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All My Life, a romance movie directed by Marc Meyers, has become a hit on Netflix three years after its theatrical release. It's currently holding the number 7 spot on the streamer's top 10 list. The movie is based on a true story, chronicling one couple's journey to put on their wedding after the groom is diagnosed with liver cancer. The film, which was distributed by Universal Pictures, was released in December 2020, receiving mixed reviews from critics and earning only $2 million at the box office.

All My Life, Universal Pictures' overlooked romance movie, has now become a hit on Netflix almost three years after its release. Directed by Marc Meyers, the film chronicles the true story of Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, a young couple who accelerates their wedding plans after Solomon is diagnosed with liver cancer. All My Life earned mixed reviews from critics upon its release and ultimately brought in...

Loosely based on the real lives of Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, “All My Life” is burdened with a near-impossible challenge of balancing how to honor the subjects the film is based on while also avoiding trite emotional manipulation that often mars this particular romantic subgenre. The film only marginally succeeds. Drawing both from the true story being told – we witness footage from their wedding over the end credits – as well as every other tear-inducing romance where the pair in question is faced with unexpected sickness and loss, the film is a mess of cliches but sprinkled with touches of personality.

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Inspired by real-life couple Jennifer Carter and Solomon “Sol” Chau, All My Life is the sanitized, sanded-down version of what probably would have been a very interesting documentary that wouldn’t require the sugary artificiality of a script that feels like it was written by a mall focus group recruited exclusively from customers of Williams Sonoma and Pink by Victoria’s Secret. In this narrative version, Carter (Jessica Rothe) and Chau (Harry Shum Jr.) are imagined as twenty-somethings living their lives in search of “something more” as Jennifer’s voiceover tells us upfront.

Jennifer is a student who never seems to have any professional interests; Sol works first in marketing but has a true passion for food. While out a sports bar with friends, Jennifer and Solomon bond over a margarita and decide to meet up for a run and a trip to the farmers market the next day, where they...

At first, “All My Life” looks like a typical romantic comedy: Girl and boy meet cute, banter playfully, flirt, go on a fun first date and fall in love during montages set to pop songs.

But if you know anything about the Marc Meyers movie starring Jessica Rothe and Harry Shum Jr., you know going in that this is not a rom-com. It’s based on a true story, and all the promo materials spell out that this is a movie about a couple dealing with a serious illness. It’s a drama rather than a comedy, so call it a rom-dram – and if that phrase seems slightly dismissive, it’s appropriate for a movie that plays up the sentimentality and never escapes the feeling that it’s a light look at a heavy subject.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing, and “All My Life” is nothing if not...

Harry Shum Jr. is known for his role as Mike Chang (aka “The Other Asian”) on Glee and his dance moves as a member of Lxd as well as a background dance for the iconic Ladies First tour that featured Alicia Keys, Missy Elliott and Beyoncé in one of her first tours as a solo artist. Since then, Shum has appeared in numerous films such as White Frog, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, Crazy Rich Asians and the popular Freeform fantasy TV series Shadowhunters. Now, he is a leading man in Universal’s upcoming romantic drama All My Life.

Based on the true story of Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, All My Life follows their story which features Shum as Solomon and Jessica Rothe as Jennifer. A fun-loving couple, the newly engaged couple lives are turned upside down when Solomon is diagnosed with terminal liver cancer in December,...

The trailer for the new drama All My Life starring Jessica Rothe and Solomon Chaus, has just been released. The film is directed by Marc Meyers from a script by Todd Rosenberg. You can check out the trailer above right here on CinemaNerdz!

Based on the powerful true love story that inspired an entire nation, All My Life follows the journey of an engaged couple who make the difficult decision to accelerate their wedding in the wake of a devastating discovery.

Jennifer Carter and Solomon Chau are a sweet, fun-loving, newly engaged couple whose whole life seems ahead of them. But when Sol is diagnosed with terminal liver cancer in December, their plans for a summer wedding become impossible.

In a race against time, Jenn and Sol’s friends and family launch an online fundraiser to help the couple create their dream wedding in just two weeks. In the process,...

Universal has released the first trailer for the romantic drama All My Life. The movie stars Happy Death Day actress Jessica Rothe and Harry Shum Jr. as an engaged couple who receives some devastating news. Universal has also announced that the movie, which is based on a true story, will hit theaters on December 4th. The movie will then be available on premium digital rental services a few weeks later on December 23rd. Harry Shum Jr. is playing Sol in the movie, while Jennifer Carter is played by Jessica Rothe. Carter had this to say about her and Sol's story coming to the big screen.

"Everyone who had the privilege to witness Sol during his darkest hours will remember him as the one in the room with the biggest smile; the one who wanted to make sure that everyone around him was okay; and the one who took the challenges...

Universal Pictures will release romantic drama “All My Life” theatrically on Dec. 4, 2020, the studio announced on Monday. The trailer was also released on Monday which you can watch above.

Based on the powerful true love story that inspired an entire nation, “All My Life” follows the journey of an engaged couple who make the difficult decision to accelerate their wedding in the wake of a devastating discovery.

“All My Life” stars Jessica Rothe (the “Happy Death Day” films) as Jennifer Carter, and Harry Shum Jr. (“Crazy Rich Asians”) as Solomon Chau, a sweet, fun-loving, newly engaged couple whose whole life seems ahead of them. But when Solomon is diagnosed with terminal liver cancer in December, their plans for a summer wedding become impossible. In a race against time, Jenn and Sol’s friends and family launch an online fundraiser to help the couple create their dream wedding in just two weeks.

Silicon Valley's Josh Brener and Catch 22 actor Jon Rudnitsky have joined the cast of Universal love story All My Life.

The movie will be led by Harry Shum Jr. and Jessica Rothe, playing real life couple Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, who were planning their wedding when they received the news that Chau had liver cancer. To make sure they got the wedding of their dreams, they moved the date up after they raised more than $52,000 through a GoFundMe page. They were married for four months before he died.

Chrissie Fit, Jay Pharoah, Marielle Scott and Kyle ...

Silicon Valley's Josh Brener and Catch 22 actor Jon Rudnitsky have joined the cast of Universal love story All My Life.

The movie will be led by Harry Shum Jr. and Jessica Rothe, playing real life couple Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, who were planning their wedding when they received the news that Chau had liver cancer. To make sure they got the wedding of their dreams, they moved the date up after they raised more than $52,000 through a GoFundMe page. They were married for four months before he died.

Chrissie Fit, Jay Pharoah, Marielle Scott and Kyle ...

Exclusive: Universal’s forthcoming romantic drama All My Life has added Michael Masini, Chrissie Fit and Greg Vrotsos. The trio join previously announced stars Jessica Rothe and Harry Shum Jr.

All My Life will be directed by Marc Meyers (My Friend Dahmer) and is based on Todd Rosenberg’s 2017 Black List script details the true story of Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, a young couple planning their wedding in the face of devastating news. Rothe is set to play a character inspired by Carter, while Shum will portray a character based on Chau.

Todd Garner and Sean Robins will produce via their Broken Road Productions banner. Universal Pictures Svp Production Sara Scott and Director of Development Lexi Barta are set to oversee the...