Netflix brought to screens its film about a beautiful country romance, “Forever My Girl,” on January 19, 2018.
“Forever My Girl” was written by Heidi McLaughlin and directed by Bethany Ashton Wolf. The film follows a misguided country music star, Liam Page (Alex Roe), who abandoned his fiance a few years back to be famous, is consumed with his tours, women and alcohol to dull his pain. Finally, when he realizes he can take no more of the loneliness, he decides to go back to his hometown to find his ex-fiance. When he gets home, he walks into her flower shop and finally sees Josie (Jessica Rothe), and she reveals to him that he has a seven-year-old daughter, Billy (Abby Ryder Fortson), and is shocked that he has been blindsided. After a few days of taking in the news, he knows in his heart he can’t go back to his country tour; he has to make up for lost time with his daughter and his girl.
One truly beautiful aspect to this story was how fast Billy and Liam’s relationship blossomed. After seven years of not knowing she was even alive, she feels connected to him somehow, and him even more to her. After only a short amount of time, Billy and Liam begin to show how father-daughter like the two really are, and how similar they are to each other. It was enjoyable to see the two do normal things together as parent and daughter, and it felt like they have known each other forever. Audiences appreciated this storyline because it gave hope to people similar in this situation and showed it is never too late to be forgiven.
Another thing that made audiences teary-eyed was the rekindle between Josie and Liam through their daughter. After so many years apart and a child later, the two were able to be reawakened in their love for each other, and after Josie decided to forgive Liam for leaving them all those years ago, the two were back and better than ever. Because Liam and Billy were able to form a relationship so fast, it helped Josie to be able to put aside the past a little more and take in Liam for what it was worth. By the end of the movie, the two were back to almost getting married again and living happily with their young daughter, and on the brink of making many family memories together.
“Forever My Girl” portrayed the truest of love and forgiveness storylines of all time. Out of all of Netflix’s romance movies, this one takes the cake for being the purest and most family-oriented one. The forgiveness aspect of the story really took audiences into a whole new direction, which is why it is rated so high. It is rated PG and is a perfect and loving movie to watch with family and friends of all ages. It receives a solid 4.5 star rating and shows people everywhere that it is never too late to be forgiven.