The premise wasn't large enough for the movie. The actors made the love story convincing. There was great beauty in the choice of locations and images. But the lack of depth in the singular point to which the flow of the movie travelled was too superficial to anchor the film, it couldn't rise to greatness. It's too bad, there were such great elements. I wish I could have given this film more than a 7 (okay) out of 10. {Ethereal Romance}
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nancyldraper12 April 2022
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dfloro11 February 2022There's a whole lotta of "too" involved with this movie: too melodramatic, too much like "Ghost," too many romantic tropes, too too too. All of that said, I'm awarding it one extra star (5->6) for the serious and sincere attempts by star Joey King and the supporting cast (including Celeste O'Connor and Donna Biscoe) to sell all of it to us with a brightly colored bow (or cap) on top.
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sharimohan-655-17863720 February 2022I am looking at the film as a simple story told in a non linear manner and kept the interest of the viewer till the end. King is very sweet and fits the part of Tess to the T. Rest of the cast were just about OK. I feel most critics have given it a lower rating comparing it with normal big budget films, whereas this one is an out and out made for OTT. Hence I have given an additional star than what I'd normally do. Can there be a sequel?
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frank-liesenborgs14 February 2022"The In Between" opens with a David Foster Wallace quote: "every love story is a ghost story." This is what happens to Tessa (Joey King) following a fatal car accident that claims the life of her boyfriend Skylar (Kyle Allen) and leaves her with a broken heart. Her destroyed phone inexplicably turns on and shows a photo sent to her by Skylar, and she feels his presence at the hospital. Another fellow patient tries to tell her about ADC - "after death communication". This is the punch line and the story line. However there are more plot holes in this movie than in a Swiss cheese. This movie also blatantly idealizes Tessa's desire to end her life to be with Skylar. Apart from the strong acting performance of Joey King (Tessa), this movie is a waste of time. There is no clear direction and the supernatural stuff in this movie just does not make any sense at all.
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caramiamermaid15 February 2022This movie is borderline plagerism of book series that came out in the 90s and later in the 2000s the author wrote 3 more books. Called Kissed by an Angel. Look it up. Read the synopsis and you will see what I mean. And unless the original author was involved in this film ( which doesn't seem like she was) this borderline plagerism. What's really unbelievable is the lengths the author went to find this. There are obvious changes made probably to avoid being sued for plagerism. But there are SO many things stolen directly from the book. The car accident to the way they come together. He teaches her something. To the way the story is told in before and after to the way he contacts her after his death. ... And I don't believe his "personal story" he claims gave him the inspiration. Because this entire plot down to the details is STRAIGHT out of kissed by an angel. And he probably was counting on no one knowing because it not a super well known book or series. Shame on the writer for stealing someone else's work so blatantly and hiding in a tragic personal story, so no one could question it or risk sounding like a terrible person. I have no problem being the one to do that. Creative integrity should be sacred.
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ThatDoesntMatter9 April 2022Construed and overblown teenage drama.
Felt like a YA book. Nothing against YA fiction, but then you know you get superficial and draaaaamaaaa.
The characters are sketchy, too grown up for their age, much too shrink-y and greeting-card dialogues.
There was a cute love story somewhere in it, but they chose not to tell it and go for her annoying problems.
Basically, had she not been such an angsty (b) he would still be alive, so that's on her. He was definitely the better person.
Her photos are generic, all this 'oh but she's a genius' is boring.
By the way, you don't need 'super'natural to say goodbye. Nature gave us the gift of imagination.
Nice cinematography, okay acting. -
m-ramanan21 February 2022RATED 6/10 Language: English
The romantic drama with supernatural story flow... The reason for supernatural angle looks so silly when it ends.... it was good in bits and pieces but as a whole something is missing... -
This movie is pretty boring. The couple does'nt appear to have any chemistry. Watch them kiss and see if you feel any love there.
The movie seemed to drag on forever, most likely because it was boring. I really like Joey King, but she could not save this mess. Her boyfriend's acting seemed very wooden.
Not worth watching unless you absolutely can't find anything else to watch. -
KieraLynnR20 February 2022I don't care what the critics say or the other reviews this was breathtaking. And Tessa's speech at the end was beautiful and something we all need to come to realize.
The color work on this movie was gorgeous. The play out of their love story was so wonderful. And so genuine.
Both leading actors did a phenomenal job! -
impatientgirllaura30 April 2023This is a sad teenage romance with a sprinkle of slightly suspenseful Sci fi near the two hour mark. The entire first hour is a heavy tragic drama. It isn't a bad movie but it shouldn't be advertised as sci fi. If you're looking for a distraction away from emotion this is probably not it. The actors did a great job connecting with the emotions. It has a cool moody soundtrack, and broad cinematic visuals with many small town and winter beach views. Characters are a bit unrealistic but most of the great characters are. It is an interesting teenage love story with intelligent characters though if that's what you want .
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ellika9519 April 2022Could this story get any more cliché? The guy is the most perfect man in the world (come on!), girl is so intelligent and cultured that she cannot shut up about Anna Karenina, Tolstoy blah blah on the first encounter, and guess what he is literally the only man that matches her extremely cultivated level judging by her mesmerized reactions. How forced and overdone was this whole aspect of sophistication? They even mention later in the in the film that she is so above her age. The guy understands her so much that he can see all the allegory behind all of her photos. The only problem areas in their relationship is literally tied to how perfect and caring he is about his family etc. Seriously, is there anything real about this couple? Literally nothing about their time together made me excited before the accident. I thought maybe it would be a nice ghost story after, but rather, it left me wondering what the point even was. What was his goal bringing her to the place of the accident? To let her know that she said I love you back, which she would eventually remember? Spend some time together to say goodbye? What did that lead to? Did she wake up with a total clarity to live a happy life and forget about him? I don't think so. To sum up, we are left off with a story lacking a climax.
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gcandcc-341-34665311 February 2022It's amazing how the individual network streamers are streaming their own movies and shows. So much junk out there, and some good things, but mostly things that have to add a lot of nudity and cursing in their shows. None of that was required for this, it was an amazing movie, the plot and script, while not original, was super well done and kept me interested and engaged to see how it would work it out. The acting, well it was impressive how well the cast sold their characters. Amazing, amazing job Paramount+! Well worth my money monthly (if this was the only thing I watched, which it isn't). It is a sad movie, as you can tell from the description of the show, but boy! It was very touching, very well done and totally worth my time to watch it. Highly recommend this movie.
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maria54110 April 2022This movie was okay and what I expected which is why I am rating it 7/10.
"The In Between" captured the idea of losing someone you love and it represents a tragic love story. This will be enjoyable by teens no question..
Also skylar is hot !!!!!!!!!
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frankie-0890826 February 2022You don't need a big budget to be able to make an average or above average movie. For those that use the excuse this movie only suffered because or give it credit for the low budget are delusional lol.
Who decided on the cast? It's not a good idea to cast a 28 year old as a high school teen. Kyle Allen doesn't look 17 or 18, not even close. They don't even try to have Kyle act like a teen. What teen no matter where they're from speaks the lines they gave Kyle?
Joey King who I thought was a very good actress, seemed to over-act most of her scenes. Her laughing scenes were forced and very noticeably fake. Although it might be a bit easier to cast a 20 something actress as a 17 year old, once again it didn't work.
Is there a shortage of talented high school age actors?
The location Avalon, New Jersey is original and a great idea. However, they only showed small, very small sections. Avalon is beautiful and they could have took more advantage of the location.
I also thought the music in the movie was very good, much better than the actual movie itself.
The movie turns out to be good background noise. -
alaakhmansour20 March 2022This was not the best tragic love story ever, but it's close to being one. I spent 15 minutes after it just staring into the sky and crying. And i'm not a tragic love stories fan, i actually hate them, kinda like skylar in the story here but this really hurt me.
It's not about if it's logical or fantasy to reach to someone in the in between to try to say something you regret not saying.. it's about the trauma she was experiencing whether or not what she saw and felt was real about him reaching out to her.
I feel like my words are disconnected but i really felt her loss and desperation to reach him so much
And the ending credit with them together and THAT song OMG i was weeping in front of that
it's not the best movie ever it has it's flaws but it's an experience and emotions roller coaster for real. -
The In Between is a film which has been told before; Ghost (1990) being the main template.
Like 2008's 'Twilight', it's all about the main female lead, Tessa... who like Bella (from Twilight) if she didn't feature in the film everyone else would be better off, and more importantly, alive!
The film gets off to an irritating start! Tessa goes to a struggling cinema to watch a foreign film where several things happen:
1. She doesn't have enough money to pay the full cinema ticket but still goes in 2. She goes to see a foreign film and then demands the elderly man working there puts on subtitles 3. She tells Skylar she will demand her money back - when she didn't have enough money to pay the full price in the first place
It's not a terrible story, but there is nothing original here. 5 out of 10. There are better films around. -
takyteodora9 April 2022I've have never read and watched The In Between, but it looks like other basic love story. It was going fine until the accident. Yes, Tessa's heart broked, but her boyfriend died. Two of them want the happy end, but the happy end is too sensitive.
In my opinion Tessa (Joey King) and Skyler (Kyle Allan) don't fit to each other. I'm sorry, I don't like Joey King.
I think that the 12-yerars-old will like this movie, but the older people will watch once and never again. It's a forgettable film.
The texts are simp, but cute and sometimes a bit cringe. The places were nice and I like them. -
MB-reviewer18513 February 2022The idea of an afterlife place called the In Between was interesting but unnecessary to the actual plot of the movie. It was mostly here to make it different to other romance movies.
I like Joey King and I thought she wasn't that bad in this movie along with Kyle Allen, who was also not that bad in the movie.
The relationship with the main couple was cute and they did have some chemistry with each other. The accident they go through is effective and emotional when you find out how it happens.
But all of these small positives of the movie doesn't hide the fact that it's standard.
Overall, this is a standard romance movie with a weird element added to make it different from other movies. It just makes it a supernatural movie for no reason. -
randabehnam8 April 2022Just a beautiful film. Moving, full of emotion.
I don't understand these negative reviews. It's a great watch. Had me fully engrossed from start to finished, even the end credits.
Great film. -
Such a lovely film, Kyle (Skylar) looks incredibly like Heath Ledger, I was actually confused at first thinking it was him!
I enjoyed watching it, if you love romance and crying you'll enjoy it. -
passomagh8 April 2022This is a movie about 100 different ideas and none of those ideas is well shown in this movie. We didnt even get her story and her mom story and why her adopted father mentioned her mother?? And this man stucked inbetween just for a girl he knew a summer and not about his parents that he was talking about them non stop?? Its a non sense low budget movie. And they dont even look like teenagers and tessa she had a very bad laugh its like if someone forced her to laugh .... its a no no.
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flowerstardust197922 April 2022I don't understand the low rating or the negative reviews. This movie touched on so many elements of true love and loss. The chemistry between the two actors made it great.
You don't really get movies like this very often that touch upon love and the afterlife. This was well done in my opinion.
There was a semi similar movie, If I Stay (2014) but in my opinion it wasn't anywhere as touching as this.
If only there were an in between where we could communicate with our loved one's one last time. Maybe there is. Maybe some of us have experienced it in some way. -
sandricak-2228626 May 2022Seemed to me as if it was the new Notebook. Nope. The big no no from my part was her flailing the camera in literally first shots and in the end as well. She was portrayed as a passionate artist with the eye for something not seen by many. The crew behind the movie should've put themselves more into making her actually connect with that artist and actually care for the camera and its lenses which was not at all seen through the whole movie. Everyone tries their best with the soundtracks, acting and all and forgets about these tiny little things that should be the very fond of the movie. Idk..I kind of really liked it anyway and the acting and the cast was amazing, but I can't close my eyes on these details. Cute movie overall, not impressed but I'm feeling generous tonight so here's a 7 from me :)
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witra_as7 May 2022Partly gripping but mostly wearying romantic drama about heartbreaking loss. Arie Posin couldn't place supernatural elements well into plot.
Though Allen provided little chemistry, King almost single-handedly kept us engaged until its foregone conclusion.