Endless Love (2014) 6/10

Starring : Alex Pettyfer, Gabriella Wilde, Bruce Greenwood, Joely Richardson, Robert Patrick, Rhys Wakefield, Dayo Okeniyi
Director : Shana Feste
Running Time : 105 mins

David Elliot (Pettyfer) has had a crush on Jade Butterfield (Wilde) – a friendless and distant young woman – since the first time he saw her, but it isn’t until graduation from high school that he decides to try to speak to her. Jade has ambitions of becoming a doctor, while David’s ambitions are less exotic. The two soon start a romantic relationship, but Jade’s father Hugh (Greenwood) does not approve of their love...

This remake of the novel by Scott Spencer suffers from being a little too safe. Having not read the book, I can only go by what the author says about it, citing it as more of an anti-romance on how obsession can ruin lives, yet this is played as a straight romance with parents trying to get in the way. The only villain in the whole movie seems to be Greenwood, whereas Pettyfer should have been obsessively over the top, and he doesn’t even start the fire that burnt down the house! Personally this movie is a waste of time that doesn’t even seem to use the source material for character development or plot.

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