Although filmmaker Peter Hutchings’s teen dramedy boasts a couple of attractive young leads in Asa Butterfield and Maisie Williams, it ultimately comes across as The Fault in Our Stars-lite. Butterfield plays Calvin, a young man with a sad past, shown in flashbacks and revelations dribbled out over the course of the film. Having dropped out of college and moved back in with his parents—a troubled mother and supportive father—Calvin works as an airport luggage handler despite a fear of flying. But his real obsession is his health: certain that he has cancer, Calvin joins a cancer support group, where he meets Skye (Williams), the prototypical free spirit, who enlists him in completing her “bucket list”—which results in a flurry of montages as the duo engage in a variety of slapstick adventures. But of course as he helps her prepare to die, she aids him in finding a reason to live again—even encouraging a romance with a beautiful flight attendant (Nina Dobrev). Then Came You is a film that has its heart in the right place but is sabotaged by entirely too many sappy clichés. A strong optional purchase. [Note: DVD/Blu-ray extras include a “Learning to Live” behind-the-scenes featurette (21 min.). Bottom line: a decent extras package for a so-so YA film.] (F. Swietek)
Then Came You
Shout! Factory, 108 min., not rated, DVD: $16.99, Blu-ray: $22.99, Mar. 12 Volume 34, Issue 3
Then Came You
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