Love, Rosie

UK release poster
Christian Ditter
Robert Kulzer
Produced by
Simon Brooks
Written by
Juliette Towhidi
Where Rainbows End
Based on
by Cecelia Ahern
Lily Collins
Sam Claflin
Tamsin Egerton
Starring
Suki Waterhouse
Jaime Winstone
Christian Cooke
Lily Laight
Music by
Ralph Wengenmayr
Edited by
Tony Cranstoun
Canyon Creek Films
Production
Constantin Film
company
Octagon Films
Distributed by Lionsgate
17 October 2014 (Philadelphia International Film Festival)
Release dates 22 October 2014 (United Kingdom)
30 October 2014 (Germany)
Running time 102 minutes
United Kingdom
Country
Germany

Directed by

Language
Box office

English
$4,419,000 [1]

Love, Rosie is a 2014 British-German romantic comedy-drama film directed by Christian Ditter and
written by Juliette Towhidi, based on the 2004 novel Where Rainbows End by Irish author Cecelia Ahern.
The film stars Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Tamsin Egerton, Suki Waterhouse, Jaime Winstone and Lily
Laight.
Plot
Alex and Rosie have been best friends for almost as long as they can remember. After depicting their
time together as children, the movie jumps to Rosie making a speech at what appears to be a wedding,
while staring at Alex, implying it may be his wedding but not hers. The movie switches to 12 years
earlier, where Rosie is upset because of getting drunk during her 18th birthday. Alex comes over to
discuss the previous night's events but pauses when Rosie tells him how she wished it never happened.
The pair later go to the beach together to attend a party where 'the fittest guy in [their]grade' asks Rosie to
the school dance, which she rejects saying she is going with Alex. Alex later tells her that an attractive
and 'out of his league' girl named Bethany wants to go with him. After a fight between the two, Alex and
Bethany go to the dance along with Greg and Rosie. After some dancing, Bethany and Alex share a
passionate kiss and Greg and Rosie get a private room. The two then have sex but due to Greg's
inexperience, the condom comes off and gets stuck inside Rosie. She immediately calls Alex who gets her
to a hospital then takes her home.
Later, Rosie receives a letter telling her that she has been accepted into Boston University for the
hotel management course that she wants to do. After running over to tell Alex, she overhears him and
Bethany having sex and vomits into a handbag. She leaves without seeing Alex and goes to a pharmacist,
saying she has been feeling nauseous lately. The woman behind the counter, Ruby, gives her a pregnancy
test which turns out to be positive despite her taking the morning after pill. Rosie decides against telling
Alex after he tells her that he has been accepted by Harvard, not wanting him to stay for her. Rosie says
goodbye to Alex at an airport as he heads to his university, saying she will be just behind him. Rosie gives
birth to a baby girl, whom she names Katie, and decides not to give her up for adoption despite prior
plans. Rosie raises Katie as a single mother.
A few months later, Rosie, with baby Katie, bumps into Bethany in the street. Bethany tells Alex, who
immediately comes back to England from America to visit Rosie. The two become friends again and Alex
becomes the godfather of baby Katie.
Back in America, Alex meets a girl in a bar and they soon move in together. Five years later, after
Alex convinces Rosie to visit, Rosie discovers that Alex's girlfriend is incredibly posh and snobby, taking
them to an art gallery of a man named Herb. Upon telling Alex that she didn't see them as a good couple,
they fight and Rosie goes back to England. During the trip she also finds out that Alex's girlfriend is
pregnant. Greg (who earlier moved to another country after hearing of Rosie's pregnancy) visits Rosie at
work having received her letter and a drawing by Katie. After some arguing, Rosie decides that Greg can
see Katie. The three become a family and Alex then receives an invitation to Rosie's wedding to Greg.
Rosie marries Greg but notices Alex's absence from the event. Rosie's parents go on a trip and Rosie soon
receives a call from her mother saying that Rosie's father has died. At the funeral, Alex visits and the two
reconcile. Greg is also present but noticeably drunk and rude to Alex and Rosie.
Rosie and Alex's lives go on. Rosie discovers that Alex's girlfriend had been cheating with Herb, the
art dealer, and the baby was not in fact his, something he is devastated by. At the time, she also bumps
into Bethany, who is now an international model and Rosie tells her to go visit Alex in Boston while she
is on tour. After Greg's treatment of Rosie at the funeral, Alex sends her a letter saying that she deserves
better and that he believes he can be that better man. Greg however intercepts the letter and hides it from
Rosie. Rosie goes to work and is excited when she sees that Greg has booked the bridal suite, assuming it
is for their anniversary however after receiving a call from him saying that he will not be home, Rosie

realizes he is cheating. She goes to intercept him at the hotel's bar and breaks up with him. After throwing
away all of Greg's things, Rosie discovers the letter and promptly messages Alex to tell him she feels the
same, with Alex saying in the letter that he would never bring it up again if she didn't tell him she felt the
same. Rosie video calls Alex, but instead gets Bethany who tells her that she and Alex are getting married
and that they want her to be his best man.
Rosie flies out to their wedding with plans of telling Alex of her feelings but its too late, arriving just
after the ceremony. The movie then switches back to the first scene where Rosie is making a speech. She
tells Alex she loves him in the speech, but quickly covers it up saying that it is only as a friend or
brother/sister relationship. Rosie's daughter Katie has brought a close friend named Toby with her on the
trip and the two very much resemble a young Alex and Rosie in their deep love and friendship for each
other. Toby kisses Katie and she goes outside, very distressed. Rosie and Alex comfort Katie and Alex
tells her that she should go talk to Toby saying that if she rejects him now he will spend the rest of his life
looking for someone to live up to her, but no-one ever will, all while Alex keeps eye contact with Rosie.
Alex realizes that Rosie doesn't remember the kiss they shared on her 18th birthday, and misunderstands
her wishing that night never happened as her telling him that she doesn't want to be more than friends.
The scene switches to Rosie saying goodbye to Alex at an airport as he leaves with Bethany.
Rosie starts up her own hotel and is pleasantly surprised when Alex arrives there. Alex tells Rosie that
he has 'no baggage' and that he is no longer with Bethany. He then proceeds to tell her about a dream he
had (his weird dreams being shared throughout the film, such as being the tip of an arrow, which no-one
understands but Rosie) which consists of them being together. The two share a kiss and the camera pans
out to show the hotel Rosie now owns.
Cast
Lily Collins as Rosie Dunne
Sam Claflin as Alex Stewart
Tamsin Egerton as Sally
Suki Waterhouse as Bethany Williams
Jaime Winstone as Ruby
Christian Cooke as Greg
Lily Laight as Katie Dunne
Nick Lee as Herb
Nick Hardin as Joe American
Jamie Beamish as Phil