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Forever Lulu

R 2000 1h 39m Romance Comedy List
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 56% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
After escaping from a San Francisco mental hospital, Lulu McAfee (Melanie Griffith) heads to Los Angeles to reunite with her long-lost love, Ben Clifton (Patrick Swayze). When she sees him, she reveals what she claims is the truth about the past: She gave birth to a son after their breakup, but put the baby up for adoption at the onset of her schizophrenia. The unstable Lulu then pressures Ben into taking a road trip with her to see their son on his 16th birthday.
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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Nov 6, 2005 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 2/5 Oct 8, 2005 Full Review Walter Chaw Film Freak Central A cautionary tale about the importance of actors putting something away for the future so they don't have to keep working on humiliating tripe well past their prime. Rated: 0/4 Nov 26, 2001 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com This "dramedy" is neither dramatic nor comedic Rated: 1/5 Oct 24, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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Test T I watched this on DVD recently, where it was titled 'Along For The Ride'. Some of the scenes are light, fun and enjoyable to watch, but there are other scenes which are very slow, dull and tedious. The story is ok, the cast are accomplished performers, and it has a good soundtrack, so the basics are covered. The problem is that the movie seems uncertain about what it is trying to achieve. I would have liked it to have been an upbeat 80's road trip romantic comedy which at times it is, but there are strong mental health and relationship themes throughout which prevent it from being this, and force a more serious tone. These themes eventually expand to consume the entire movie spoiling the chemistry established between the characters in the lighter scenes. It feels conflicted, and at times it gets really melodramatic, like a low budget daytime soap opera. If these scenes had been contained, the movie would have been more concise and benifited from a shorter run time. As it is, I liked about 20% of this film which is just not enough to recommend it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Audience Member Lovely movie, Patrick is once again awesome, some tear jerking moments but a happy ending an nice gentle emotional moments, swayze doing what he does best :) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member sweetly appealing and heartfelt.anything but ordinary-it was nicely enjoyable to watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Frances H I really liked this movie-the story was sweet, even if bittersweet in many ways. As someone who grew up with a parent who had bouts of mental illness, I can really relate to this story, and thought it was well-scripted and well acted by a really good cast. The movie had a sympathetic treatment of the mentally ill as people, who still have thoughts and feelings, hopes and dreams, just like anybody else with other kinds of illnesses, or even people without serious health problems, and I liked that about this film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/22/13 Full Review Audience Member This was so good I don't know why people say it isn't good. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A movie from 2000 that is very good. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After escaping from a San Francisco mental hospital, Lulu McAfee (Melanie Griffith) heads to Los Angeles to reunite with her long-lost love, Ben Clifton (Patrick Swayze). When she sees him, she reveals what she claims is the truth about the past: She gave birth to a son after their breakup, but put the baby up for adoption at the onset of her schizophrenia. The unstable Lulu then pressures Ben into taking a road trip with her to see their son on his 16th birthday.
Director
John Kaye
Producer
Diane Sillan Isaacs, Abra Edelman, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson
Screenwriter
John Kaye
Production Co
Green Moon Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 39m
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