All My Life

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.

This film will certainly delight hearts sensitive to romances, this is a true and dramatic story here, I was touched by this story, some will not like and others will be delighted.

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.

All My Life is a pretty positive heartwarming film with leads that are impossible not to love and a supporting cast who felt like a big family. The soundtrack is also a stand out. However, It sure guarantees you to shed a tear. I think the director is more than aware of how to operate his audience into psychological submission, but in a year like 2020, overt sugary cliches aren't necessarily a bad thing when the packaging is as appealing as this.I loved how the movie embraces the best moments of life rather than dwelling on the sad ones. It sure did made me smile. Also, hands down to one of the best film proposals.

Based on a true story (they show the actual couple at the end), this movie takes you on a roller coaster ride of emotions, happy tears and smiles for the sweet romantic parts and sad tears for the heartbreaking parts. It's not the most original or best film out there, but it was a romantic and beautiful story that was very delightful to watch. The characters were charming, the acting was decent, the music was fun, and the message was meaningful. It might be a little to cute/sappy/chick flick for some, but it is an enjoyable and touching film IMHO! Aug2021.