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Why bother planning a wedding down to every little detail if the parents are just going to ignore you and do whatever they want? Well, sometimes, the true test of love is finding out if you can stand by each other while facing your parents together. Hanna (Matilda Källström) and Samuel (Charlie Gustafsson) haven’t been dating for long, but they’re completely in love and ready to tie the knot in a small, intimate countryside wedding, one that’s quickly taken over by Samuel’s pushy, traditional parents and nearly ruined by Hanna’s arrogant dad. Can the young couple survive the stress leading up to their wedding, or will they call it off?
Directed and written by Staffan Lindberg, the 2025 romantic drama Love Forever (original title: Kärlek Fårever) starts slow and grows increasingly chaotic – which, of course, is what weddings are all about. So the chaos isn’t the real issue; it’s the lack of chemistry between leads Matilda Källström and Charlie Gustafsson as Hanna and Samuel. There’s little about their relationship that makes you root for a “happy ending.” However, their hesitation to stand up to their parents and say “no” to last-minute changes will feel very relatable to viewers with dominant family members.
Barbro ‘Babben’ Larsson is pretty hilarious as Samuel’s mother MajGun, which almost sounds like its short for Major Gunner or something, because she sure calls the shots around her house. From subtly bullying Hanna into wearing a costume-like wedding dress, to inviting the whole town to what’s supposed to be an ‘intimate’ wedding, MajGun takes charge of the couple’s big day in the biggest ways. Meanwhile, Hanna’s mother has a hard time simply getting her father to the venue.
The comedic elements and conflicts in the tale are familiar and not particularly hilarious. The bride’s father hates the groom, so he keeps hoping the wedding gets canceled or does things to sabotage the event. The bride’s mom is completely tired of her husband’s shenanigans and emotionally exhausted. Hanna doesn’t have any family or friends by her side until the morning of her wedding, so she is left alone to tackle future mother-in-law MajGun and the rest of Samuel’s boisterous family. Samuel being a complete pushover doesn’t help.
While the first half of Love Forever is mildly entertaining, the second half becomes muddled as supporting characters start taking up too much screen time. Instead of keeping the focus on the lead couple, the plot drifts toward Hanna’s best friend’s romantic life, while a subplot about Hanna’s mother also hijacks the narrative. So for viewers who came in to get all the tea on the primary couple, the film becomes quite the drag towards the end. Some cliched twists make the movie even more challenging and the climax is pretty random. It’s the colorful, breezy cinematography that makes Love Forever watchable – otherwise, both the romance and comedy are pretty thin.
Rating: 2 on 5 stars. The film is on Netflix.
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