The -VEs:
-Sidney's relationship with his parents weren't properly introduced for me to understand the quarrel scene with his mum, or her prying behavior constantly invading his privacy. How close was Sidney to his father? What was his father's disability? How did it affect the household? So why should I feel sad seeing him watching as Sidney drives away, with almost no mention of him trying to contact them ever again as he grew older.
-Melody is a manic pixie dream girl. She is introduced as this shy socially awkward girl who would run away if Sidney came even close to her, but then she metamorph into this quirky spontaneous girl so full of confidence that she starts to "wear the pants in the relationship". Her only purpose in the movie is to put the thought of writing about the death of Nurbert in Sidney's mind, and later *Spoler* to serve as a tragic plotline, whether it's the divorce or her sudden death. None were properly explored, neither the divorce or the death are convincing I my opinion, written only to give the movie a tragic air that has the opposite effect, the tragedy comes off as really forced and unnatural, failing to have me sympathizing with the events.
-They picked the wrong actors that can play both the young and old versions of Sidney and Melody. Elle and Lerman look older than highschoolers yet too young to play 30 year olds. The movie has 3 different time periods, where the characters are at different stages of their lives, only distinguishable by their hairstyle.
-Sidney's relationship with his parents weren't properly introduced for me to understand the quarrel scene with his mum, or her prying behavior constantly invading his privacy. How close was Sidney to his father? What was his father's disability? How did it affect the household? So why should I feel sad seeing him watching as Sidney drives away, with almost no mention of him trying to contact them ever again as he grew older.
-Melody is a manic pixie dream girl. She is introduced as this shy socially awkward girl who would run away if Sidney came even close to her, but then she metamorph into this quirky spontaneous girl so full of confidence that she starts to "wear the pants in the relationship". Her only purpose in the movie is to put the thought of writing about the death of Nurbert in Sidney's mind, and later *Spoler* to serve as a tragic plotline, whether it's the divorce or her sudden death. None were properly explored, neither the divorce or the death are convincing I my opinion, written only to give the movie a tragic air that has the opposite effect, the tragedy comes off as really forced and unnatural, failing to have me sympathizing with the events.
-They picked the wrong actors that can play both the young and old versions of Sidney and Melody. Elle and Lerman look older than highschoolers yet too young to play 30 year olds. The movie has 3 different time periods, where the characters are at different stages of their lives, only distinguishable by their hairstyle.