Waiting for Forever

PG-13

Released Feb 4, 2011

1 hr. 34 min.

Romance

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5%

19 Reviews

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42%

10,000+ Ratings

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A street performer (Tom Sturridge) has no ambition other than reconnecting with his best friend (Rachel Bilson) from childhood and pursuing a romance with her.

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Kausar S

This film will be a masterpiece written by Steve Adams. James Keach and his team of producers did an excellent film, and it is admired by hundreds of thousands across the globe. If they screen it now, in 2023, it will become an amazing blockbuster... This was an amazing film! I loved watching it as a teenager, and it has loads of beautiful acting! Amazing!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/03/23

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Steve D

It has no idea what it wants to be.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/14/23

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Psyealous

I have no idea why people rate this so highly and adore this movie so much. This movie is a mess. (spoiler warning) This movie is about a mentally handicapped, schizophrenic, stalker juggler. I can't make that up. It's honestly saddening to see this man try to go through life and not get the help he needs. He is literally traumatized by his parents' accident, made up his own elaborate story as to why they died, and randomly TALKS TO HIS DEAD PARENTS. This is not some romcom cutsies movie it's weird. He follows this poor girl around and for some reason, it's kind of romanticized. He has sort of redemption at the end but why the hell does the girl go back to him after this dude followed her around for YEARS? Tom Sturridge is a good actor, and his existence is the best part of this movie but just because he's good-looking doesn't make this movie good. It's still bad.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/28/22

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Victoria G

this is a movie from my emo phase and i think im really into love movies, so i reaaaally liked, if the target was emo teenagers falling in love hehe

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/07/22

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Audience Member

best romantic movie i ever seen

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Lets see, I really dont know where to start with this movie, first of all it is not a love story, is a stalker story; Im mean this guy is cleary damage, he acts like he's mentally 5. saying things like:"Jimbo said peachy" really? He doesnt have a job, a place to live,he's selfish enough to not care about others being worry about him just because he's after a girl who doesnt even know anymore but he has idealized this conection with her...is called stalking and is a not ok people! Are we supose to feel conected or sorry about this character ? I feel afraid, c'mon he even speaks with his dead parents. Now, the girl, her career is falling apart, her "love" relationship as well, her father is sick , she looks complety miserable. but instead of showing a character trying to get her ducks in a row the writer decided to go in a diferent direction: why to put yourself together when you can run after a guy who has been following you for years and has no sense of responsability? Sorry not a love story to me but more like a 2 damage young adults with no sense of responsability .

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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James Keach

Director

Rachel Bilson

Emma Twist

Tom Sturridge

Will Donner

Blythe Danner

Miranda Twist

Richard Jenkins

Richard

Nikki Blonsky

Dolores

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Lisa Rosman

Time Out

Maybe it's this soapy saga's cocktail of the worst of both the Lifetime network and self-consciously quirky indie cinema, but the strong supporting cast (including Jenkins and Blythe Danner) looks downright queasy in every frame.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 13, 2016

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

"Waiting for Forever" evidently is an attempt to portray love as purest when expressed by those who are most innocent, untainted by the ugliness of the real world. But it misses the mark completely, coming off instead as creepy.

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 16, 2011

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

A drippy romance that makes Nicholas Sparks look like Leo Tolstoy.

Rated: 1/4

Feb 4, 2011

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

It's not a love story. It's a stalker story.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 2, 2013

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Oppressively quirky from start to finish...

Rated: 1/4

Jun 17, 2011

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Andy Klein

Christian Science Monitor

A suggestion to screenwriters: Stop telling stalkers that their passion isn't misplaced and that the girl will come around in the end. It is, and she won't.

Rated: D

Feb 4, 2011

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Synopsis

A street performer (Tom Sturridge) has no ambition other than reconnecting with his best friend (Rachel Bilson) from childhood and pursuing a romance with her.

Director: James Keach
Executive Producer: Richard Arlook, Timothy J. Nelson
Screenwriter: Steve Adams
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Material|Some Violent Content|Brief Language)
Genre: Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 4, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.0K