Forever My Girl
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: January 19, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshJan 18, 2018
The story is resolved a bit too easily, but that works for the world of the film, which is sanded down, buffed out, a bucolic, "Steel Magnolias"-inspired fantasy land of wide front porches, charming flower shops and the mega-famous rock stars that wander into them. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesKatie WalshJan 18, 2018
Forever My Girl doesn’t stray from the formula or do anything revolutionary. But for an audience seeking fluffy, escapist, country music-tinged romance, it’ll hit a sweet spot. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonJan 18, 2018
The movie also trumpets hometown values, and makes fun of the way Liam’s wealth and fame have insulated him from simple pleasures of small-town life (underlined by director Bethany Ashton Wolf’s cozy visual presentation). The movie pokes fun at his materialism, when it’s not indulging in it. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKimber MyersJan 18, 2018
The country-fried romance written and directed by Bethany Ashton Wolf becomes a victim of self sabotage as it nears its (predictable) conclusion, removing any good will it created in its first half. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJan 18, 2018
It's difficult to entirely resist the film's heartwarming portrait of decent people who genuinely care for each other and strive to do the right thing. Read full review
40
Village VoiceDanny KingJan 18, 2018
Wolf establishes only a half-formed idea of the decisions, fights, and silences that have shaped these characters’ lives, so the cast often seems to be shouting into a vacuum. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJan 18, 2018
Forever My Girl is a bad movie, pure and simple. And pure and simple is just how writer and director Bethany Ashton Wolf likes it. Read full review
40
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJan 18, 2018
Aficionados of Nicholas Sparks movies may swoon over this film’s distressed T-shirts and kudzu-choked back roads, but lovers of love stories deserve much better. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerJan 19, 2018
Sparks fly and so do private helicopters, but will true love prevail? Are you paying attention? Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaJan 19, 2018
Still, there is more pleasure to be had in the dwindling returns of CMT's “Nashville” than in this country soap-opera. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDerek SmithJan 18, 2018
Forever My Girl makes one wonder if Bethany Ashton Wolf actually thinks this is what true love is like. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 17, 2018
The overarching problem is pacing and dramatic tension. Read full review
37
Washington PostStephanie MerryJan 19, 2018
The romantic drama is painfully contrived and insistently predictable. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJan 17, 2018
The movie isn’t as off-the-charts shameless as Sparks, but it lacks the Russian roulette death-guessing game to occupy viewers who get bored. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJan 20, 2018
The director, Bethany Ashton Wolf, who adapted the screenplay from, yes, a romance novel by Heidi McLaughlin, can concoct some Hallmark-greeting-card-quality shots, but has little flair for piecing them together. The lead actors are very pretty. Read full review
30
VarietyJoe LeydonJan 18, 2018
Forever My Girl is a sweet but slight romantic drama that got lost on its way to the Hallmark Channel — or, more likely, was rebuffed by that channel’s gatekeepers for being, even by their standards, entirely too predictable — and wound up in theaters instead. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesJan 17, 2018
This bland romance doesn’t take its own advice. It’s all water, no whiskey. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubJan 19, 2018
It’s a poorly made film, with rough edits, distracting staging and plot contrivances that can be predicted to the moment. Read full review
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