I love a classic teen, cliche, romance flick. But this was a hot mess. The idea was decent enough even while being done before and predictable, but the way it all unfolded was not good. The script was poor, chemistry between all the characters was lacking. Very stereotypical characters such as the friendzoned best friend, the bully, the teacher, etc. But the way these were portrayed was very cringy-especially the friend, Albert. He was supposed to be the awkward nerd, which is fine, but his lines and the acting of them fell flat and out of place. A lot of weird almost awkward silences or pauses in some scenes.
The bully character Bo was just over the top silly. And why was nothing really done about him? Until the end I guess. But way overdue considering he was bullying a girl that HE shot in the face. And the teacher knew, but didn't really do much. Very weird.
Also-Clover was a pretty girl and her scar was barely noticeable and certainly didn't make her ugly. Bridger was clearly better looking than Bo and the other boys in the school, so in reality neither of these kids would be the subject of bullying.
The characters just weren't fleshed out enough. No real depth when there could have been. The relationship wasn't believable. And I am OK with other similar stories, even if they are predictable, but I need a reason to care and cheer for the people to get together.
Sort of went in an over dramatic Nicholas Sparks direction at the end and it was unnecessary. Seemed like they didn't know where they wanted the story to end. They could have left out the coma garbage if they were going to have him be fine only to die two seconds later.
Just a mess when it had a decent plot to work with.
Tingnan pa