in the first place you might wonder? I guess I was curious. I knew it would be predictable but I gave it a chance anyway. In this case curiosity didn't  kill the cat. Instead this cat wasted her money and 103 minutes of her life. I am ironically glad I watched it. Sam Claflin made it somewhat worthwhile and Lily Collins is likeable too! However, there is now no doubt in my mind that this film  fails to impress (a huge contradiction I know). Overall the film was eh! I give it  a 4/10.

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