Love, Rosie

This was a brutal tearjerker. So if you’re sensitive, rest assured that this story will make your eyes wet with tears within the first minute and they won’t be dry until the screen of your TV will have been black for some time, and you’ll only realize that it’s gone to sleep mode thanks to the loud beeping when the TV asks for your attention. However, Love, Rosie is a really pleasant movie with a fateful story of two people who have been trying to find their way to one another. At times, it was a little too much. On the other hand, who says that anything is really impossible in life? The second upside of this movie, except for the movie itself, was the fact that I didn’t know the actors at all, but I was outright ecstatic about them. An amazing romance with a human story that a lot of us have probably met with. (09/03/2015)

P.S. I Love You, also a product of the imagination of Cecelia Ahern, came together a bit better, but this one is definitely not to be missed either. In fact, there's something terribly real about it. You look at certain situations and see yourself, and that's why you can't tear yourself away. You just have to know how it's going to turn out. The cast is nice too, although I like Lily's look better in other films. But that's just a minor flaw in the beauty of an otherwise successful film. Oh, and it comes down to one of the best almost-kisses I've ever seen in a movie... 4 stars. (01/03/2016)

Love, Rosie is an incredibly sweet film, featuring a supremely likeable cast, which on the one hand comes across as incredibly romantic, while on the other hand there is more of a bittersweet tinge, with the viewer (or at least me) anxiously watching the whole time to see how the plot will unfold, and if everything will turn out as it should (or should have). I enjoyed seeing how the two main characters evolved, and where their life paths led them. All in all, a nice film that both puts a smile on your face and brings a tear to your eye. (29/06/2016)

À l'âge de treize – peut-être seize – ans, j'aurais certainement été enthousiasmé par un tel film et je lui aurais fait des éloges pendant un bon moment. OK, le cœur de tous les romantiques peut se réjouir, mais en tant qu'adulte, ça m’énerve de voir les mêmes clichés pour la cent cinquantième fois, de voir les personnages prononcer les mêmes paroles sages et que le héros ou l’héroïne principal(e) ait un ami ou une amie excentrique. Love, Rosie offre quelques superbes moments, mais ceux-ci sont véritablement oblitérés par des ratés scénaristiques qui ont réussi à me choquer, pour peu que ce soit encore possible. Je ne sais pas si le modèle littéraire lui-même était naïf à ce point et irréaliste jusqu'à l'absurde ou si c’est la façon dont le scénariste l'a adapté pour le film. Mais en me penchant sur la filmographie du réalisateur, j'ai vu clair : Love, Rosie sera certainement son meilleur effort ! Terminons par la note positive habituelle : la piste musicale est excellente et, à certains moments, elle m’a fait penser à la période où j’avais vraiment seize ans. (03/05/2015)

Lily Collins is in this movie, which is a plus in my book. The beginning was funny and quirky enough to hook me, but the rest of it didn't quite maintain that excitement on the rewatch. My good mood started to fade the moment it all took a nosedive into a sappy love story, with some truly ridiculous time and space travel that didn't seem to serve any purpose other than to drag the film on for over an hour. I've been out of my teenage years for a while now, so I couldn't relate to all that beating around the bush anymore. The whole thing felt completely unrealistic to me (and if this is someone's reality, then I'd recommend a psychiatrist or a shotgun, whichever they prefer). Instead of enjoying it, the plot started to grate on my nerves. The ending which was straight out of a Rosamund Pilcher novel didn't help it much either. / Lesson learned: This film contains a guide on how to mess up your life in three intense seconds. 3*- (23/06/2022)

At first, it didn't really catch my interest, the unnecessary humor bothered me a bit, but luckily I had enough time to get used to the movie, especially the characters. Great actors were chosen, whom you simply wished would eventually come together and say everything. A nice romance about how sometimes true love just has to stop being missed. (23/02/2015)