As a shocking truth about a couple's families emerges, the two lovers discover they are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin — any more than he is the cruel, moody boy she fell so hard for.
Josephine Langford
Tessa Young
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Hardin Scott
Louise Lombard
Trish Daniels
Chance Perdomo
Landon Gibson
Rob Estes
Ken Scott
Arielle Kebbel
Kimberly "Kim" Vance
Stephen Moyer
Christian Vance
Mira Sorvino
Carol Young
Frances Turner
Karen Scott
Kiana Madeira
Nora
Carter Jenkins
Robert
Atanas Srebrev
Richard Young
Anton Kottas
Smith Vance
Emmenuel Todorov
Mike
Velizar Nikolaev Biney
Dr. West
Franklin Kendrick
Young Hardin
Ana Ivanova
Emery
Tosin Thompson
Janine
Jordan Peters
Mark
Jack Bandeira
James
Ryan Ol
Joe
Director
Castille Landon
Novel
Anna Todd
Writer
Sharon Soboil
October 21, 2022
5
This is just the gift that keeps on giving... Only thing is, once you take the admittedly attractive wrapping from the box, the present is empty! This continues the on/off, love/hate, familial discord of "Tessa" (Josephine Langford) and her beau "Hardin" (Hero Fiennes Tiffin). The thrust here (and there is far less actual thrusting in this film than in the others) seems to be to prove that the young lovers are maturing; they are beginning to realise that they are more two peas in a pod than we might have originally considered. This also develops the roles of the parents - especially "Trish" (Louise Lombard) and "Ken" (Rob Estes) as we discover they have plenty of demons of their own, and so frankly it is no real wonder that the weans have grown up quite so dysfunctional. It is hard to know just quite who this film is for. The story is all over the place, the melodrama weak and implausible and the characterisations become less and less engaging as this tiresome and frankly rather boring franchise drags all of their unwanted dirty washing onto the screen. It is also quite difficult to know whom this is relevant too or for, and HFT is as wooden as a board throughout. The production is adequate, clearly these have been made on a modest budget, but the writing is as infantile as the performances. I gather there are more to come - can't wait!
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$14,000,000.00
Revenue:
$19,238,073.00