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Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Oh the horror, the horror.What an unmitigated bore. It was so tedious and pretentious - yes, pretentious - that I actually forced myself to watch this movie in its entirety, in a pique of masochism. Penance accomplished.If you're going to draw out a minimal plot, don't the writers/director know you have to make the characters engaging? These two plonkers didn't cut it. The ambitious journalism student after a Green Card and the carpenter, whose chair, by the way, was a knockoff from the Quakers, were tiresome. Her parents were the quirky, Brit stereotypes, in an attempt to inject a bit of life into this tedium, but off the mark. There's daddy, the endearing whiskey enthusiast, and mummy - Ralph Fiennes' discard and Dr Who's wife - over-nurturing to the point of a psychotic episode. Too cute for words, really ... but completely disregarding the established fact that English women prefer the company of their dogs to children. And Argentinian polo players. The only saving grace for this rubbish film is that we get to see old Jen Lawrence in her most significant role!

It's obvious that this movie is rooted in reality because real-world problems that magically disappear in romantic comedies actually go through real-life type of time frame and difficulty. This movie will resonate stronger with those who have first-hand experience with long distance relationships, most of which do not work out beautifully. The concept of everlasting "true love" is a hotly debated topic, and this movie does not necessarily confirm or deny it. However, it is easy to see how "true love" can usually only exist if real world did not get in the way, especially the passage of time. Who can stop that?But as they say, it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all...

I don't know if I've got it right, but like crazy for me is the story of a love relationship that fades over time, as the space between them grows. Anna is a British student at LA when she meets Jacob. But due to a problem with her visa she is not allowed to enter America again. The two of them decide to keep in touch but for how long? The on and off of the relationship, the other lovers, the arguments, even the passionate love story, is a puzzle of how relationships work. Of course the ending, for me, spoils the whole movie. It is too "out of the blue" like when you expect something to happen and the movie just end with the credits starting to appear on the screen and you still look at them confused. What happened in the end? I don't know. Maybe everyone supposed to have their own version of the ending. And so I give like crazy a 4 out of 10.

I have read a number of reviews on this film and I can definitely identify with the ones that mention both leads (Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin) are brilliant separately, but something goes missing when they are together.I really enjoyed the subject matter of the film. This is a young couple in love who are trying to deal with the sorts of problems that everyday couples have. Their issues are not glamourised and that is echoed by the minimalism in the script. I enjoyed the celebration of the mundane, which really allowed me to connect with the story.The issue I have with the film, though, is that I didn't really buy these two as a couple. The chemistry really wasn't there for me. As I said before, Jones and Yelchin put in solid performances with a nice cameo from Jennifer Lawrence, but I didn't feel the connection between the two. I didn't believe that these two were desperate to be with each other and that they were going through the torment of that not being able to happen.The film had enough emotion to pull on the heartstrings. I just think with these two characters, I felt a certain amount of detachment which translated into not feeling as emotionally connected to the characters as the film probably intended.