Love, Rosie - 26/10/2014
Based on the Cecelia Ahern book "Where Rainbows End", yet another chick flick hits the silver screen.
P.S I Love You is in the top chick flicks of all time for most females on the planet so Love, Rosie had a hard act to follow. Clare had read the book a few times so was a little worried of how the screen adaptation would portray her beloved lovers.
Set over a 15 year period, Rosie and Alex are friends who have a strong attraction to each other but always seem to be at the wrong place in their lives for the next step to happen. When Rosie falls pregnant after a one night stand and cannot follow Alex to Boston, she remains at home with her family raising her daughter.
I was not really looking forward to this one as I find most chick flicks too formulaic, but Love, Rosie seemed to ditch some of these tropes and focus more on the relationships of Rosie and Alex, not with each other but with family, friends and various "not-quite-right" partners. Instead of having the happy relationship broken down by a new arrival of someone better, like most chick flicks, this film has breakdowns of these relationships and marriages due to infidelity and mixed feelings.
The ending was far too generic for me and could have been far better if it ended a few minutes before, but I am not a best selling novelist so what would I know.
Also, one major, major gripe I have with the film is the lack of aging. It takes place over 12-15 years yet the characters NEVER age. They get the occasional haircut, but the final scene has Rosie looking the same age as her high school pregnant era. Whatever moisturiser they are using, I think they should put it on sale!
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