The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Waiting for Forever
Drama · Romance · 2010
A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.
Movie details
Waiting for Forever
“This one grabs your heart!”
2010 Drama · Romance 1h 34m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
5.9 / 10
20.3K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
5 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
26 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Waiting for Forever?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
James Keach
Written by
Steve Adams
Rachel Bilson
Emma Twist
Tom Sturridge
Will Donner
Matthew Davis
Aaron
Scott Mechlowicz
Jim Donner
Richard Jenkins
Richard Twist
Blythe Danner
Miranda Twist
Jaime King
Susan Donner
Court is in session
Put Waiting for Forever on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.