A refreshingly original love story, Waiting For Forever, which was recently released on DVD and Blu-Ray, is a sweet and sappy film with superb performances from a talented cast. The film's main characters are archetypal enough to give the story the sweet romantic atmosphere romantic movie viewers have come to love yet the characters have enough quirky and unique characteristics to make the movie relatable and original.
The movie features a down-on-her-luck TV actress who visits her dying father and finds herself romantically pursued by her childhood friend. Although she lost touch with her childhood best friend Will long ago, he never forgot her. After she helped Will through a difficult time in his life, he dedicated all of his time and effort to finding her. The film contrasts Emma's struggle with life's burden and Will's idealistic and optimistic view that the two will be together.
Will's unrelenting pursuit of the love of his life, Emma, unnerves some viewers due to their belief that he is a stalker. However, when his difficult childhood (which is explained in the movie) is considered, it is clear that Will did not emotionally mature in the same way Emma did, and he lives in a blissfully optimistic, and somewhat ignorant world in which love is not only the prevailing emotion, but the reason for life itself. The movies departure from archetypal and stereotypical characters and themes keeps it refreshingly fresh and keeps the viewer focused on the harsh divide between the realities of adult life and the innocent ideals of youth.
The film's primary drawback is its tendency to become melodramatic at times – as is expected with the romantic genre (even in a completely original screenplay). These melodramatic scenes detract slightly from the realism of the movie, but not to a large enough extent to weaken the movie's quality or message substantially.
The movie features a down-on-her-luck TV actress who visits her dying father and finds herself romantically pursued by her childhood friend. Although she lost touch with her childhood best friend Will long ago, he never forgot her. After she helped Will through a difficult time in his life, he dedicated all of his time and effort to finding her. The film contrasts Emma's struggle with life's burden and Will's idealistic and optimistic view that the two will be together.
Will's unrelenting pursuit of the love of his life, Emma, unnerves some viewers due to their belief that he is a stalker. However, when his difficult childhood (which is explained in the movie) is considered, it is clear that Will did not emotionally mature in the same way Emma did, and he lives in a blissfully optimistic, and somewhat ignorant world in which love is not only the prevailing emotion, but the reason for life itself. The movies departure from archetypal and stereotypical characters and themes keeps it refreshingly fresh and keeps the viewer focused on the harsh divide between the realities of adult life and the innocent ideals of youth.
The film's primary drawback is its tendency to become melodramatic at times – as is expected with the romantic genre (even in a completely original screenplay). These melodramatic scenes detract slightly from the realism of the movie, but not to a large enough extent to weaken the movie's quality or message substantially.