An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since I have a weak spot for Shailene Woodley and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I was actually surprised by how disappointing the damned thing actually turned out to be. I have to admit that the way they tried to mix up two different timelines with some completely different tones was actually ambitious but, unfortunately, it just never really worked. I won’t blame Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones as they were both not bad at all and they did what they could with this material but, I’m sorry, their characters were just boring. To make things worse, they were both involved in such poorly developed romantic relationships. As a result, all these romantic connections turned out to be rather tedious. Especially with Woodley, the only reason why her lover was so much better than her husband was, well, because they said so. Sure, he did write these romantic letters but, to be honest, these letters never really impressed me. With Jones, it was not much better in the sense that she basically fell in love with the only male character involved in her storyline. The fact that she spent at first a good chunk of the running time to actually emasculate the guy didn’t help either. However, what was really the last straw for me was the fact that Jennifer clearly chose for Anthony not once but twice and twice they were both pulled apart and the only reason why was to deliver some lame dramatic punches. Anyway, to conclude, even if I have seen worse, the damned thing still turned out to be so underwhelming and I don’t think it is really worth a look.