After Ever Happy

10/21/2022

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

3/14/2026

Very forgettable entry in the After serie. In this one Tessa is finally free from her toxic ex boyfriend and is thriving. Unfortunately for her, he makes his way back into her life to cannibalize once again their relationship (did I mention he wrote a book about it?). She falls for it again, which makes her tonight biggest loser. A bad movie overall, you could skip this one, although some memorable scene of Hardin drinking (and setting an appartment on fire!).