Regretting You (2025)

The type of unrealistic tween romance fodder where everyone does the right thing and everything seemingly works out for the best. It involves young love, affairs, betrayal, and of course a tragedy at the center of it. All of it feels so telegraphed and everyone says exactly how they feel, so you know it's only a matter of time before it's all resolved. But people love this light romantic fluff because it makes them feel better about their own thoughtless existence.

1 watermelon jolly rancher out of 5

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS [2014]

Usually when a film adaptation is rushed into production after the success of the book it's based on it normally means bad news bears.
Fortunately Stuck In Love director Josh Boone's adaptation of John Green's youth-oriented novel The Fault In Our Stars is actually quite good.
It tells the story of a couple of young cancer patients, delicately played by Shailene Woodley & Ansel Egort (yes, the brother & sister in Divergent :erm:) who live and learn about life & death and everything around it as a relationship begins blossoming between them.
Like it's source material, the film is witty, humorous and heart-breaking all while it graces us with some superb performances, simple yet elegant photography and enough here to be enjoyed by both mainstream and indie-film lovers.

4 shitty people & shitty writers out of 5