I Love You Forever

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I Love You Forever
Directed by Cazzie David
Elisa Kalani
Written byCazzie David
Elisa Kalani
Produced by Diablo Cody
Lauren Hantz
Liana Weston
Mason Novick
Evan Silverberg
Billy Mulligan
Starring Sofia Black-D'Elia
Ray Nicholson
Cazzie David
CinematographyChristine Ng
Edited byAutumn Dea
Music by Michael Penn
Release date
  • 2024 (2024)(SXSW)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

I Love You Forever is a 2024 American comedy drama film written and directed by Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani and starring Sofia Black-D'Elia, Ray Nicholson and David.

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Plot

A subversive romantic comedy gone wrong that follows a young woman into and out of an emotionally abusive relationship.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at South by Southwest in 2024. [1]

Reception

The film has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on eight reviews. [2] Samantha Bergeson of IndieWire graded the film a B+. [3]

Stephen Saito of Variety gave the film a positive review, calling it "a fresh take on a toxic relationship." [4]

Fletcher Peters of The Daily Beast also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "If that is the goal, as sad as it may be, then it is successful; this is a feel-bad movie." [5]

Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com gave the film a negative review and wrote, "...this is a movie that wears out its welcome early, spinning around the same relationship ideas, and, worst of all, failing to give its lead enough character depth to justify spending so much time with her." [6]

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References

  1. Bergeson, Samantha (March 11, 2024). "Cazzie David Is Glad Her Feature Directing Debut Won't 'Resonate' with Most People: That's the Point". IndieWire. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  2. "I Love You Forever". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  3. Bergeson, Samantha (March 9, 2024). "'I Love You Forever' Review: Sofia Black-D'Elia Is Caught in Ray Nicholson's Chaos in an Honest Anti-Rom-Com". IndieWire. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  4. Saito, Stephen (March 9, 2024). "'I Love You Forever' Review: A Suffocating Beau Ties Together Genres in a Nifty Millennial Rewrite of Rom-Coms". Variety. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  5. Peters, Fletcher (March 9, 2024). "Cazzie David's Feature Debut Is a Grotesque Anti-Rom Com". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  6. Tallerico, Brian (March 15, 2024). "SXSW 2024: Dandelion, A Nice Indian Boy, I Don't Understand You, I Love You Forever". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.