IMDb plot summary: In spite of their many differences, Cassie, a struggling singer-songwriter, and Luke, a troubled Marine, agree to marry solely for military benefits. But when tragedy strikes, the line between real and pretend begins to blur.
Directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum. Starring Sofia Carson, Nicholas Galitzine, and Chosen Jacobs.
Purple Hearts is a romance between a Marine and a musician who enter into a fraudulent marriage because they need the money and the health benefits the military will provide. The two have very different political values and don't even like each other at first, but their relationship grows as they get to know each other better. I know our female lead, Sofia Carson, from her work on the Descendants series, and while this is clearly a "next step" movie for her to get her away from her Disney roots, it still *feels* very much like a Disney Channel movie, particularly in how it uses her character and her musical numbers. It's a very shallow simplified take on the story without any effort put into character development. They set up this whole scenario in which their political views are a huge barrier to a real relationship, and then they just... ignore that entirely and she starts saluting the troops before her music gigs out of nowhere. We don't see nearly enough of an actual relationship built between the pair, just a couple sexual encounters and that apparently changes everything. It's a clumsy romance that doesn't hold up to any scrutiny but isn't fun enough to mindlessly enjoy.
How it entered my Flickcharts:
Purple Hearts < Forever Young
Purple Hearts > Nick Nolte: No Exit
Purple Hearts < She Loves Me
Purple Hearts < It's Complicated
Purple Hearts < After the Thin Man
Purple Hearts < VeggieTales: Are You My Neighbor?
Purple Hearts > The Other Sister
Purple Hearts < The Third Man
Purple Hearts < Loving Annabelle
Purple Hearts < Ulysses
Purple Hearts < Obvious Child
Purple Hearts < In the Line of Fire
Final spot: #2779 out of 3745, or 26%.
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