Film review: Love, Rosie
Time for my second film review and this time I am reviewing the film Love, Rosie, which is based on the book Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern. Directed by Christian Ditter and staring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin in the lead roles with Tamsin Egerton, Suki Waterhouse, Jaime Winstone and Christian Cooke in the main supporting roles.
Before I go further I will say that there will be spoilers, so if you intend to watch the film and don't like spoilers wait to see the film first.
Love, Rosie follows the story of best friends Rosie (Lily Collins) and Alex (Sam Claflin) over twelve years as they go through various life events that concludes in them finally realising they are in love and ending up together. The first big change is when Alex goes to Harvard university and Rosie gets pregnant after a one night stand with Greg (Christian Cooke), meaning she does not join him in Boston as planned. After finding out Alex's girlfriend is pregnant (which is later revealed to not be his) on a visit to Boston five years later they fight and Rosie reconciles's with Greg on her return to England, they later marry. A few years later Rosie's father dies and Alex goes to the funeral, at which the two reconcile. Not long after Rosie discovers Greg was having an affair and she kicks him out, she finds a letter from Alex that Greg hid from her and calls only to find out Alex is engaged to Bethany (Suki Waterhouse) and they want her to be the 'best man'. Rosie plans to interrupt the wedding and declare her love for Alex but arrives too late and gives her speech telling Alex she loves him as a friend. A few years later Rosie owns her own hotel, which has always been her dream, Alex arrives as her second guest, he tells her his marriage is over and the two finally kiss.
I really enjoyed this film, while there was nothing massively unique about the story line which includes a fair few clichés, however the acting and characters were brilliant. I have loved the performances I have seen from both Lilly Collins and Sam Claflin in other films, so I was looking forward to seeing them together and they definitely pulled off the roles perfectly and provided a lot of chemistry.
The character of Rosie gives us a young stay mum who works hard to provide for her daughter and puts her dreams on hold to be able to provide. It's clear early on that Rosie loves Alex but keeps it hidden as she thinks he feels differently, which is partly why she marries Greg, even though that was never going to last. The fact that she maintains her long distance friendship with Alex shows a level of maturity between both that they can remain friends. This is shown at Alex's wedding with Rosie's speech which is one of the more cleverly written parts of the film with the declaration that she loves Alex as a friend seemingly putting out the flame she had been holding for him. I was really happy that Rosie had her own hotel at the end of the film, proving that her dreams became reality from her hard work and the money she was left by her father.
The character of Alex is similarly interesting, travelling to Harvard university to study to become a doctor and seemingly becomes successful. With Alex it is clear that he cares for Rosie a lot and it seems to come in waves the evidence that he loves her as more than a friend, with the final realisation at his wedding. We see less of his side as the story is focused more on Rosie but we see enough to know how he feels and his maturity about the situation, even throughout his varying relationships.
As I said there are many clichés and you can easily predict what is going to happen, however it is enjoyable and the supporting cast help to make it even more interesting. The character of Greg providing a bit of stability for Rosie and Katie (their daughter) for a bit but still ultimately showing that he is still the bad boy that they don't need. Jaime Winstone playing Ruby, Rosie's fiery female best friend really adds some extra fun as she says things how they are and is pretty blunt about it, making for some very funny moments among the romance.
Overall I thought the film was really good and and thoroughly enjoyable, I would definitely watch it again.
My rating for Love, Rosie is 7/10
Before I go further I will say that there will be spoilers, so if you intend to watch the film and don't like spoilers wait to see the film first.
I really enjoyed this film, while there was nothing massively unique about the story line which includes a fair few clichés, however the acting and characters were brilliant. I have loved the performances I have seen from both Lilly Collins and Sam Claflin in other films, so I was looking forward to seeing them together and they definitely pulled off the roles perfectly and provided a lot of chemistry.
The character of Rosie gives us a young stay mum who works hard to provide for her daughter and puts her dreams on hold to be able to provide. It's clear early on that Rosie loves Alex but keeps it hidden as she thinks he feels differently, which is partly why she marries Greg, even though that was never going to last. The fact that she maintains her long distance friendship with Alex shows a level of maturity between both that they can remain friends. This is shown at Alex's wedding with Rosie's speech which is one of the more cleverly written parts of the film with the declaration that she loves Alex as a friend seemingly putting out the flame she had been holding for him. I was really happy that Rosie had her own hotel at the end of the film, proving that her dreams became reality from her hard work and the money she was left by her father.
The character of Alex is similarly interesting, travelling to Harvard university to study to become a doctor and seemingly becomes successful. With Alex it is clear that he cares for Rosie a lot and it seems to come in waves the evidence that he loves her as more than a friend, with the final realisation at his wedding. We see less of his side as the story is focused more on Rosie but we see enough to know how he feels and his maturity about the situation, even throughout his varying relationships.
As I said there are many clichés and you can easily predict what is going to happen, however it is enjoyable and the supporting cast help to make it even more interesting. The character of Greg providing a bit of stability for Rosie and Katie (their daughter) for a bit but still ultimately showing that he is still the bad boy that they don't need. Jaime Winstone playing Ruby, Rosie's fiery female best friend really adds some extra fun as she says things how they are and is pretty blunt about it, making for some very funny moments among the romance.
Overall I thought the film was really good and and thoroughly enjoyable, I would definitely watch it again.
My rating for Love, Rosie is 7/10
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