Love, Rosie

“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥” - 𝐂𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧

Love, Rosie, written by Cecelia Ahern, is a poignant novel that was adapted into a movie that delves into the complexities of friendship, love, timing, and rollercoaster experiences in life. With engrossing memorable characters and a captivating narrative, the story lineup brought the audience into a light yet whirlwind journey of both laughter and elatedness.

At the heart of Love, Rosie, the narration revolves around two childhood friends, namely Rosie Dunne (played by Lily Collins) and Alex Stewart (played by Sam Claflin), whose lives get in an intricate maze of letting faith work on their unsaid unrequited love. Ahern meticulously delivers the flow of the story of two souls destined to be together but always challenged to part by fate.

The story unfolds in Ireland where Rosie and Alex are next-door neighbors turning each other into their confidants amidst life's ecstatic moments or abysmal days. There’s an unbreakable bond all throughout their childhood with steadfast support and indisputable connection, but as they divulge themselves to the uncertainty of adolescence, their lives take a big turn as constant unanticipated events mislead them, making their paths drift into different places. Parting ways meant meeting new people, and Ahern skillfully weaves in different casts that will be crucial in establishing the course of life for both lead characters. It begins with Rosie’s best friend Ruby, and enigmatic Greg offering a sophisticated twist of love and faith.

Even with different facets and casts in their life, both characters - Rosie and Alex - tried to stay in touch by sending emails and letters to each other. These letters provide a lifeline to their inner child screaming at unfortunate events they face while navigating their lives into the intricate path they chose to take. Both characters meet lots of people which leads them into forgetting the love they once had for each other. However, faith continues to stay unjust, not until both of them cross each other's paths again hoping to make things right this time.

Love, Rosie is a testament to the importance of the right place and time and the strength behind different obstacles in getting to their desired destination. Viewers were able to personally relate to Rosie and Alex by the means of Ahern’s execution of realistic emotions, human error, love, anguish, and even how mistakes and pride lead you to nowhere but regret.

If you are into romance-comedy movies with realistic plot twists, then Love, Rosie is something that will surely spark your interest. This emotionally crafted tale caters love, loss, and regret that make us who we are today. The beauty behind second chances. Love sometimes should not depend solely on waiting for fate to work, once in a while, let ourselves make the moment right and perfect to enable it to prosper.

𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞: The movie contains several unnecessary foul language (such as the “F” word), brief rated R scenes, along with some innuendo.