Waiting for Forever

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Oddball Juggler lusts after (FHM's 77th hottest) gal next door (...or close enough), with whom he shared a childhood. Alas, this movie takes off where childhood is no more - so what will become of our pair, for whom time has moved on? In some ways this is an enjoyable, flirty little number; in others, it is the tale of unrequited 'what if's'. Yet, when all's said and done, this movie is not perfect. It's still a reasonably engaging, very human tale. Acting and direction are pretty good. The protagonist is (just as the poster shows) an unlikely, pyjama loving, bowler hatted someone who can barely afford to live. Such is American cinema that if he should choose to escape his plight, in the usual manner, he'd routinely be found bereft of life, a few scenes later. Instead, he overdoses on dreams of his childhood sweetheart, thus to escape the uncertain pains which life besets upon a man of his standing. Yet we must be prepared to accept that a certain Miss foxy 'hot-thang' would possibly give him more than the time of day/evensong/etc. Or, will she? Indeed, I found it hard to stomach the movie's very premise: that here we have arguably one of the hottest women in America who might even talk with a man whose preoccupation is profitlessly offbeat, to say the least. In his defence, as the marketing blurb will tell you, they shared a childhood. But will that be enough? Again, this is primarily a romance movie, and why should any realities have any potential to ruin the possibilities? Or, do they? Watch and see: I give nothing away. If you're between 16 & 24, female, or in a relationship, or just romantically inclined, then this movie is for you. Its rating, currently 6.8/10, is surprisingly on the ball. Most people here have got this one right. And as such it is a movie worth watching. You might even consider it as being like a less garrulous, 'home baked' alternative to Linklater's superior 'Before Sunrise'. Lastly, I hope that they make a sequel to this movie, by the way, as this reviewer personally felt that its ending left some curious questions open. Will you agree... Please watch and see!

I went to see this with my best girl friend and that wasn't funny or touching. It was troubling and I almost choked on my popcorn! The acting was decent and the stuff was nicely film but something went wrong with the story... My mama says folks in Hollywood are weirdos and now I can understand what she means there... It's the story of a poor dude, a real nut case, who dresses like a tu*d with pajamas an sneakers and his hat. He's been following the "love of this life to be married girlfriend" - only problem is, the girlfriend doesn't know bout it, or him, because he's been hiding and stalking her for years. In fact, everybody knows about this but they're so sick and mentally challenged and indecent that nobody has told the poor girl. Only dude's bro has some sense in him. All other people find that normal. Finally she'll realize he's been stalking her and she tells him but he's a real dummy. "I go where you go" he says. Cute. Sheet that's stupid. I told my girlfriend I would have kicked him in the ball right there and each time I'd see this bum. Poor girl just helped that loser a long time ago when they were kids and now she's rewarded by a pluto hanging around... I was hoping like in Inception da freaking train would come to send him to mommy and daddy and free the poor girl but Shiite, she ends up sorta liking him. Eew! Me and my friends are not deranged like her and the people who talk about this as a love story, you have to be real dumb to confuse love with mental problems and we don't like stalkers like him and when we see someone acting like that in the hood we call 911 - enough weirdos in the street! If you love a girl just tell her and if she doesn't like you move on, there are other girls. If you need help go to the hospital. Don't stalk people. If you stalk me or my gf you will go to jail or the institution! I gave the movie 4 for all the things like acting, the places and all, except the story, and the character of Will and his behavior and the stupidity of Emma...

WAITING FOR FOREVER – TRASH IT ( C- ) Even though Rachel Bilson stars in this movie, I still had high hopes for this movie as it introducing British actor Tom Sturridge into Hollywood. Considering most indie movies are not that bad I thought it would be something new, fresh and interesting. Well, it was something new that a guy separated from his childhood friend/love eventually decides to follow her around the USA as creepy stalker and now she has come back to her hometown. First of all, Tom aka. Willy's character is really unrealistic and unbelievable that even if he doesn't have the courage after years to talk to her why his friends and family doesn't tell her that he is following you around the USA, wherever you go and he is in love with etc. besides this and murder in the movie makes everything utterly unrealistic. It won't be wrong to say that it's the most fakest indie movie I've ever seen. Tom Sturridge is adorable but his role is so unrealistic that you want to slap him so hard that he snap out of this silliness. Rachel Bilson is Rachel Bilson, I have not seen O.C, so, don't know why people love her but so far what I've seen of her in different movies is not that impressive. Hopefully her new series "Hart Of Dixie" will change my opinion about her though it doesn't seems like because she looks like Rachel Bilson in it nor Dixie at all. Scott Mechlowicz, the Eurotrip guy is a good comedian and actor, it's sad to see him not doing lots of movies or mainstream rolls. Jaime King is good. Overall, Waiting for Forever is huge disappointment for me because I really thought it's going to be good after watching the promos and all. OS, you guys didn't have any hopes so just Trash it, it's not worth giving time.

Waiting For Forever is a surprising breath of fresh air from the usual Hollywood romance. Set in a small town outside of Los Angeles, Emma Twist (Rachel Bilson), a jaded television actress, is returning to her hometown to visit her dying father. Upset about her rocky relationship with an angry boyfriend and embarrassed by the terrible TV show that she stars in, she is stressed out and disappointed by life. Enter Will Donner (Tom Sturridge), the eternal optimist who lives his life as a pajama-sporting traveling magician with a one-track mind: to follow Emma, his childhood best friend, around the country, staying just out of reach of her awareness. Having lost his parents to a train accident as a ten-year-old, he was whisked away from Emma's town never to interact with her again, but not before she told him the words that would remain with him forever: "they will always be there with you." This movie may sound cheezy, but the surprising part is it's really not. Rachel Bilson plays the role of Emma elegantly: she is remarkably genuine and likable, and we are hoping to see her life turn around. Emma's parents, Miranda and Richard Twist, are played by the talented Blythe Danner and Richard Jenkins, who play off each other perfectly in a complex, realistic marriage preparing for the death of Richard. Miranda's optimistic outlook clashes with Richard's realism, who becomes edgy and impatient around his sugar-coated wife. We notice immediately as Emma steps in the door the need to tell her mother everything is okay as the world is crumbling around her. Her mother is too fragile to hear anything but good news. Her father, on the other hand, although dying, is the toughest character in the movie, ready for anything. In one of the most moving scenes of the movie, Miranda and Richard get into a terrible fight while Richard is in the bathtub. Richard is biting, sarcastic, and mean, and for the first time, we see Miranda shed her gentleness and become engulfed in rage, shouting and crying. He then tells her, "you have to be strong when I'm gone." In a question and answer session with the director, he mentioned the theme of realism vs. optimism throughout the movie. Emma is worn out and battered by life, reminiscing fondly back to childhood, when things seemed so easy. She is almost always dressed in dark colors and blues. Will, on the other hand, is childlike and innocent, truly believing that the world is a happy place full of fun; his is. He is often dressed in lighter colors and golds. His joyful attitude angers his older brother, who sees him as a joke and a loser, a child who needs to grow up. This dynamic is also played out masterfully between Emma's parents. Emma's mother can't go on living with a permanent smile on her face as her husband gets closer and closer to death. Pain and hurt are a part of life, and although they can't be denied, we can learn to accept what comes gracefully. By the time we reach the scene in which Will is going to talk to Emma for the first time since they were ten, admitting his lifetime love for her, we want to see him get the reaction that he wants. However, the true darkness of the world is never far away, and Will finds himself blamed for murder, among other things, as he realizes the world is not always a playground. -Nicole Muhlethaler

The movie started interesting enough. Predictable plot, yet, being a romantic comedy, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Boy grows up with a girl, they're best friends, he moves away due to some tragic events (parental death), she always stayed in his mind and he decides its time to return and confess his feelings. The problems arise when we discover that the boy is not only in love, but he is obsessed with this girl, more specific, he is a stoker. Not in the worst way, but he follows her to the places she goes in the hopes of meeting and seeing her. Not only that but at some point I wondered if he was a bit handicap or not.. and I still don't know the answer. Just to subtract some more from this kid, he possesses no skills (apart from juggling) and no assets. In the girl side, we see a, once driven women who went away (California) pursuing a career, though she's unhappy. A poor poor developed character that represents a writers attempt to make us believe she misses something in her life, something that comes in the shape and form of a modern day clown who wears pajamas to walk around in town (don't buy it!). In the middle of everything a dysfunctional couple, girl's parents (crazy relationship) and some sorts of a ex-boyfriend. I've read some reviews about the acting, saying how great it was, but I'm not so sure, tough I agree that most of the faults in the acting come from the poorly developed characters. Rachel Bilson, plays that part perfectly, a love believer kind of gullible sweet and cute woman. Tom sturridge, manages to be, sometimes, really charming in an innocent pure way. I guess that represents the character pretty well, but I'm not totally sold on him being able to do anything different. On a last note, I consider this a Sunday afternoon type of film that I would recommend, only, and I mean only, if you don't have anything better to do.

Oh Dear. So here we have a patently harmless, naive, romantic young man "stalking" his love. That is a bit tragic, but hardly as disturbing as the critics would have us believe. Anybody with common sense can tell so much. Will as a real-life person would be annoying at the most. If anybody, including Emma, finds Will threatening, then it is their problem. In dealing with this film many critics harp on this notion of common sense to deride the main character Will and his behaviour. We readers don't need to reminded by some of these grudge-bearing critics that Will's feelings for Emma should probably lead to great disappointment for him. It is obvious. Whether Will is immature in his love is also not entirely clear, despite what many critics say, because love does not belong in the world of the rational to begin with. Will might be unrealistic to pursue the matter, but literature is full of examples like him and they do not always enjoy the wrath of critics. So where does all this ill-feeling towards Will come from? Perhaps critics feel mocked by the struggling artist Will over the precariousness of their own existence. Here's another theory: Essentially Will stands for a less materialistic way of life. Will is someone who might well adapt better in a more simple society than most critics would. If more people would live like him, the result would be lower levels of industry, especially in the media area, which might then become a craft again. This might actually not be a bad thing, though we'd miss out on a lot of soap operas. But these ideas are politically incorrect. Most critics would quickly have to change in such an environment, perhaps to their detriment. They are all too aware of this. They should stand by their shallow interests openly, rather than trash a nice idea from behind the veil of culture.

I got a chance to see Waiting for Forever at the Nashville Film Festival last weekend and it was amazing! A truly original love story that was both heartwarming and heartbreaking. The whole cast are charming in their roles and everyone picked seemed perfect for their parts. Tom Sturridge and Rachel Bilson had wonderful chemistry as the two lead characters and Sturridge's performance as the eccentric and lovable Will Donner would make any girl alright with being followed around the country :)Richard Jenkins and Blythe Danner are hilarious as Emma's (Bilson's) parents, along with many other wonderful supporting characters. Great soundtrack as well! One of my favorites at the festival this year; I highly recommend this film! Go see it!

Uhm ... cringe. This is some treacly BS (bull-something)... and that is me being kind. While the film, Waiting for Forever, tries to act as if it has an original and new concept -- uber-innocent love of an uber-innocent mind -- the truth is that it doesn't. It is about a guy (Tom Sturridge - Pirate Radio) who likes a girl (Rachel Bilson - Jumper, "The OC") ... and has secretly followed her around the country (Pennsylvania, Oregon, San Francisco to LA) for YEARS because "he'd rather wake-up in the morning with a possibility of seeing her than not seeing her". ALL while NOT letting her know he watches for her EVERY day ... you, know, like a NICE stalker! If you decide to watch this, I'd recommend Kleenex and a vomit pan. The film's purported message might be a bit sweet; but the film as presented is NOT -- it is cloying and manipulative. It is a poorly-made film as the movie's scenes were written with just enough dialogue to "open scene" and "end scene". The characters are poorly written and paper thin who don't even know what-it-is they speak of -- as our main character's older brother talks about things not being "peachy" while he sits poolside near his lovely wife, surrounded by their healthy kids in the backyard of his suburban mansion(!). An out-of-place sentence like this -- "a ridiculous murder sub-plot is one of the furthest-reaches I have ever come across in cinema" -- is even more out of place in a film like this!!! I'm not sure what made Blythe Danner (Meet the Parents, Sylvia) or Richard Jenkins (The Visitor, Eat Pray Love) sign up for this maudlin sham of a film -- but it is truly something when neither of their presences can even marginally-salvage a film production. Avoid this ... I can most definitely wait for forever to ever watch it again.