Alex Pettyfer

Gabriella Wilde

Bruce Greenwood

Rhys Wakefield

Joely Richardson

Robert Patrick

Emma Rigby

Anna Enger Ritch

Dayo Okeniyi

Fabianne Therese

Mike Bland

Jake Schultz

Jeff Pope

Zechariah Pierce

Ryan Lewis

Dan Triandiflou

Stephanie Northrup

Andrew Masset

Patrick Johnson

Alexa Rachelle

Jonathan Velazquez

Marie Burke

Danielle Rodas

Tallie Brinson

William Henry Milne

Sonia Rose

Joey Nappo

Jimmy Gonzales

Michelle S. Brzenk

Sharon Conley

Matthew Withers

Alexandra Bartee

Jon Menick

Nelson Bonilla

Nathan Standridge

Skip D. Welch

Judith Weston

Shana Feste

Scott Stuber

Pamela Abdy

Josh Schwartz

Clay Cullen

Stephanie Savage

Casey O'Neill

Shauna Duggins

Bob Brown

Randall Poster

Tracy Falco

Joshua Safran

J. Miles Dale

Andrew Dunn

Clay A. Griffith

Christophe Beck

Maryann Brandon

Suzanne Trucks

Bill O'Drobinak

Grayson Austin

Scott A. Hecker

Kate Swartz

Kerry Joseph Blackman

J.P. Jones

Josh Hadley

Solomon Fobb

Stephen Strumberg

Stacey Battat

Randy James Beckman

Mary H. Ellis

James Peterson

David Mendoza

Stephen Campbell

Larry Gianneschi IV

Bret Lanius

Courtney Drewes

Josh Gilbert

Matthew Kelly Jackson

Thomas Doolittle

Christopher L. Miller

Karim Essawy

Synithia Cochran

Bryan Whisnant

Quantrell D. Colbert

Dwight Campbell

Marc Casey

Julian Smirke

Devyne Johnson

Vickie M. Hsieh

Angela Stauffer

Danny Brown

Wayne Shepherd

John Moredock

Emily Kramer

Lane Steffler

Regina Robb

Ashley Marie Parker

Justine Arteta

Catherine Marcotte

Steven Ritzi

Andrew L. Ullman

Craig Fincannon

Michele Panelli-Venetis

Chip Carey

Lauren A. Taylor

Scott Levine

Scott T. Pina

Julie Kobsa

Frank A. Montaño

Sean Finnegan

Zachary Saville

Chris Silver Finigan

Lisa Mae Fincannon

Chelsea Leonowicz

Edwanna Blanding

Chad Oliver

Jon Taylor

Michael Duarte

Shelby Davis

Shauna L. Kroen

Mark Fincannon

Kim Davis-Wagner

Scott Zuchowski

Stephanie Ponder

Kimberly Edwards

Sue Smith

Tim Richeson

Caitlin McKenna

Bob Shelley

Greg Pruett

Kelvin R. Trahan

Travell Blake

Tammy L. Smith

Michelle Pazer

Tina Roesler Kerwin

Rebecca Robertson

Drama

Romance

Endless Love

Bluegrass Films

Fake Empire Productions

United States of America

On Valentines Day in 2014, Universal released the second adaptation of Endless Love, Scott Spencer's 1979 National Book Award nominated novel. The 1981 film adaptation received 6 Golden Raspberry nominations, so it is fair to say that Spencer's novel didn't lend itself well to screen the first time around.

The 2014 tells the story of when 17-year-old Jade (Gabriella Wilde) graduates high school with high hopes for an impressive scholarship, she looks back with some regret at having neglected her social life. Classmate David (Alex Pettyfer) has had a crush on Jade throughout high school, but never acted on it. A chance meeting between the two sets in motion a deep summer love, much to the disapproval of Jade's father (Bruce Greenwood), who determines David to be a bad influence on his daughter.

Time is a valuable asset in filmmaking, especially when setting the scene for a movie. Back stories must be set out, and then fleshed out, so that it's clear what drives the characters to make the choices they do. _Endless Love_ doesn't feel the need to worry the audience with any of that, starting on Graduation Day with two protagonists who it is admitted have never spoken to each other, and having them fall straight in love.

Jade, who has precious few friends, implying her classmates know very little about her personality, is idolised by David, presumably for being a blonde bombshell. When given the smallest amount of attention from David, Jade then is willing to drop everything that her father has coerced her into working for.

When Daddy shows his disapproval, because he projects expectations of Jade's dead brother onto her, Jade becomes little more than a pawn between her father and David. While Jade's mother appears to be softer towards the relationship, her viewpoint is completely undermined when we learn that her husband is cheating on her (a plot point that seemingly is to further the animosity between David and Jade's father, but becomes completely forgotten about later on).

The acting is passable, but when working with a cardboard screenplay there is very little point.

Endless Love is the worst type of film. Promoting itself as a young woman's choice to leave the clutches of her evil father is both disingenuous, dangerous and damaging to the young women it is aimed at. There is no plot, no backstory, no personality, no point. It is misogynistic, shallow and degrading.

Don't watch this.

English

Official Trailer