Why so much hype?

Gripping story with well-crafted characters

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

AHHHH!!! This movie is so hard for me to review, I loved the concept, the filming, the acting, but I HATED the ending. I don't know what it is with movies recently, but it seems like they all have all have go nowhere endings; anyways I'm getting a little side tracked. The filming was amazing, the use of colors and creative framing, and varied filming techniques was simply beautiful. It make the viewer feel like they are intruding somewhere they weren't meant to be - into someones very personal relationship. The actors made this story feel very real, you could see the emotion in their face, they embodied the characters better than I've seen in a long time. I really wish they would have done more with the ending, it felt like they did this amazing buildup of a relationship, making it feel real and showing the happy and sad, and then ended prematurely (which is never a good thing).

"Like Crazy & Stupid Love"SPOILER ALERTThe film is basically a transcontinental love affair, she Anna from England, he Jacob from the USA and L.A. Anna visiting the USA on a student visa meets and falls in love with Jacob while she's in L.A. The two are drawn closer, dating, spending more and more time together. Until Anna is forced to leave the USA because of a student visa violation for overstaying her visit in the USA. The two lovers torn apart separated by an ocean, text and talk to each other, telling each other how much each misses the other. Jacob visits Anna in England and the two realize that the travelling back and forth would prove to be very costly for the young lovers. The two despondent try to cope and go about their lives. Jacob has found a new love interest with his gorgeous new employee.Enter Jennifer Lawrence as Samantha. Never have I seen such a gorgeous and welcomed entrance by an actress. Her long blonde hair glorious curvaceous figure and her charismatic personality just demonstrates even this early in Jennifer's career why she is a superstar actress. Jacob enjoys the company of his new love interest Samantha, she is more fun filled than Anna. I like many other males watching this film fantasize about being with the hot sizzling Jennifer Lawrence as Samantha. I know my heart beat picked up and my eyes enjoyed the pleasure of seeing Samantha. We see Jacob and Samantha at a nightclub partying and having a great time. Suddenly while on the dance floor Jacob receives multiple texts from Anna in England for him to call her. This is where Anna starts acting crazy and Jacob starts to get stupid. Now while Anna is kind of cute, Samantha is sizzling Hot!! 99.9% of guys would pick Samantha over Anna. So Jacob answers the call, Samantha suspects that Anna is about steal her guy from her. While Anna is selfish and possessive, Samantha is forgiving and understanding along with being far more beautiful than Anna.Jacob makes hits first stupid idiotic move, he lives Samantha and travels to England to be reunited with Anna. Anna corrals Jacob into marrying her believing that it would open the door for the two to return to the USA. Not happening! The ban on her travel is still in effect because of her student visa violation. Now the two are stuck at a crossroad situation. How do they make their marriage work? The stress of their dream plan faltering brings out the anger suppressed within the two. Anna and Jacob both have careers in different countries. The stress brings about a screaming argument between the two. Jacob leaves Anna and returns to L.A. and a forgiving Samantha. Wow what a woman! Now at the same time Anna begins dating a young Brit named Simon. They have a close loving relationship to the point where Simon proposes to Anna. Anna plays it cool and doesn't accept his proposal. OK now back to L.A. Jacob is in bed with the sexy gorgeous Samantha, while she sleeps Jacob receives a text from guess who? Anna, she texts "I miss you" The stupid Jacob upon learning that Anna has the travel ban lifted agrees to go back to her.Upon Anna's return to L.A. her meeting with Jacob is sort of awkward and not as passionate and fun filled relationship that Jacob had with Samantha. Right away Anna complains about not being able to find a job like the great job she gave up in England. The two seem to be lovers who have career issues that interfere with their romantic lives. This uneasy compromise by Anna being in L.A. one could see is not going to work out. Will Samantha be waiting on the sidelines ready to comeback to Jacob? Word of advice for Anna STAY IN ENGLND!! Leave Jacob alone so he can find real happiness with Samantha! The eight stars I give all of them to the fabulous young Jennifer Lawrence appearing as Samantha!

If you love romance movies, avoid this at all costs. From the opening scenes it is baffling that these two characters fell in love. Very few words are said, very few smiles (weak ones at that) are shared, and the two "lovers" barely touch each other. There is no reason presented to ever actually think that the two of them even like each other and it makes the rest of the movie drag on so badly its like being road hauled. The characters get together and break up for nearly unknown reasons because there isn't a scene in the movie longer than 8 seconds. The actors can barely think of things to say to each other, whether its close friends, lovers, coworkers, or parents. When they do speak for more than a single sentence, expect a smash cut or a montage. Dear god the montages! Is there a moment that requires emotion expressed through acting? Well instead you can watch the actors stand in various positions in a room and make mildly different faces with each still. The cinematography in this film is absolutely beautiful if you like being bludgeoned in the face by it. You would have an extremely hard time missing the message of "separation" that was forced into every scene involving the "lovers" and before they'd even been separated I was tired of it. By my honest estimation, you could watch the first 5-10 minutes of this film and then a clip of GOB from arrested development giving his classic line "I've made a huge mistake" and you will have gotten just as much out of this movie as if you'd spend the whole 89 minutes on it.

I have read a number of reviews on this film and I can definitely identify with the ones that mention both leads (Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin) are brilliant separately, but something goes missing when they are together.I really enjoyed the subject matter of the film. This is a young couple in love who are trying to deal with the sorts of problems that everyday couples have. Their issues are not glamourised and that is echoed by the minimalism in the script. I enjoyed the celebration of the mundane, which really allowed me to connect with the story.The issue I have with the film, though, is that I didn't really buy these two as a couple. The chemistry really wasn't there for me. As I said before, Jones and Yelchin put in solid performances with a nice cameo from Jennifer Lawrence, but I didn't feel the connection between the two. I didn't believe that these two were desperate to be with each other and that they were going through the torment of that not being able to happen.The film had enough emotion to pull on the heartstrings. I just think with these two characters, I felt a certain amount of detachment which translated into not feeling as emotionally connected to the characters as the film probably intended.