I Love You Forever | |
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Directed by | Cazzie David Elisa Kalani |
Written by | Cazzie 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 |
Cinematography | Christine Ng |
Edited by | Autumn Dea |
Music by | Michael Penn |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
A subversive romantic comedy gone wrong that follows a young woman into and out of an emotionally abusive relationship.
The film premiered at South by Southwest in 2024. [1]
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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