Along for the Ride
The summer before college, Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on nightly quests to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.
- Released: 2022-05-06
- Runtime: 106 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Stars: Emma Pasarow, Belmont Cameli, Kate Bosworth, Andie MacDowell, Laura Kariuki, Dermot Mulroney, Genevieve Hannelius, Samia Finnerty, Paul Karmiryan, Marcus Scribner, Ricardo Hurtado, Sara Elizabeth Ezzell, Clayton Frank, Kelsey Rose Healey, Anna Stadler
- Director: Sofia Alvarez
Comments
- reginaldsellote - 11 September 2022
Disappointing and ruined the book
Disappointing - as someone who loved and read almost all Sarah Dessen books growing up especially this one and was extremely excited to see this book being adapted into a movie, I am very disappointed by how poorly it was produced. I understand there would be some cinematic differences and it's difficult fitting in all of the scenes and elements of the book into the movie, but the essence and dynamics of Eli's and Auden's relationship were lacking - particularly the confrontation at the bike shop at the very beginning that established their insomnia similarity and personalities was missing. And how they got to the laundromat felt rushed. Eli's quiet and still-grieving identity and almost monotone lines were also changed. Additionally, the chosen lines were dry, character development forced, music choices mediocre, beginning scene awkward, and overall, the movie was way too teeny and cheesy - which it already was as a YA summer romance book. Even without having read the book, I think I still would've felt the scenes were disjointed and the movie wasn't made well. Seemed like the producers didn't consider that those who would rush to watch this movie would be those who read the book in their middle or high school years and are now in their 20s...
