{"id":7983,"date":"2010-02-22T22:38:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T06:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=7983"},"modified":"2010-02-22T22:39:51","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T06:39:51","slug":"waiting-for-forever-james-keach-2010-usa-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=7983","title":{"rendered":"Waiting For Forever (James Keach, 2010): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Rowan-George Smith<\/a>. \u00a0Viewed at the Metro 4, Santa Barbara Film Festival.<\/p>\n

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Waiting For Forever is a romantic comedy directed by James Keach.\u00a0 British actor Tom Sturridge leads the film as the young drifter, free spirited Will Donner, along with an impressive cast that includes Blythe Danner and Richard Jenkins.\u00a0 Rachel Bilson, formally from The O.C., stars as Emma Twist, a young Hollywood actress who goes home to spend time with her terminal father, and unexpectedly is reunited with her childhood forever friend.<\/p>\n

Will Donner (Tom Sturridge) always remembered fond memories with his childhood forever friend, Emma Twist (Rachel Bilson).\u00a0 Will, a talented juggler and entertainer, gets by in life and never has a stable job or income.\u00a0 He keeps tabs of Emma by following her glamorous career, and goes wherever she is, he wants to feel close to her, he\u2019s not a stalker, just a young boy at heart pinning for Emma.\u00a0 Emma\u2019s acting career in Los Angeles has taken a disappointing turn, and so she returns home to be with her terminal father, Richard (Richard Jenkins).\u00a0 Will decides to follow Emma again, and goes back to where they grew up together.\u00a0 When they reunite, Will courageously tells Emma how he feels about her.\u00a0 She is shocked to learn that he has been following her all of these years.\u00a0 Will also reconnects with his older brother Jim Donner (Scott Mechlowicz) and, his sister-in-law Susan Donner (Jaime King) and some old friends too.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Emma\u2019s boyfriend from L.A., Aaron (Matthew Davis), heads to Emma\u2019s hometown to clear-up complications in their relationship and is greeted by Emma\u2019s mother, Miranda Twist (Blythe Danner).\u00a0 Emma is forced to deal with her future acting career in Hollywood, an estranged boyfriend, terminal father, and her childhood forever friend Will.\u00a0 Emma\u2019s father passes away and Will is set-up for a murder that took place back in L.A.\u00a0 Will and Emma\u2019s forever friendship is, up in the air.<\/p>\n

Tom Sturridge is one to watch for; he is an inventive, fresh-faced actor who comes from a family of actors in England.\u00a0 Sturridge plays the quirky Will Donner with such ease, and gave a brilliant portrayal of a young man in pursuit of love.\u00a0 His American accent was flawless.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t until after the film at the Q&A, the director shared the revelation that Sturridge is English.\u00a0 Nonetheless, this guy definitely has a huge acting career ahead, and I\u2019m sure he will receive quite the following of fans after this film is released.<\/p>\n

Rachel Bilson as Emma Twist, well her performance was\u2026yawn, yawn, yawn; she was predictable, weak and flat.\u00a0 The role of Emma requires an actress with the acting chops to achieve the dynamics of the character.\u00a0 Bilson did not deliver. I would have preferred to see Rachel McAdams as Emma, but that\u2019s just me.\u00a0 Emma\u2019s parents played by Richard Jenkins and Blythe Danner, wow, what a dynamic duo, they masterfully gave justice to their respected roles.\u00a0 It\u2019s great to see two equally talented actors really dig deep and invest in the script and find the nuances to their characters.\u00a0 Their scenes together were always electric and full of commitment, great chemistry too. \u00a0Jenkins is a master at delivering his lines authentically and has great comedic timing.<\/p>\n

This film introduced us to Will Donner as a carefree young boy always wearing his pj\u2019s.\u00a0 And on his journey, he reconnects with family and friends, gained perspective of life, and we see this young man starting his new life in San Francisco.\u00a0 Director James Keach magically captured Tom\u2019s humbling performance.\u00a0 At the end of the film, Emma finds Will in S.F. and the final shot, Will and Emma hug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Rowan-George Smith. \u00a0Viewed at the Metro 4, Santa Barbara Film Festival. Waiting For Forever is a romantic comedy directed by James Keach.\u00a0 British actor Tom Sturridge leads the film as the young drifter, free spirited Will Donner, along with an impressive cast that includes Blythe Danner and Richard Jenkins.\u00a0 Rachel Bilson, formally from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/805"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}