Better Late Then Never

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Blistering performances.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

I remembered seeing a trailer for this film on YouTube; didn't interest me, but I remembered the poster standing out. And after watching Hunger Games, I was interested in seeing more Sam Claflin films, so I put it in my mental list.Story: Best friends Rosie and Alex go their separate ways after secondary school, with Alex moving to America and Rosie accidentally becoming pregnant after prom night. As the years go by, Rose and Alex gamble everything to keep their friendship alive, while love also springs between them.Good set up, good cast. Overall I enjoyed it, and my favourite part was definitely Lily Collins and Sam Claflin's chemistry. I thought it was believable how they transitioned from best friends to being in love at the end, even if a few scenes felt pointless. I also enjoyed the friendship between Rosie and her friend Ruby. I liked the supporting characters Sally and Bethany. I thought the pacing was fine, I wasn't bored at all watching it.I have negatives of course so 1) the fact that they don't age. I get it since two attractive people have been cast in the roles and they probably don't want to recast them. But seriously, Rosie's daughter is 14 or 15 years old by the end, and they look like sisters. Age up your actors; it's distracting. Keeps reminding me of the McAvoy/Fassbender X-Men films; Age for crying out loud! I mean a lot times you'd probably forget that since Collins and Claflin have such great chemistry, but once they stop talking to each other it becomes distracting again.Also, there is one completely cartoon character: Greg, Rosie's baby daddy and later husband. If Greg exists in the books and is accurate to the book character; fair enough. But it was the laziest way to portray a deadbeat. There's a scene where Rosie and Alex are at Rosie's dad's funeral; it's raining and tries to portray itself as a serious seen. But, Greg straight up walks up to the two, puts on his glasses, acting like he's at a party and goofing around. What!?? Is the script so desperate to portray Greg as a douche, they had to resort to that. Who ok'd that. If you need a scene like that, don't put it in a funeral scene.I enjoy romantic films when I'm in the mood, and apart from those few distracting elements, I enjoyed the film. I'd recommend it, just watch out for those things I've mentioned.

I just rediscovered this movie after almost 4 years and can I just say, I fell in love with it and I still am.This movie is absolutely worth-watching in my opinion, because it has a nice plot line with some twisted turns. Even though the movie is filled with romantic clichés,some jokes included and also not everything happens like you would think it will. Both leading actors did an amazing job and they have great on-screen chemistry. You really get the feeling like they would have known each other for years. The casting was absolutely successful.In conclusion I can say, that it is a movie that has some typical scenes for a romantic movie, but also some unexpected turns and the whole story of the friendship-love is beautiful to watch. It did so good, watching this movie on a Saturday evening to find calmness. It is a movie, where you start crying, laughing and smiling.

Love Rosie. The story of two young souls begins and ends. Two teenage best friends, Rosie Dunne (Lily Collins) and Alex Stewart (Sam Claflin) is in denial about the love between them. The film was magical, everything anyone would dream about. Personally, it's breathtaking and relatable. The movie is adapted from the book Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern. It is a 102 minutes movie it is not that long and not that short for a movie. It was released at October 22, 2014 (United Kingdom) and directed by Christian Ditter. The movie was amazing, how it can captures everything. The content of the movie is just compelling and somehow it makes me think as an audience, "What if I end up like them, that the right person was right in front of me all along?" Love Rosie might not be relatable to everyone in real life, but the way they make it, it makes me believe that the movie is myself being pictured. It is kind of pathetic, their love story. You can either see it as exciting and annoyed or boring. How Alex kept looking for beautiful perfect girl you could ever seen and at last you ends up with your best friend which may be just enough for him. He could've just say you love your best friend, instead of flying across countries to look for a better one when you're not going to find any. Finally, they end up being jealous of one and another, but worried at the same time because of their feelings. Somehow, in my opinion that what makes it interesting because it is so true in so many level.I enjoy the part where Alex got married then he have this dancing part, where Rosie's child was having the same problem like what Alex and Rosie have but the difference is that now Alex knows and wants her to feel like it is okay to fall in love with your best friend. That part of the plot breaks my heart. In the other hand I don't enjoy much where Rosie made a stupid mistake about marrying Greg because it just don't make sense, but at the same time it was the one thing that makes the movie or appealing at some point. Overall the movie is pretty sensitive and I never seen anything as good as this movie apparently. Lily Collins and Sam Claflins is definitely a perfect match to the role, but can't really tell for sure since I don't read the book but it was so perfect that they are able to make me feel like what they feel. I watched so many romance drama movies and nothing seemed to be better or slightly under either. I learned a lot after watching this, how we can't take others for granted.

Rosie Dunne (Lily Collins) and Alex Stewart (Sam Claflin) have been friends since 5 years old. Her life is changing at 30. In flashback starting with her 18th birthday, their relationship is shown as they go on their separate journeys. He loses his virginity to Bethany Williams (Suki Waterhouse) which drives Rosie to self-obsessed Greg (Christian Cooke). Alex goes off to Harvard and finds new girlfriend Sally (Tamsin Egerton). Rosie gets unexpected pregnant from her one awkward night with Greg which derails her plans to study in Boston near Alex.Lily Collins is lovely. Sam Claflin has his boyish charms. This romance could be better. Despite the beautiful pairing, it never really pulls it off completely. It has a fun start. The condom bit is hilarious. There is a way for this relationship to go to develop a great epic romance. It takes odd turns which really throws it off. By the second half, I don't want them to get together. Quite frankly, none of the men are good enough for her. This should really be Rosie's story. Lily Collins is good enough to pull that off.