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STUCK IN LOVE (2012): Family, Love & Writing

Stuck In Love (2012), Logan Lerman, Lily Collins
Stuck In Love (2012), Logan Lerman, Lily Collins

Written/directed by Josh Boone, and starring Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lilly Collins, Kristen Bell, Logan Lerman and Nat Wolff; Stuck In Love is a well-acted family drama.

Watch it for a look into a year in the life of a family that consists of a successful Writer, his ex-wife, their teenage children and particularly, how all parties navigate through their own experiences of love.

Stuck In Love is not too emotionally taxing. Actually, that may depend on how closely you relate to the character you identify with the most. Nevertheless, it can be categorised as a pleasant watch.

There’s also potential value for any writers, aspiring writers and anyone generally curious about other families. I know I always am.

Stuck In Love (2012), Greg Kinnear, Kristen bell
Stuck In Love (2012), Greg Kinnear, Kristen Bell

My favourite part is all the scenes Kristen Bell is in because, in the best way,  her fun-to-watch character is unlike any I’ve ever seen her play before.

Happy Film Loving, 

G

LOVE, ROSIE (2014): In Love, Timing Is Everything…

Love, Rosie (2014), Liliy Collins, Sam Claflin
Love, Rosie (2014), Liliy Collins, Sam Claflin

Love, Rosie is a story about two people who’ve been friends for a very long time, while sharing feelings for each other, but somehow they never seem to get it together.

It’s the kind of predicament where you find yourself thinking, if only one of them spoke honestly, just once about what was in their heart, things would be very different.

But, sometimes everything is supposed to be just as it is at that time. Of course this is not at all comforting when you’re in the middle of it all and timing is not on your side.

Love, Rosie (2014), Liliy Collins
Love, Rosie (2014), Liliy Collins

Love, Rosie is one of those love stories that isn’t too typical of the romantic comedy genre. And the onscreen chemistry between Sam Claflin and Lily Collins, the leads of director Christian Ditter’s film is really quite something.

Watch it for the reasons above, and don’t wonder too long about how Lily Collins got that British accent just right. There’s also a beautiful father/daughter relationship to take in.

Happy Film Loving,

G