All My Life - Liebe, als gäbe es kein Morgen

A soon to be released romantic melodrama of a doomed romance which still manages to be uplifting & soul stirring (& based on a true story by the by!). Starring Jessica Rothe (from the Happy Death Day films) & Harry Shum (from Glee) as a couple that meet cute during college (he works as a software writer but wants to be a chef which she sees right away & pushes him towards that goal) & soon move in together w/a healthy bevy of friends who support them. The wrinkle in the universe comes about in the form of cancer which is caught early (Shum gets a piece of his liver removed) but no sooner does the story progress, his cancer soon becomes the fatal kind spurring the couple & their orbit of friends to come together to plan & execute a wedding before the inevitable happens. Never bringing up the fact they're a mixed race couple is hopefully refreshing (they are a couple that just exists) is a major plus for a film that is entertaining (cue the musical montages) but on such auto-pilot it could be on rails w/a bevy of colorful supporting players like Molly Hagen (from Some Kind of Wonderful) as Rothe's mother, Jay Pharaoh (from SNL) as one Shum's friends, Chrissie Fit (Pitch Perfect 2 & 3) as one Rothe's friends, Ever Carradine (Robert's daughter) as Shum's boss at an eatery, Keala Settle (from The Greatest Showman) as a coffee shop employee & Mario Cantone (from Sex & the City) as a wedding organizer. Kudos to both Rothe & Shum for elevating the material & especially Rothe for acting outside her comfort bubble (coupled w/the Valley Girl remake from earlier this year) to show she has the acting chops to back up her good looks.

This film deals with a hard topic, but it is unrealistically positive and fluffy. Colours are vibrant, people are always happy, and there's always nice food around. It doesn't even tell or show directly about death, which is a main theme in this film.

Jenn Carter (Jessica Rothe) and Solomon 'Sol' Chau (Harry Shum Jr.) meet, flirt, and get engaged. When he falls ill, they and their friends work to set up a wedding of a lifetime.

This is the standard sickness/romance story based on a real life couple. The most important aspect here is that I love these two actors. Their chemistry is fine. They have a fine meet-cute. Their development in the first half of the movie is a bit flat. Apparently, his cooking is the big dramatic move in that part. The second half has the illness. It is all been done before. Maybe they could condense the first half.

That being said.. Just felt lacking in realism,even though it was based on real events.

There's always this romanticism that is given to illnesses,which can overshadow times of connection to a serious storyline.

Casting was ok,cinematography & music too.

Would I watch it again? Not for awhile,as it didn't carry a huge impact on me.

It's worth seeing,if you enjoy those cast in the movie.

I'm a sucker for a movie based on true events most of the time. This movie didn't disappoint. It makes you think about you and what you are doing with your life right now. Are you happy? Are you living your best life or trying to live in the past? I appreciate this movie and the live that it shared.