It doesn’t elicit any groans, but there were more than a few eye rolls from our row. The stars are able to move beyond the script from director Shana Feste (“ Country Strong”) and her co-writer Josh Safran (“ Gossip Girl” and “ Smash”). But more importantly than how they work on their own, Pettyfer and Wilde are good together and are capable of communicating to the audience their desire for one another. As Jade, Wilde has her biggest role to date, and she ably fills Brooke Shields’ shoes from the first film with a similar beauty and (short-lived) innocence. While we didn’t swoon over Pettyfer, we can also recognize that we aren’t the target audience and can intellectually understand his appeal. The actors playing the parents (Greenwood, Richardson, and Patrick) are solidly cast and bring some maturity to the film. David does all he can to stay in Jade’s life, while her father and circumstances attempt to separate them. While Jade’s mother ( Joely Richardson) praises David for bringing about her daughter’s, umm, “awakening,” her father still wants them kept apart so Jade can follow in his footsteps as a cardiologist. Society tells them they shouldn’t be together, but they’re rebellious teenagers, and they want to break the rules. She’s going to be pre-med at Brown, while David didn’t even apply to college. The Best True Crime Streaming Now, from 'Unsolved Mysteries' to 'McMillions' to 'The Staircase'īut “Endless Love” doesn’t make it easy for the couple to be together: Jade is a Butterfield, part of the Atlanta elite, and her father ( Bruce Greenwood) doesn’t want her dating the son of a mechanic ( Robert Patrick) with a shady past. Oscar Voters Go International For Best Live Action Short Picks 'Consecration' Review: Jena Malone Defiles Some Nuns in Throwback Possession Thriller
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New Movies: Release Calendar for February 10, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films He “borrows” a car in his job as a valet, and she’s instantly smitten by his bravado and charming text messages. David spent his high school years supposedly obsessing over the quiet, coldly beautiful Jade without ever speaking to her, and when he finally does connect with her on graduation day, there’s so little to both of them that it’s tough to see why they gravitate toward one another (other than their equal lacks of depth). Like its real-life counterpart, cinematic love is rarely well-explained, but the connection between Jade ( Gabriella Wilde) and David (Pettyfer) is a tenuous one at best, with the only real reason offered for their attraction is that they’re both really good looking.
Where “Endless Love” fails is in its depiction of the titular emotion, and even its title grates since it’s supposed to be between teenagers.
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