Synopsis
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
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Cast
- Alex PettyferDavid Elliot
- Gabriella WildeJade Butterfield
- Bruce GreenwoodHugh Butterfield
- Rhys WakefieldKeith Butterfield
- Joely RichardsonAnne Butterfield
- Robert PatrickHarry Elliot
- Emma Catherine RigbyJenny
- Anna Enger RitchSabine
- Dayo OkeniyiMace
- Fabianne ThereseChecka
Recommendations
- 70
Arizona Republic
If you had to update the film for the Instagram generation, you could do a lot worse than what director Shana Feste (“Country Strong”) has come up with. She has crafted a stylish, evocative journey into overheated-teenager territory. For a good chunk of the time, it works. - 60
Empire
A flowerier adaptation of the Scott Spencer romance than Zeffirelli's '80s version, it's tailor-made for the Nicholas Sparks crowd. - 58
The A.V. Club
The film also contains fleeting moments of authenticity. Most of these come courtesy of Robert Patrick, who plays David’s father, and Greenwood. Together, these two veteran actors turn could-be-thankless “good dad/bad dad” roles into credible depictions of wounded masculinity. Unfortunately, the movie isn’t about them. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Greenwood and Richardson make a fine, discordant couple and the young leads have a certain chemistry. If only Feste had realized she’d stripped almost all the conflict out of the story. - 50
Slant Magazine
Shana Feste's film seems blissfully unaware that great fights require truly substantial conflicts. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
A highly homogenized and sanitized remake that's little better than its 1981 predecessor. - 30
The Dissolve
Pettyfer and Wilde look the parts, but any scenes asking them to emote quickly turn disastrous. - 30
Variety
In “The Greatest” (2009) and “Country Strong” (2010), Feste proved herself quite skilled, if not especially innovative, at limning her characters’ emotional travails. But subtlety, complexity and even the slightest modicum of realism elude her here.
