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Rosie and Alex have been best friends since primary school. They nearly got romantic on Rosie's 18th birthday, but Rosie was way too drunk. Since then, both have had relationships, just not with each other - timing has always worked against them.

When I watched the trailer for Love, Rosie, I thought "I now know exactly what will happen in this film." But I like Lily Collins, so I went to see it anyway. And I was quite right - the story progresses along the tramlines which are displayed in that trailer (with one or two little sidetracks), so don't expect any earth-shattering surprises.

But it doesn't matter. Lily Collins and Sam Claflin have an easy chemistry, the film is a romantic drama with some gently amusing moments, the supporting cast is good, and Collins turns out to be able to do a bit of acting, too.

I enjoyed this.

I think the film begins with something interesting. The two characters look charming and have great chemistry and the story can enfold into a lovely romance. However, the things that kept the two apart seemed to be less and less realistic. If you really care about each other that much, they should be waiting and not just keep hopping into relationships with others again and again. It's not fun to watch at all and it's boring, really. If you want to make a romantic comedy, there should be more hope for the pair, more romance between the two, more positive things for the audience to watch, instead of the pair keep missing each other because they keep pairing up with wrong people. I didn't read the book so I can't compare the film with it, but in my opinion, making it a serious story instead of a romantic comedy and make all the reasons that keep the two main characters apart more convincing instead of just stupid decisions.

I loved this just the ticket for those days when you feel really stressed over life and you spend 1hr 40mins, laughing, crying, laughing and crying, and just totally enjoying a wonderful romantic film.

OK yes predictable but who cares. It was a great British movie with good actors, and great scenery, a bit of England, America, sad bits, laughter bits, omg i nearly wet myself at the beginning and the condom it was so funny and sort of sad at the same time. To bring the guy in from the lift at the end was priceless lol.

One of my favorite movies and I will watch it again.

I think people expect way too much of movies just enjoy it for what it is, a bit of escapism. At least it wasn't full of sex and violence.

When I started watching the movie, I thought it was going to be a solid 7 stars. The characters were cute. Acting was good. Their chemistry was great and I do love the friends to lovers trope. I liked how they talked about not giving up on your dreams when life throws you curveballs and not feeling like your life is over because you had to pause to raise a child.

But the longer the movie went on the lower my rating started getting. The plot was getting repetitive and cliched. They kept going round in circles.

Also I absolutely hate it when in romances they do this thing where everyone else the leads date except for the other lead has to be bad. Like a liar or a cheater or a narcissist you name it, just so you can root for the leads to get together instead. You shouldn't have to do that, you should be able to give us a reason to root for the leads that isn't 'everyone else bad'. Imagine how much more interesting it would have been if the other people they married were actually great people. Who do they pick now?

And i stopped believing in their chemistry when we would jump over years of time where they didn't speak to each other. It wasn't the worst movie I've ever watched, I did watch all of it. I'm just disappointed in it because I was expecting more.

I really enjoyed this cute little movie about best friends since childhood who secretly like one another, but never has the guts to tell one another how they feel. The story spans over twelve years of their lives from high school to their late twenties. Others say this movie is unrealistic or farfetched. I think this movie hit a nerve with some females, because females have an automatically understood girl code that you shouldn't try to take another woman's man even if the woman is narcissistic or not the kindest person. So the fact that in one scene Rosie declares her love for Sam at his wedding reception, hit them the wrong way.

Sam and Rosie's relationship is a series of missed opportunities like wanting to go to the dance together and Sam goes out with Bethany since Rosie acts like she's not into him and then mocks Sam for being a virgin. And Rosie goes out with another guy because Sam told her Bethany wanted to go out with him, but he turned her down because he didn't want Rosie to go to the dance alone. When Rosie gives him the okay, he begins dating Bethany and losing his virginity to her to Rosie's disappointment. So at the dance, she losing her virginity in three seconds. Sam suggests they go to school in Boston. He gets accepted into Harvard. She gets accepted into Boston College, but can't go because she finds out she's pregnant with three second's guy kid. She refuses to tell Sam she's pregnant because she's afraid she'll hold him back. But nearly a year later, Bethany who has gone on in life to become a successful model after high school spots her and ends up finding out she's a mother now. She tells Sam and all Sam does is fly backs to surprise her and asks to be the godfather. And this is the movie. She visits Sam in Boston years later and finds out his girlfriend is pregnant. He shames her for being a single mom and brags about his unborn kid having two married parents. In retaliation, she hooks up with three seconds guy who wants to be in their kid's life now five years later because he has abs. She marries him because she want to belong to someone. Yet, at the wedding, she's looking for Sam instead of her groom. Instead of Sam telling her how he feels, he's bum out because he found out that his girlfriend cheated on him and the baby isn't his (which happens to alot of men in real life). He broke up with her the day Rosie married three seconds guy. Her husband ends up booking a hotel suite at one of her hotel chains and gets caught. Now, that part was stupid. But maybe he did so on purpose to get rid of her. Sometimes, when you're tired of being in a relationship, you self-sabotage yourself. She sees Bethany who is now more famous and suggest she visits Sam in New York. Rosie finds a letter where Sam somewhat confessed his feelings after he gets engaged. But by the time Rosie is ready to declare her love for Sam, her flight arrives too late and he's already married to Bethany. Rosie ends up giving the most awkward wedding speeches making it blatantly obvious she's in love with her best friend. You already know they end up together. It's just a series of weird mishaps before it gets to the happy ending.

Yet, it was a good movie if you're into romance movies. People mom shamed Lilly Collins in a good way for looking too old to be a high school student but looking too young to be a mom. Umm, most people's bodies start to grey in their thirties but they don't physically change until after their forties. So it is realistic to look the exact same way you did in high school at age 30 with the exception of a few different hairstyles and clothes if one keeps themselves up. Your personal life may be different based on the choices you make in life, but your physical appearance tends to remain the same unless you let yourself go. But I enjoyed this movie. It wasn't One Day or The Notebook. It would have been cuter and stronger maybe if they rekindled later in life and ended up together. But I liked the movie. It was cute and sweet and reminds us sometimes you got to take a chance even if you fear rejection. And maybe you'll find love sooner than wasting years of your life with the wrong person.

yes, maybe it is true that the trailer gave away spoilers which made the movie a little bite more predictable, but admit it, we kept watching. why? i'll tell you why, the story of the movie are familiar in the audience life, our life. i mean, who haven't have the experience of being friendzoned, or pretending to like someone just to make someone we really like jealous, or even wondering if we've wasted our chance to find our true love because we screwed up. love, rosie get that, the film told a story about rosie and alex, best friend who can't get it together when it comes to feelings about each other. they have to live a miserable love life because they're unable to be honest with each other, and have to wait until they're both old to finally admit, and when they do admit, the timing's not perfect. what more could you want? the film also give the audience the best ending, where best friend who love each other actually ended up together, not separated.

A clichéd rom-com. Shocker. For all those reviewers out there saying that this is a bad film because it's predictable, I'd like you to point me to one that's not. Yes, you can see the ending coming from a mile off but that's really not the point, because if you go to see a romantic comedy for a twist ending then you really shouldn't be watching these kinds of films. This was refreshingly English, with two brilliant leads in Collins and Claflin, who had great chemistry on screen and were very much believable as almost lovers. It was a really touching story as well, and it was nice to see a film about two nice people who were incredibly selfless - I saw someone complain about how many times other things got in the way. This was because the other things getting in the way were what the two characters thought was best for the other, they just wanted each other to be happy, no matter what else was going on around them. Yes, the plot was a little bit all over the place and some of the time jumps felt unnecessary, but it was hardly a deal breaker, in some ways complimenting the hectic nature of these star-crossed lovers' lives. A lovely film that really warms you up inside, and well worth the watch if you enjoy rom-coms, although it's unlikely to sway any non-believers in the genre.

And you know what? Clichés exist because they work. And this film very much works.

Male as I am, and fan of many different genres of film, I've always - I must confess - had a bit of a thing for old-fashioned love stories, especially where they involve good-looking people, and most of all where there is impossible or unrequited or Romeo/Juliet type love in there. In such circumstances, the heartstrings can genuinely be pulled and full sympathy evoked.

But the snag with Christian Ditter's "Love, Rosie" is that NOTHING really stood in the way of Alex (Sam Claflin) and Rosie (a beautiful Lily Collins) being together to whatever extent they wished. At least that's so if one discounts two, let's say, tenets of life that may or may not be cliched rubbish. The first is the idea that at some point somebody can become "more like a brother/sister" - conceivably true, but you've only got to see the way these two look at each other to realise they are deeply in love. The second issue resembles what we see in - say - the first part of Jane Eyre, where it becomes clear that the friendship and love that the two characters have is MORE perfect than could be contained in any marriage.

Perhaps one or both of these factors apply to Alex and Rosie, so one way or another they keep getting hitched to others in ways that prevent them fully being together - even though at no point are they truly apart either. That looks a bit like having your cake and eating it, and is faintly annoying. Also annoying is the apparent pretence that the virtually-all-British cast are not in Ireland and Dublin - as they clearly are, but somewhere in the UK (of course when they are not in Toronto, pretending to be Boston).

Anyway, the film offers many pretty scenes, and many (mostly pretty) people, as well as the force-of-nature, irresistible and overhelming beauty of Collins, whose character is also quite gutsy, as neatly set against the overt sexiness (but ultimately lesser attractions) of parts played with less impact by Tamsin Egerton and Suki Waterhouse.

But most of this is actually frustrating, because we probably can't actually buy into the factors of various kinds that keep our star-crossed lovers apart. The biggest question of all would of course be whether they could possibly remain unaware of their love for each other? It seems inconceivable. But then maybe this is indeed a symbiosis that goes even beyond love - one that doesn't actually need constant togetherness and marriage?

That would be sort-of beautiful were it to be true, but is it?

In spite of it all, this IS a film with romantic power and a certain amount to commend it (including a most welcome "separate" performance of warmth and quality from Jaime Winstone as Rosie's best (female) friend and co-worker.)

But isn't it just a bit daft somewhere down the line? And all the more so as the makers have to jump through some hoops - and shove various characters aside - in order to FINALLY ensure a happy ending.

Spoiler alert

It feels like a 12 year old wrote this script.

I do however love Lily Collins and her acting in this movie, so my criticism is wholly towards the writers.

This movie is so unbelievably unrealistic and removed from reality it is mind- boggling. There are 4 major life events between this couple where they each CHOOSE someone or something that brings them further away from each other. But if the idiotic choices of these people who apparently ache to be together wasn't enough, it is equally annoying the way these huge life decisions just conveniently get tossed to the wayside as if they didn't happen.

I mean how many times in one movie can both people marry the person they don't love, or have a child with the person they don't love, and then every time the bad relationship unravels because the partner cheated. I mean come on! Come on! What?? How are people giving this a 10 star? There are zero stakes in this movie. Even the climactic ending had very little effect on me, because he's now married to another woman! Does that mean nothing? The conclusion of their 12 year supposed romance is a weekend hotel fling?? Did he just annul the marriage and forget to mention it? Another huge life decision zapped away by bad writing.

This is why I love Jane Eyre over most chick flicks today. When Rochester proposes she stay with him despite being married, most chick flick leads just melt, as if the offer is enough. But not Jane Eyre. She turns down the love of her life for SELF RESPECT!

Ladies, choices matter! To me, it's a self respect sin to give everything to someone who has you as their weekend fling. It does not matter what they say, or how they make you feel. That's all garbage if you're not the one they're going home to at the end of the day and giving everything for.