5 Great Romance Movie Endings (& 5 That Missed The Mark)

5 Great Romance Movie Endings (& 5 That Missed The Mark)

Endings to romantic movies can be tricky. Here are 5 romance movies with great endings & 5 with endings that just didn’t stick the landing.

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The perfect movie ending is not that simple to draft. The big, sweeping gesture of love in romance movies is often clichéd, but then again, a love story can’t end with a simple hug or a right swipe. The ending needs to be just the right mix of drama and passion, like a perfectly blended cocktail (yes, the Tom Cruise film Cocktail aced its happy ending perfectly).

But not all romance films work the same way, and every film needs to know its strengths. Modern-day rom-coms need a lot of conviction if they want to keep the swipe-happy millennials from rolling their eyes at the climax. Here are some romance films with impeccable endings, and some rom-coms with not-so-great endings.

10 Great Ending: Shakespeare In Love (1998)

Critics have broadly been divided about the ending to this cult romantic comedy; while some feel like Shakespeare In Love (1998) ended with a cop-out situation, most of them agree that the movie’s ending is perfect because it does not rely on obvious tragic or comic tropes and instead talks about hope.

In the end, Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Will (Joseph Fiennes) part ways as Viola gets married to Lord Wessex and sails to a colony in Virginia. Will vows to immortalize his love and begins drafting his comedy Twelfth Night; the film essentially shows him imagining his Viola as the shipwrecked heroine of Twelfth Night (also named Viola), suggesting that the character was based on his lost love.

9 Missed The Mark: My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)

The ending to this movie was famously re-written as director PJ Hogan revealed that the original ending did not do well with the test audience. The ending to My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997) shows the scheming Jules (Julia Roberts) ditching her plans to sabotage the wedding of Michael (Dermot Mulroney) and Kimberly (Cameron Diaz) but instead giving the happy couple her blessings.

There is no sense of closure in the ending, as Jules is seen dancing with her gay friend and editor George (Rupert Everett). The original ending had Jules meeting a man, and though a total cliche, fans did want Jules to meet someone new, so she could take her mind off her failed adventure.

8 Great Ending: Before Sunrise (1995)

Before Sunrise (1995) always rooted for a humane, grounded approach to love, which is also why the film remains so relevant throughout the years. The film doesn’t end with unrealistic or lofty gestures or a sweeping tragedy where the two vacationing lovers go their separate ways.

Celine (Julie Delphy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawk) promise to meet each other in six months in the same place where they left off, and do not share any contact information. There’s a lot of resilience in the way the film depicts love and camaraderie and the fans loved how the film doesn’t use tropes of pain or suffering to make their relationship seem complex or intense.

7 Missed The Mark: Friends With Benefits

There are so many ways a modern-day friends with benefits story can be depicted; it doesn’t have to be a fairy tale. And despite having a great, star-studded cast and a solid premise Friends With Benefits lets itself down with its ending.

The film had many flaws but had a great spontaneity which helped the viewers connect with the characters. But in the end, Dylan (Justin Timberlake) opts for the cliched, sweeping gesture at the Grand Central Station, which should ideally make any New Yorker roll their eyes. Also, the ending does not match the grounded, new-age vibe of the storytelling.

6 Great Ending: The Shape Of Water

There’s been an intense discourse over the ending of the Oscar-winning film, and critics widely believe that Guillermo del Toro deliberately went for an ending which could be explained both scientifically and otherwise. The literal ending suggests that Elisa is also of an amphibian origin since the scars on her neck open up to be gills when she goes underwater with the Amphibian Man.

This logic-backed paradigm is also quite fantastical, and almost too good to be true. There are many fan theories that suggest that Elisa actually dies when she is shot by Strickland, and whatever happens underwater is the Amphibian Man’s imagination; either way they both escape their treacherous realities, making for the perfect ending.

5 Missed The Mark: Maid in Manhattan

This film has a lot of heart but it disappointed its viewers when it opted for a Cinderella-esque ending. Maid in Manhattan shows a relationship develop between hotel maid Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) and a senatorial candidate, Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes); there is obviously a lot of focus on class differences and questions why their relationship should be the talk of the town.

But instead of having that conversation in a smart or meaningful way, the film’s ending simply shows Marisa not being poor anymore as she starts her own hospitality venture in the end. It never addresses the realities of their personal disparities or the differences in their backgrounds.

4 Missed The Mark: How To Be Single

This Dakota Johnson film has many flaws but its ending is not one of them. How To Be Single essentially features a millennial woman who’s simply not used to being single, since she has been in relationships most of her adult life.

So, when Alice (Dakota Johnson) takes a break from her longtime boyfriend, she’s not sure how to navigate the dating circuit. The film shows her forming a connection with quite a few men, although none of them pan out to be serious. In the end, Alice hikes through the Grand Canyon by herself to see the year’s first sunrise, which is something that was on her bucket list, suggesting that she’s attempting to make room for herself in her life.

3 Missed The Mark: The Proposal

The chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds was undeniable in this film, which is what makes The Proposal’s failings so disappointing. Margaret (Bullock) is a high-flying publishing editor who’s about to be deported to Canada and fakes an engagement with her assistant Andrew (Reynolds) to trick immigration services.

The film ends with Margaret and Andrew actually falling in love and getting engaged, which is the most painfully predictable ending the rom-com could possibly have utilized. Even though by the end of the film, viewers are rooting for the couple to get together, the ending’s rushed and unrewarding for viewers who were hoping for something a little more mature.

2 Great Ending: 10 Things I Hate About You

10 Things I Hate About You’s ending is the biggest example of how not every happy ending has to be a cliched one, sometimes it’s best to focus on the chemistry between the protagonists. This fan-favorite romance has some major drama between sophomore lovers Kat (Julia Styles) and Patrick (Heath Ledger), and yet it’s painfully obvious that they want to be with each other.

So, instead of doing the will-they-won’t-they dance, the ending simply shows Kat professing her love for Patrick and reuniting with him as he surprises her with the guitar she wanted. It’s organic, it’s not over-the-top, and most importantly, it’s very easy to relate to.

1 Missed The Mark: Letters To Juliet

Letters to Juliet is a great film; it’s breathy, spirited, and is not just a one-time watch. But, the ending of the film feels oddly disconnected from the entire storyline, considering Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) and Charlie’s (Christopher Egan) love story does not contribute anything to the script and only starts gaining relevance halfway through the film.

That’s not to say that their connection feels forced, but considering the film’s script is heavily backed by literature and Charlie’s grandmother’s personal history, the ending of the film needed to be in some way connected to the purpose of the whole film.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/romance-movies-great-awful-endings/

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