Endless Love

Sappy Rom-Drom Would Bore Even Nicholas Sparks.

It's common these days for most movies to be at least somewhat clique, but this chick flick tops them all.  Not even kidding.  If cliche were a movie, it would be Endless Love.

Every character in this film is a walking cliche, quite literally.  Let me explain.  The movie starts at a high school graduation where we first meet the pair of star-crossed lovers.  David Elliot (Alex Pettyfer) is your typical working class kid, the son of a humble, blue collar mechanic.  Jade Butterfield (Gabriella Wilde) is your typical high society beauty, the daughter of a wealthy doctor.  He plans on running his father's small auto body shop, while she plans on going pre-med at Brown University.  David is admiring Jade from afar, unable to talk to her, but his obnoxious friend Mason tells him not to waste his time, that a girl so beautiful and so rich could never be interested in the likes of him.  Very shortly thereafter, however, Jade and her family come to dinner at the incredibly upscale inn and restaurant where David and Mason work as parking valets.  While Jade accidentally drops something, their eyes meet for the first time and that's really where their story begins.

Is that cliche enough for you yet? I'll continue.  It's been stated that Jade's family is very wealthy, but they are also still recovering from the loss of Jade's older brother who was lost to them two years previously.  Aside from that, though, her family couldn't be anymore cliche.  Her arrogant father (Bruce Greenwood) isn't impressed by David and doesn't consider him a suitable match for his daughter while her impressionable mother (Joely Richardson) finds him charming.  Her older brother (Rhys Wakefield) is a college slacker who is an obvious disappointment to his businesslike father.   David and Jade's romance takes off, but her snobbish father will do just about anything to keep them apart, ignoring all of David's great qualities.  This isn't a bad film, there just isn't much originality here.  If you're looking for something of the sweet, romantic sort, stick with Dear John or The Notebook.  Watch this if you want, just don't expect anything new of exciting.

2.5 Stars.