Endless Love

"Say goodbye to innocence"

2014 1h 44m EN

👍

6.9

SOLID

★6.9TMDB · 1,795

DramaRomance

Synopsis

Spoiler shield

A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

“Say goodbye to innocence”

WhatsApp X Facebook Telegram

Where to watch · US

Amazon VideoRent

Apple TV StoreRent

Google Play MoviesRent

Google Play MoviesBuy

YouTubeBuy

Fandango At HomeBuy

Cast

Alex Pettyfer
David Elliot
Gabriella Wilde
Jade Butterfield
Bruce Greenwood
Hugh Butterfield
Rhys Wakefield
Keith Butterfield
Joely Richardson
Anne Butterfield
Robert Patrick
Harry Elliot
Emma Rigby
Jenny
Anna Enger Ritch
Sabine

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shana Feste
Writers: Shana Feste, Joshua Safran
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.

Did you know?

Fun facts 🍿

1 / 7

ERA

Did you know

Released 12 years ago.

MoodPlayr · trivia#01

2 / 7

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Directed by Shana Feste, shot by Andrew Dunn. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 7

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

MoodPlayr · trivia#03

4 / 7

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Editor Maryann Brandon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

MoodPlayr · trivia#04

5 / 7

CAST

Did you know

Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde and Bruce Greenwood carry the top of the cast.

MoodPlayr · trivia#05

6 / 7

FACT

Did you know

Marketing tagline: "Say goodbye to innocence".

MoodPlayr · trivia#06

7 / 7

WILD

Did you know

IMDB entry: tt2318092 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shana Feste directs. Andrew Dunn behind the camera. Christophe Beck scores. Maryann Brandon cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 12 years ago.
2Directed by Shana Feste, shot by Andrew Dunn. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Maryann Brandon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde and Bruce Greenwood carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Say goodbye to innocence".
7IMDB entry: tt2318092 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
Original score: Christophe Beck
Editing: Maryann Brandon
Production design: Clay A. Griffith
Costume design: Stacey Battat
Makeup / hair: Tina Roesler Kerwin
Sound: Jon Taylor
Stunt coordinator: Steven Ritzi
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $34,100,000
Return: 171% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Endless Love (2014)

Also by

Shana Feste

Stills · wallpapers

Selected frames

Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.

Wallpaper

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

Community reviews

What people are saying

wizzardss2021-02-17
★ 1/10
On Valentines Day in 2014, Universal released the second adaptation of Endless Love, Scott Spencer's 1979 National Book Award nominated novel. The 1981 film adaptation received 6 Golden Raspberry nominations, so it is fair to say that Spencer's novel didn't lend itself well to screen the first time around. The 2014 tells the story of when 17-year-old Jade (Gabriella Wilde) graduates high school with high hopes for an impressive scholarship, she looks back with some regret at having neglected her social life. Classmate David (Alex Pettyfer) has had a crush on Jade throughout high school, but never acted on it. A chance meeting between the two sets in motion a deep summer love, much to the disapproval of Jade's father (Bruce Greenwood), who determines David to be a bad influence on his daughter. Time is a valuable asset in filmmaking, especially when setting the scene for a movie. Back stories must be set out, and then fleshed out, so that it's clear what drives the characters to make the choices they do. Endless Love doesn't feel the need to worry the audience with any of that, starting on Graduation Day with two protagonists who it is admitted have never spoken to each other, and having them fall straight in love. Jade, who has precious few friends, implying her classmates know very little about her personality, is idolised by David, presumably for being a blonde bombshell. When given the smallest amount of attention from David, Jade then is willing to drop everything that her father has coerced her into working for. When Daddy shows his disapproval, because he projects expectations of Jade's dead brother onto her, Jade becomes little more than a pawn between her father and David. While Jade's mother appears to be softer towards the relationship, her viewpoint is completely undermined when we learn that her husband is cheating on her (a plot point that seemingly is to further the animosity between David and Jade's father, but becomes completely forgotten about later on). The acting is passable, but when working with a cardboard screenplay there is very little point. Endless Love is the worst type of film. Promoting itself as a young woman's choice to leave the clutches of her evil father is both disingenuous, dangerous and damaging to the young women it is aimed at. There is no plot, no backstory, no personality, no point. It is misogynistic, shallow and degrading. Don't watch this.

Production companies