"Forever Young" is a romance that somehow gets overlooked. I'm not sure why. It features popular actors of the day: Mel Gibson and Jamie Lynn Curtis (along with a very young Elijah Wood). The plot is simple enough: Love-struck test pilot suffers tragedy and impulsively agrees to becoming a human popsicle. Yup, pretty dopey. But, this movie is very smartly written. Every scene needs to be there, and so many things setup a nice payoff later.
What do you want in a romance? You want your heart strings tugged, you want to cry, you want to laugh, you want everything wrapped up in a wonderful way. "Forever Young" does all of that. My wife and I watched it the other night and she loved it. The characters feel real. The situations don't require much to believe them. Even the silly setup takes hardly anything to sink in, because the story doesn't focus on the situation more than allowing it to frame the overall story.
I think the best part of "Forever Young" is how the characters actively trust one another. There's no tomfoolery going on, no backstabbing, and you want the characters to succeed. Yes, the movie makes you love the characters! That's a real treat these days. This movie was made in 1992, so some things are a bit dated, but the story has aged remarkably well. It's an innocent romance, with a huge heart, and will genuinely affect you for the better. Check it out.
- M
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