Forever My Girl (2018)
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A successful country music star attempts to reconcile with the woman he left at the altar years ago and their young daughter.
The story
In St. Augustine, Louisiana, Josie is left at the altar by her fiancé Liam to pursue fame and fortune. Eight years later, Liam has become a successful country singer. After a series of events, he returns to his hometown to attend a friend's funeral and encounters Josie. He soon learns that she has a seven-year-old daughter, Billy, who is his child. Liam must navigate his complicated past and his new role as a father while trying to win back the woman he once abandoned for his career.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In St. Augustine, Louisiana, Josie is left at the altar by her fiancé Liam to pursue fame and fortune. Eight years later, Liam is a successful country singer. After a concert in New Orleans, Liam finds a damaged phone and later learns that his childhood best friend, Mason, has died. He returns to St. Augustine for the funeral and encounters Josie. He discovers she has a seven-year-old daughter, Billy, who is his. Liam begins spending time with Billy, and they bond over music. He eventually takes Josie on a date in New Orleans, publicly acknowledging her. After a series of emotional hurdles and a realization about his own past grief regarding his mother's death, Liam realizes he left Josie out of fear. He eventually returns to St. Augustine to reconcile with her. The film ends with Liam and Josie getting married and him performing with Billy at her school talent show and on his tour.
- First release year
- 2018
- Runtime (minutes)
- 103
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Bethany Ashton Wolf
- Writers
- Bethany Ashton Wolf · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Alex Roe · Liam Lincoln Page; Jessica Rothe · Josie Mollee Swan; Abby Ryder Fortson · Billy Anne Swan; Travis Tritt · Walt; Peter Cambor · Sam, Liam's manager; Gillian Vigman · Doris, a publicist; Judith Hoag · Dr. Whitman; Tyler Riggs · Jake Swan; John Benjamin Hickey · Pastor Brian Page
- Genres
- romantic drama
- Themes
- regret; fatherhood; grief; redemption
- Tone and mood
- sentimental; romantic
- Setting
- St. Augustine, Louisiana and New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Premise and plot tags
- country music; second chance; family drama
- Source material / true-story basis
- novel by Heidi McLaughlin
- Reception
- The film received negative reviews from critics but was well-received by audiences, who gave it an 'A' grade on CinemaScore.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 36 · scale: 100 · review count: 18
- Production trivia
- The author was inspired to write the book after seeing a photo on Facebook.; The actor Alex Roe had to learn to sing and play guitar for the role.; The film was based on a novel that the author wrote in a single night's burst of 5,000 words.
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