Most romance movies follow a familiar arc. Two people meet, like each other. Have some very manageable problems that are blow up for dramatic effect. And in very predictable fashion, they end up in love. There's nothing wrong with this formula. It works in rom-coms, in Hallmark movies. But it's at best, a little bland. At worst, it's boring as hell.
Maybe Forever eschews this tradition for a more unconventional, poetic approach to a love story. Two characters, very clearly in love at the outset, look back on their first date. A day filled less with high drama and more with the poetry of two souls finding beauty in each other and life. In that way it's a very simple film. And yet, it's quite profound. In our daily haste, we so often forget that some of life's greatest treasures are very moving and yet, very simple. I was transfixed by these two characters falling for each other, in soothing, soul-connecting harmonies of bliss.
I couldn't help but notice that the co-writers, directors and stars of the film have the same last name. So one assumes, they are a married couple who made this movie together. Which begs the question, was this a depiction of their actual first date? Or did they compress their falling in love into one poetic day to tell their beautiful story? Either way, this is a love story unlike any you have exactly seen before. Well shot and performed, and obviously made with the deepest of affection.
