Anna and Jacob are the Taliban at the University of Los Angeles. Jacob met Anna by chance and loved her so much. Both are under the influence of love suddenly, but perhaps the conditions will stand in their way. Anna is British When she approaches graduation, Anna decided to stay in America, violate her visa as a British student and decide not to return to Britain. But after a visit to the country, she was barred from entering the United States because her visa had expired. Anna and Jacob must determine their fate and face all the obstacles that threaten their lives.
I hated, hated, hated these people and despise writer-director Drake Doremous for wasting a brutally overlong 89 minutes of my life with them.
Detroit News
November 11, 2011
It's imperative for director and co-writer Drake Doremus to color the film with a great deal of blossoming-love sparkle right off the bat, and he does just that.
I'll admit that my heart broke a little by film's end, as the camera rested on Yelchin and Jones's faraway looks and Stars' sublime "Dead Hearts" flooded the soundtrack.
While the film is often quite moving, it's also at times frustrating; people in love, we realize, aren't always as fascinating to the rest of us as they are to each other.
The couple's story is related through small, true-to-life details that paint an unidealized portrait of love - the euphoria, the sadness, and everything in between.
