Waiting for Forever

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Waiting for Forever

PG-13

Released Feb 4, 2011

1h 34m

Romance

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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.

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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Maryanne M

This sweet and romantic movie has a lot to recommend it. The stars have wonderful chemistry and it's an emotional story that a lot of sentimental people will relate to. Tom Sturridge's performance feels very honest and you fall in love with his character and you are rooting for his dream to come true.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/03/24

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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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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
Producer: Trevor Albert, James Keach
Screenwriter: Steve Adams
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: Catfish Productions
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
Runtime: 1h 34m