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Based on the 2004 romance novel 'Where Rainbows End' written by Cecilia Ahern, Love, Rosie is about a story of two people who were best friends since they were young. They've known each other for so long and they're absolutely meant for each other, but could never have the courage to admit that they have strong feelings for each other. Furthermore, life is not always how we expect or want it to be, as various unforeseen circumstances or misunderstandings continuously keeps them apart from each other.

Love, Rosie have the same typical flaws that many romantic drama comedies have: several unavoidable clichés and contrivances, a predictable ending. However, as in all romantic comedies, it's the whole journey that truly matters. The film takes the audience through the ups and downs of their relationships and how it affects their friendship over the years. Things didn't happen the way you expected them to be on some occasions, which is rather surprising and refreshing at the same time. The film is filled with occasionally nice witty jokes and heartwarming moments, combine with charming, likable performances from the lead characters. The two leads have great chemistry on screen and it gives the believable feeling that they've known each other for years.

There's a real genuine, non-manipulative, non-domineering relationship between the leads as we witness several loving, selfless acts on both sides when tragedy strikes one of them. However, I have to admit that there's a rather unrealistic depiction about this "friendship" - men and women can't be close friends because the sex part always gets in the way (A famous quote from another romantic comedy film, When Harry Meets Sally...). In reality, it's virtually impossible that a beautiful, attractive young lady can be close friends with a strikingly handsome man without hardly any sexual tension at all, especially when both of them are heterosexuals and they've never think of each other as siblings either.

Overall, the film succeeds in finding the heart and soul for its characters for the audience to relate with, despite its shortcomings. It's a lovely, heartfelt film that doesn't disappoint and it's well worth a watch.

Rating: 7.5/10 http://yjcool.blogspot.com/2014/11/movie-review-love-rosie.html

To say this is predictable would be an understatement, but same thing goes for many action movies as far as predictability goes. Actually the fact that two people belong together is so painfully obvious you do wonder how they came up to fill over 100 minutes in here. Looks like a lot of things go wrong ... who'd have thought? Putting a scene from "now" at the beginning just to backtrack was a neat idea though.

Still some things happen, that might not be as expected. But such is life and the overall impression still says the same. The main actors/characters do their best to keep the tension high and the story going. Even when the script has them do things, they shouldn't be doing. An overall good romantic comedy, fun to watch as a couple

Love, Rosie's leads Lily Collins and Sam Claflin add strength to this adaption that struggles to convert its story from paper to screen. They both hide their love for each other instead of biting the bullet and opening up to each other. They spend 12 years in awkward oblivion (apparently it's longer in the novel). They keeps secrets from each other, Alex's being marriage and Rosie's is pregnancy. Amongst the hardships and the inconceivable privacy are two souls who look and feel normal, never sloping into the ludicrous, always down-to-earth. There is chemistry behind the acting. They push their affections to the front, more so than most rom-com partners pull off. The story doesn't stand-out, the performances do. This is a film to fill up those rainy days and delve into a relationship if only you take the leap.

The bond between the main characters Rosie and Alex is sensitively and authenticity portrayed by Lily Collins and Sam Claflin from childhood besties to new high school graduates about to stretch their wings. The story arch of almost unrequited, misunderstood love, avoids most clichés thanks to a story that is unique in its ability to lovingly portray British working class family life.

She makes a mistake, keeps the baby, and steps away from her dreams. In the process of loosing the love of her life, she forms a delightful friendship with an unlikely shop keeper Ruby whose hair gets more red and shorter as the story progresses and their friendship matures like merlot. This is one of the delights of the story and Ruby's advice based on the Titanic movie is one of the most memorable from the movie, which was a pleasure from start to end.

Rosie and Ruby's lower class circumstances make this story relatable to a broad audience.

My only light criticism is this: there is an attempt to change Lily and Sam's appearance over the years through hair colour variation and style, but Lily does not get a mom-bod, and remains as gorgeous as ever despite working a lower class job and being a single mom. The director can be forgiven this oversight though. The movie is one of the best I have seen in a long while.

So, it's okay. It's one of those movies with a message. It's pleasant to watch it but on the way you get tiered and a little bored. Some of the information are skipped, but you can guess what happens next. It's like a light reading after a hard day. I like Alex's transformation. The I liked it was focused on both Rosie an Alex's life and that it clearly shows how a girl can over think an issue. It features the story of true love, that one that at the beginning was pure and innocent and at the end is mature and responsible. I liked how Rosie kept her hope alive, that she will have her own business and also how she raised her child. It's based on the typical teenage love problems. Also it caught the the fact that girls like Bethany always have more success in life and that boys like Greg always disappoint.

I recommend it to teenagers who rush into life without thinking ;)

Life is unpredictable and then life will turn upside down when you realize that you are in love with your best friend who turns out the perfect match for you. Love, Rosie is romantic–drama that has strong performances and likable performances.

Love, Rosie tells the story of friendship, love, doubts and making the right choices between 2 lovely people.

Love, Rosie has everything going in its favor - enchanting chemistry between the screen couple, nice background score , beautiful location. Directed by Christian Ditter , The Vow is the perfect date movie in the recent times. The story is based on a novel "Where Rainbow Ends" written by Cecelia Ahern whose previous work inlcudes P.S.I Love You which makes it more interesting and admiring. Right from the beginning till the end , the film keeps you entertained and that is the highlight of the movie. Though it loses steam in between , but gathers momentum at the later reel . Direction wise , Ditter has done a good job by extracting good performances by the lead cast. Screenplay is just fine getting ample scope for improvement. Production design is good with good background score gelling well with the film. Coming to performances , Lily Collins is the star of the movie. The lovely actress does an admiring job with right expression required for the role. Other actors played their part with utmost conviction.

Love, Rosie is one such rom-com date film that will be enjoyed with your partner coupled with blend of good food on a romantic eve. Good 3.5/5

Familiar story beats that just work!

A coming of age tale with realistic moments of pressure and pain that face us all in time. All handled with good moments of strength and humour.

I like the way values are articulated and the way morality is derived into the action-drama rather than in long dialogue like others attempt.

I didn't think you needed to portray Rosie as the sleeping around type after her quick maturity into motherhood. It kind of ruined the character arc.

The musical score take the high pitched emotional sequences to another level.

'Will you marry me? Yes. WHAT! It can't be that easy"

Plenty of great subtext let down by an abrupt ending that ran out of ideas.

Good Film

I don't like how this movie makes me feel, it reminds me of a time when I was in a similar situation. Not that it opened old wounds but I had that knot in my stomach watching Alex and Rosie being idiots. As movie goes, I guess it means that they've done something right. I was emotionally involved in the movie, I guess we've all been in this kind of mess, and that's probably the reason why Love, Rosie kind of works. The film takes us back to a place where we don't really want to go because no matter how weak the script seem to be - the life span could have been better handled - I still connected with the film.

Lily Collins and Sam Claflin have an amazing chemistry on screen, which does not take long to be established in the movie. Their chemistry is there and the audience's history with this kind of complicated relationships is what makes the movie. Collins' performance was better than I expect but she did not look like a mom, not at all, by the end she looked like the Katie's sister. The same goes for Claflin, who blew my mind in The Riot Club, he gave a great performance but he looked the same, it's even hard to believe that time had passed if not for Katie growing up.

Love, Rosie is a good film, it's easy to connect to it, a very nice romantic comedy.

The premise is clichéd, and so is the presentation. Alex and Rosie have a fresh and likeable chemistry; both Lily Collins and Sam Claflin give all they have to offer as the characters traverse through different stages of life.

Overall cinematography and lighting are good, nothing extraordinary but does the job.

I haven't read the book, but the thing I liked about the story is how vulnerable and flawed each characters have been shown; no one is the real victim or hero/villain here just like in real life. And it is very sad, heartbreaking and relatable in some scenes.

The way some situations were handled felt too filmy or unrealistic. I personally would have liked a slightly different ending. I liked the penultimate (climax in my opinion) scene more, where we revisit a thing from the past to somehow validate some of the decisions that had led to this present moment.

Overall it has few amazing moments but not enough to stand out from other such similar clichéd stories.

From a personal level I could relate many stuffs and enjoyed the film but from a cinematic perspective, this doesn't really offer anything different.

This is a typical feel good film, the one you'd watch when you feel sad, lonely, disappointed with life in general and your only wish is to forget about your own life and dream that you're the protagonist of a great love story, possibly with some ice-cream by your side to compensate for the lack of physicality caused by a mere watching task.

As in any fairytale the story is completely surreal, as the two protagonists are friends, who actually love each other, but cannot find a way to get from frindship to love and must go through a series of misadventures. It is a funny story, it sparkles with great colours, humour and sweetness. The two actors have great chemistry too.

Light, amusing,lovable, a bit dreamlike but in a positive way!

If you like this genre , you will like this movie . I thought the casting was absolutely fantastic - they chemistry between the two of them was very well done , both written and acted well .

The tie in of the daughter having a first love as well was a cool touch and a great way to move the plot along .

It was cute , funny without being ridiculous and silly , all the characters felt real and connected and it took the complexities of life and showed them in a way that we can all relate to one way or another - missed opportunities and regrets , taking risks and following dreams and loving those around us ( friends , families and romantically )

I really enjoyed it start to finish - would recommend if you are looking for something on the lighter side and easy to watch .

Overall, this was a cute, enjoyable movie. It was predictable (as 99% of romantic comedies are) but I liked it anyway because it has heart and quality acting. My biggest qualm was that they marred the stunning Lily Collins with that horrible wig at the end of the movie. Her real hair is so beautiful, they didn't have to do her dirty like that. Other than that - solid film.

Chemistry, check. Romance, check. Comedy, check. Good acting, check. However, the story relies too much on accidents. A couple breaks up because of coincidental mistake and makes up with little explanation. You can say that is what all rom-com should be about. However, Rosie's action does not persuade the audience, so it's hard to keep up with her emotions and actions. Rather than feeling it with her, I keep asking myself 'why did she make that decision?' and try to reason with her with some EFFORTS.

A cliché done well. Perhaps the ending could've been a little bit better, but still a good movie

I won't tell that this is a Good Romantic movie But it was OK. Had my time passed. Not A Remarkable one like "Forever My Girl" Or "Titanic".

The greatest feeling is that you must express your true feelings, two people to communicate, hidden in the heart of the words may not come out can only move themselves.

Here for saaam love lille too There's something in the story doses not seem right for me but i loved the vibes tho Best friends love I was shocked when Rosie got pregnant like i did not expect this to happen it changed the whole storyline.

I enjoyed this movie, it's one for when you don't want to think too much! Not everyone's cup of tea but it was mine!