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Showing posts with label MOVIE REVIEW: ALL MY LIFE. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 13, 2020

MOVIE REVIEW: ALL MY LIFE

 

Jennifer Carter and Solomon Chau are a sweet, fun-loving, newly engaged couple who are ready to start their lives together. But when Solomon is diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, their hopes for a summer wedding become impossible. With time running out, their friends and families soon devise an inspirational plan to help Jennifer and Solomon realize their dream wedding.

Director: Marc Meyers

Cast: Jessica Rothe, Harry Shum Jr., Kyle Allen, Chrissie Fit, Jay Pharoah, Marielle Scott, Keala Settle

Release Date: December 4, 2020

Genres: Drama, Romance

Rated PG-13 for brief language

Runtime: 1h 33min

Review:

All My Life won’t win any prizes for realism or depth but it works because of the charisma and chemistry of its two leads.  Marc Meyers directs the film with a generally rose tinted hue even when the film hits some of its more tragic notes.  As such some people might be disappointed the film didn’t delve into the pain of cancer with a bit more realism in fact Harry Shum Jr.’s Sol never displays any sort of physical decline during the course of the film.  It feels like the film would have packed a bit more of a punch had given that aspect of the story a more realistic arch.  That issue aside Jessica Rothe & Harry Shum Jr. make the film far more watchable than it deserves to be because it’s schmaltzy with a clear intention to pull at your heart strings.  As a light breezey romantic comedy / tragedy hybrid it works because Rothe & Shum are incredibly easy to like and they both give their character more depth than what’s actually written on the page.  They make you care about their story and journey even though the film itself is a step up from a Lifetime movie of that week.  That being said, once you reach the finale nearly everyone will be reaching for the tissues over this glossy retelling of love story cut tragically short, 

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