Forever My Girl (2018)

You won't be disappointed!

To me, this movie is perfection.

Captivating movie !

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

It's a cute story! At times unpredictable and then again predictable. It's a clean film and not the average love story. Not the best love story but still a sweet one.

If you're looking to watch something that's easy and not too complicated, this is the movie. It covers a well explored trope but the acting is decent and it isn't difficult to follow.

In the small town of St Augustine, Louisiana, Josie (Jessica Rothe) is left at the altar by her rising country star groom Liam Page (Alex Roe). Eight years later, Liam is a superstar but his personal live is one of empty relationships. When he sees a news report of his old friend's death, he runs out on his tour to attend the funeral back in the Saint. He receives an unfriendly welcome and stays with his estranged father Pastor Brian. He is shocked to find Josie with 7 year old daughter Billy.This is a gentle romance about lost opportunity. I like Rothe in a couple of things and Alex Roe is relatively fine. The couple holds no great drama. The plot is inevitable. During the funeral, I thought maybe Josie married somebody else which would have added some spice. At least, that would have been interesting. There is the smart talkative kid. She's cute but it isn't more than that. Most of this writes itself which is half the problem. It feels like a movie on autopilot. It could have added a few things to ramp up the drama or given it more poignancy. The only interesting thing is the old flip phone.The original split is blamed on him being young and stupid. It needs something more. It needs a lot more. He needs some kind of addiction so that he could recover from it. That could be part of his journey. He could go back to the church of his father. I don't mind a religious film if it's done right. The choking is also a weak reason for the turn but this movie has no great dramatic turns. This script needs some better imaginative writing.

While bashed by the critics, "Forever My Girl" has received a warm reception from audiences. This is not surprising, as it makes use of one of the staples of Jane Austen's novels in the "second chance" convention, wherein a relationship that appears doomed to human error is transformed with the gift of a second opportunity.Such is the case in the romantic destiny of the young couple of Josie and Liam. Liam jilted Josie at the altar to pursue a career as a singer, which was not a good thing to do in the small, tightly-knit community of Saint Augustine, Louisiana. He compounded this dumb move by declining to return Josie's desperate phone message, which would have alerted him to the bastard child he had sired. Of course, Liam regretted his mistakes, and, eight years later, he seeks atonement, reconciliation and redemption with his "forever" girl from the town called "Saint."There are two winsome performances from the two young actors playing Josie and Liam. The screenplay also includes some nice touches with the phone message, the rabbit, the guitar, the ice cream, the rose garden, and the espresso machine. On the other hand, there are a several contrived and leaden moments, such as the scene with the Heimlich maneuver, the mean-spirited step-brother, and an excess of pop psychology.The father character, Pastor Brian, who is the dad of Liam, was also another one of the well-developed roles. The filmmakers made a wise choice by not taking their narrative too far down the path of a Christian morality tale. Thankfully, Pastor Brian did not do extensive Bible thumping. Audiences reacted favorably to this film because we rarely get out own second chances in life. "Forever My Girl" offers a good dose of romantic wish-fulfillment in the effort made by Liam to earn a second chance and the grace of Josie to grant it to him.