The soundtrack is a masterclass in 2010s indie-pop longing. Lily Allen’s acoustic version of “Somewhere Only We Know” plays over the final act, and it’s impossible to separate the song from the image of Rosie running through an airport terminal. Other tracks—The Fray’s “Love Don’t Die,” Jessie Ware’s “Say You Love Me”—underscore the ache of proximity without possession.
But fans defend the film precisely because of its melodrama. Love, Rosie does not aspire to be Before Sunrise . It aspires to be a hug—a tearful, cathartic, popcorn-in-hand assurance that sometimes the universe is kind, even if it takes twelve years to prove it. movies love rosie