thanks for nothing, Netflix... 🦋 THE TEARSMITH reaction & commentary

I'd watch it all over again just for that one scene, yk? but honestly, why in 2024 we still don't give enough context for non-readers?
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[@reactswithria]

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[@Alexandra-ew3ep]

I love the emotional intelligence of the movie. The fact that he took his time with her, the intense way he looked at her. The visual, the soundtrack, the litttle details like you said, I really enjoy it.

[@reactswithria]

visually it’s a beautiful movie, the soundtrack >>>

[@reactswithria]

also so happy to hear you enjoyed it!

[@lolsaXx]

The soundtrack was the best thing in the movie. The original piano music. ❤ As a whole it had more depth and was much better than I expected.

[@reactswithria]

100% one of the best parts of this whole project 🥲

[@Jeremiah90526]

Bruh, this was such a rushed movie. This would have been an excellent miniseries, but as an hour and a half movie, they were trying to move too fast. I mean, the scene of the attempted grape with a silent G followed immediately by their first time was hard for me to stomach. Seriously, they did not leave the room, she was on the same desk. Also, the way he immediately was touching her from the start, and the way she was pretty much immediately chill with it, that would tell me that despite the two of them "hating each other" that they had been doing stuff for a while. Personal experience, people who have been physically abused take a while to accept someone touching them, that they don't jump a bit at every touch (not me, friends and exes). Realistically, I see where the line was going in this movie, but this felt like a cliff notes version of a series, not a complete movie. Also, unnecessary nudity was unnecessary. She did not have to be topless in that scene, it really did not add anything, facts are the scene with him being sick and kissing her stomach was more erotic as well, so they don't even have the titillation excuse, they had better titillation without nudity.

[@reactswithria]

hardly agree on pretty much everything 🥲

[@Maddie-wb7tq]

Literally, loved the sensuality between them when he was sick, and the one near piano. It literally felt so intimate even the nude scene couldn't compete with it. I think, they should have kept that throughout the movie

[@felizafenty7581]

Agree totally with this commentary. I was wondering how could they allow for her to have sex not 10 seconds after almost being raped in the same room - its unreal

[@maxineberrios510]

The book is 10 times better. The movie was not horrible, it was just rushed and it glossed over very important aspects of their relationship, their struggles, their traumas, etc.

[@reactswithria]

i’m so sad i haven’t read the book before watching this 🥲

[@Maddie-wb7tq]

​@@reactswithria I'm reading the book rn and now I think that the movie feels very incomplete which I didn't think when I first watched it. And they didn't just leave out a few scenes but a lot of them actually and crucial ones. Like where Lionel drives the car towards, the actual scene in the book makes much more sense and is more sensitive. I am ngl for the first watch, i loved the movie bcz i enjoyed it but now reading the book, it feels like it could have been better

[@reactswithria]

@@Maddie-wb7tq i guessed it all just because it happened to so many other book adaptations! it’s sad, but unfortunately so common 😢

[@ingridalvarado7246]

Agreed. This movie must be a serie because there's a lot of history that we can even imagine in the book.

[@kitkaw]

The book was horrible, let's not lie. They did the best that they could

[@silvanamedeiros2994]

I also read the book, and when I watched the movie with my mom, I had to give her more of the back story for it to make more sense. I found myself explaining things to her, so I agree with your comments. My mom and I understand Italian, so we enjoyed the beauty of the language, and much of the dialog is direct quotes from the book. Thank you for the review.

[@reactswithria]

you are the real one for doing this for your mom! i bet it’s so much cooler if you know italian, such a beautiful language!! 🤓🤍

[@user-ru7ym9hs4z]

A question : How was it watching nudity in the movie with your parent? I watched it alone, and I thought if there was someone with me watching it then I would have been extremely embarrassed. 🫣🫣

[@reactswithria]

longer version of this reaction will forever live on my computer, 'cause youtube made me cut it 30 times 🤠

[@jamjam0409]

😂 Exactly what happened to the movie.

[@SHB70]

I gotta say I wasn’t impressed with the movie I haven’t read the book I’ve only read a bit of it but I so agree about the comment about it being a puzzle with half the pieces missing like ? I was just thinking and mapping the entire time I didn’t enjoy the movie as much as I hoped I would. The actors are good tho and the plot is cool.

[@reactswithria]

it would be so much better as a series! like the potential was there 🥲

[@mercylacdao1369]

To be honest I really like the story, but if they take so much effort to make the movie much longer and much more detailed much better coz after I watched it, there’s something missing in the story, it so sad coz the characters was good the Chemistry was there, they rushed to movie, I hope its a series, I hope they make a lot of time to make the movie better than this, coz it was so good

[@reactswithria]

i guess this is it, like there’s only one book, so i don’t think there’s going to be anything else (but who know, the industry loves to make money, they may figure it out 🤓)!

[@mercylacdao1369]

@@reactswithria ofcourse especially the movie get more views out of the country (Italy) by the way I watched it from the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@lolsaXx]

That was my first question too after watching the movie; why wasn't it made into a series? Ive not read the book yet.

[@user-de6tx1ys9c]

I'm really glad you pointed out the Twilight vibes in the movie because I felt it as well. I didn't read the book and I also have a lot of questions

[@reactswithria]

thank you! i thought i was alone on that Twilight hill 🤭

[@jamjam0409]

​@@reactswithriathis movie was better than twilight...and the chemestry was better. It could've been a great one if they didn't rushed it.

[@bookswithdreamcatcher]

I love your reactions!

[@reactswithria]

thank you!!! 🫶🏻

[@mcapps88]

I totally agree, it should have been a series and to me its not cringe, the intimacy scenes were so good. I think it was the authors intention in being a part of this adaptation movie for it to be a teaser for her book so that people would of course go and get her book. Which is annoying but hey what can you do.

[@thisismethisisreal8908]

I was so disappointed at the end like what was their life after he recovered like imagine how heartbroken the parents must of felt and the evil women? I had to see her behind bars😂😭 like it wasn’t it, it was rushed!

[@genesissoto6876]

I read the book after while I was rewatching it at least once a day and it helps a ton

[@MariyaKyrnytska]

This moview made me read the book as I also didn't find so many answers ..

[@reactswithria]

yeah, same here 🤧

[@bayaaaat]

I made sure to read the Novel after watching it because it felt way too incomplete. Best move ever on my part , Because WOWW! It truely is such an emotional & heartfelt Read. Absolutely beautiful. The amount of incidents that occurred in said novel is so much more compared to what they gave us :/ The movie was just sloppy production , in my opinion. Actors were great , but the producers could've done so much more .

[@mahimamishra3331]

Hey! Loved the reaction and commentary and I would absolutely love if you could do like a video about the book and the movie and than discuss it! :)

[@Alia-ou5uk]

girl you are so gorgeous like wow

[@reactswithria]

no way you are dropping compliment like this on me! thank you, love 🥲🤍

[@Alia-ou5uk]

@@reactswithria of course 🤍☺️

[@lauraa1345]

I really enjoyed your reaction though and I agree with everything you said😅🤍

[@reactswithria]

you are the best! thank you so much, as always 🫂

[@felizafenty7581]

this movie was awkward... come on guys. sooo much, ridiculous, intensity/ romantic energy... but not enough context for the viewer. Boy and girl constantly in each other's faces... looking deeply at eachother - we do not know or understand the reason for their attraction.

[@reactswithria]

sad times 🥲

[@squatcurldeadlift7346]

I apologize on behalf of Italy for this piece of absolute cringe

[@reactswithria]

you are the best for this 🤭

[@luckydeep2144]

This was cool, and I read the book after watching the movie. Trust me the book's much better!!!!

[@reactswithria]

i’m so glad you liked both! i kinda lost my interest in the book for a sec, hopefully i will go back to wanting to read it 🤓

[@Giulsssss]

i’m italian and i swear this movie is not that good for the acting but I loved your reaction❤️

[@sarashif2224]

suggest me some good Italian romantic movies or dramas, please

[@reactswithria]

ahhh, so sad! thanks for letting me know! and thank you for watching 🫶🏻

[@Giulsssss]

⁠@@sarashif2224welll i can suggest you some tv shows, because the movies are not that good, like “ doc nelle tue mani”that is about doctors, then “ un professore “ that is about teenagers and “ baby “ that is getting really famous lately

[@Giulsssss]

@@reactswithriaawwww you’re the nicest i swear, you should watch more italian movies/ tv shows

[@sarashif2224]

@@Giulsssss anything else?

[@user-ie2cg1xr3m]

Where can I see this movie?

[@reactswithria]

it’s on Netflix! but i get it if you can watch it there, so there’s soap2dayx.to if it works for you 🫶🏻

[@dylannnlove]

I love your reactions pls react to love 101 ❤

[@reactswithria]

thank you!! i look into it 🫶🏻✨

[@ShevinAndresen]

pls react to Miller's girl but the story is a little bit weird which is about a 18-year-old girl who falls in love with her middle-aged looking teacher

[@reactswithria]

oh, it’s the one with Jenna Ortega? I don’t really like age gaps, but I’ll look into it! 🤍

[@franciscaferreira9062]

WHAT WAS THE PRESENT?? I also don't know. Does someone??

[@reactswithria]

someone who read the book HELP!

[@franciscaferreira9062]

@@reactswithria yes, please! I'm a lazy reader and I want to know haha

[@nodaxo]

“Out came a little glass sphere. It had a black silk string and was filled with coloured sand in such a way that a beautiful starry sky was drawn across the glass surface. The grains sparkled in the light, twinkling like little stars. ” - Nica describing the gift she got for Rigel

[@reactswithria]

@@nodaxo oh, this is actually beautiful!

[@franciscaferreira9062]

@@nodaxo ohhh I get it. That's cute! Thank you so much

[@hellund2874]

I hate to shit on actors, but for me personally, the acting of both leads was not it. I still want to read the book, because I did like the story, but I could not get past the acting that just did not feel right for me, especially with Nika. Absolutely no hate to the actress, but her acting style just didn't do it for me idk

[@reactswithria]

i guess for me it wasn’t as obvious because of the language 🤓

[@K.pendragon]

I feel like it would have been so much better as a series like they did My Life with the Walter Boys. It’s a good concept but really sloppily done

[@reactswithria]

tbh, i believe The Walter Boys could’ve been a film at this point, the books is tiny 🥲 and here we get not even a 2hr movie for a chunky trauma complex book? 👀👀

[@johannal.3487]

The film was too formulaic for me. There were no deep conversations. The female lead brought almost no acting. The boy was surprisingly well acted, which I would not have expected from him as he is primarily a musician, he was a positive disappointment for me. I found the film a bit boring.

[@reactswithria]

positive disappointment is immediately added to my vocabulary! thanks! 💅🫶🏻

[@raniaehify]

H O R R I B L E story and Movie 🙄👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

[@lauraa1345]

I just finished this movie a few minutes ago and now I kind of wanna read the book to get all the information that's missing in the film🫢 Like I'm not even only confused about the ending but about so much more😅

[@reactswithria]

literally me, girl! like they added the details like band-aids, but never explained what’s up with them 👀

[@lauraa1345]

@@reactswithria Exactly!!

[@Jeremiah90526]

@@reactswithria This was actually one of the few things they did sort of explain. Go all the way back to the beginning with her mom, she was using a band-aid to "make the hurt go away" on her mom. It is at 0:38 seconds into the movie. Again, going back to my comment, they rushed through things, making the movie almost a cliff notes version of the story I can feel is there. They throw out stuff in a 10 second snippet that is going to be a defining character trait, but it is a "sneeze and you are lost" thing.

[@reactswithria]

@@Jeremiah90526 so she wore them to reduce emotional pain as well? it’s just not as obvious to understand 🥲

[@Jeremiah90526]

@@reactswithria Yeah, it was a coping mechanism, and a not terribly uncommon one. Kind of like I have a sling I will sometimes put on despite being well outside the time for needing it, because I have positive feeling towards it because it reduced my pain when it was at its worst. Going from a psychological perspective, she also probably associated the feeling of the texture with pain relief, and with purely psychological pain, that is enough to create a positive dopamine loop to take the edge off. Think about it, when she was tied down, one of the few things she could consistently do is rub her fingers together. The lady who ran the orphanage would probably not bother checking to see if she actually needed the bandages, particularly because she was known for making animal friends. The removing of the bandages at the end was to signify that she had finally gotten past the pain by dealing with the one who caused it, so she no longer needed the placebo/ security blanket. I finally figured out what to truly call this movie though. This is a story where the author wrote the outline and then a rough out to connect it. Not even really a first draft, this is more get the rough idea there and then smooth it out by going through it again, and someone snatched this off the author's desk before they could go back and fix it.

[@user-ie2cg1xr3m]

I am very interested in this movie,But I couldn't see it anywhere🥲