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The premise wasn't large enough for the movie. The actors made the love story convincing. There was great beauty in the choice of locations and images. But the lack of depth in the singular point to which the flow of the movie travelled was too superficial to anchor the film, it couldn't rise to greatness. It's too bad, there were such great elements. I wish I could have given this film more than a 7 (okay) out of 10. {Ethereal Romance}

There's a whole lotta of "too" involved with this movie: too melodramatic, too much like "Ghost," too many romantic tropes, too too too. All of that said, I'm awarding it one extra star (5->6) for the serious and sincere attempts by star Joey King and the supporting cast (including Celeste O'Connor and Donna Biscoe) to sell all of it to us with a brightly colored bow (or cap) on top.

I am looking at the film as a simple story told in a non linear manner and kept the interest of the viewer till the end. King is very sweet and fits the part of Tess to the T. Rest of the cast were just about OK. I feel most critics have given it a lower rating comparing it with normal big budget films, whereas this one is an out and out made for OTT. Hence I have given an additional star than what I'd normally do. Can there be a sequel?

"The In Between" opens with a David Foster Wallace quote: "every love story is a ghost story." This is what happens to Tessa (Joey King) following a fatal car accident that claims the life of her boyfriend Skylar (Kyle Allen) and leaves her with a broken heart. Her destroyed phone inexplicably turns on and shows a photo sent to her by Skylar, and she feels his presence at the hospital. Another fellow patient tries to tell her about ADC - "after death communication". This is the punch line and the story line. However there are more plot holes in this movie than in a Swiss cheese. This movie also blatantly idealizes Tessa's desire to end her life to be with Skylar. Apart from the strong acting performance of Joey King (Tessa), this movie is a waste of time. There is no clear direction and the supernatural stuff in this movie just does not make any sense at all.

RATED 6/10 Language: English

The romantic drama with supernatural story flow... The reason for supernatural angle looks so silly when it ends.... it was good in bits and pieces but as a whole something is missing...

I don't care what the critics say or the other reviews this was breathtaking. And Tessa's speech at the end was beautiful and something we all need to come to realize.

The color work on this movie was gorgeous. The play out of their love story was so wonderful. And so genuine.

Both leading actors did a phenomenal job!

This is a sad teenage romance with a sprinkle of slightly suspenseful Sci fi near the two hour mark. The entire first hour is a heavy tragic drama. It isn't a bad movie but it shouldn't be advertised as sci fi. If you're looking for a distraction away from emotion this is probably not it. The actors did a great job connecting with the emotions. It has a cool moody soundtrack, and broad cinematic visuals with many small town and winter beach views. Characters are a bit unrealistic but most of the great characters are. It is an interesting teenage love story with intelligent characters though if that's what you want .

This movie is pretty boring. The couple does'nt appear to have any chemistry. Watch them kiss and see if you feel any love there.

The movie seemed to drag on forever, most likely because it was boring. I really like Joey King, but she could not save this mess. Her boyfriend's acting seemed very wooden.

Not worth watching unless you absolutely can't find anything else to watch.

It's amazing how the individual network streamers are streaming their own movies and shows. So much junk out there, and some good things, but mostly things that have to add a lot of nudity and cursing in their shows. None of that was required for this, it was an amazing movie, the plot and script, while not original, was super well done and kept me interested and engaged to see how it would work it out. The acting, well it was impressive how well the cast sold their characters. Amazing, amazing job Paramount+! Well worth my money monthly (if this was the only thing I watched, which it isn't). It is a sad movie, as you can tell from the description of the show, but boy! It was very touching, very well done and totally worth my time to watch it. Highly recommend this movie.

This movie was okay and what I expected which is why I am rating it 7/10.

"The In Between" captured the idea of losing someone you love and it represents a tragic love story. This will be enjoyable by teens no question..

Also skylar is hot !!!!!!!!!

Thumbs uppp.

You don't need a big budget to be able to make an average or above average movie. For those that use the excuse this movie only suffered because or give it credit for the low budget are delusional lol.

Who decided on the cast? It's not a good idea to cast a 28 year old as a high school teen. Kyle Allen doesn't look 17 or 18, not even close. They don't even try to have Kyle act like a teen. What teen no matter where they're from speaks the lines they gave Kyle?

Joey King who I thought was a very good actress, seemed to over-act most of her scenes. Her laughing scenes were forced and very noticeably fake. Although it might be a bit easier to cast a 20 something actress as a 17 year old, once again it didn't work.

Is there a shortage of talented high school age actors?

The location Avalon, New Jersey is original and a great idea. However, they only showed small, very small sections. Avalon is beautiful and they could have took more advantage of the location.

I also thought the music in the movie was very good, much better than the actual movie itself.

The movie turns out to be good background noise.

The In Between is a film which has been told before; Ghost (1990) being the main template.

Like 2008's 'Twilight', it's all about the main female lead, Tessa... who like Bella (from Twilight) if she didn't feature in the film everyone else would be better off, and more importantly, alive!

The film gets off to an irritating start! Tessa goes to a struggling cinema to watch a foreign film where several things happen:

1. She doesn't have enough money to pay the full cinema ticket but still goes in 2. She goes to see a foreign film and then demands the elderly man working there puts on subtitles 3. She tells Skylar she will demand her money back - when she didn't have enough money to pay the full price in the first place

It's not a terrible story, but there is nothing original here. 5 out of 10. There are better films around.

I've have never read and watched The In Between, but it looks like other basic love story. It was going fine until the accident. Yes, Tessa's heart broked, but her boyfriend died. Two of them want the happy end, but the happy end is too sensitive.

In my opinion Tessa (Joey King) and Skyler (Kyle Allan) don't fit to each other. I'm sorry, I don't like Joey King.

I think that the 12-yerars-old will like this movie, but the older people will watch once and never again. It's a forgettable film.

The texts are simp, but cute and sometimes a bit cringe. The places were nice and I like them.

The idea of an afterlife place called the In Between was interesting but unnecessary to the actual plot of the movie. It was mostly here to make it different to other romance movies.

I like Joey King and I thought she wasn't that bad in this movie along with Kyle Allen, who was also not that bad in the movie.

The relationship with the main couple was cute and they did have some chemistry with each other. The accident they go through is effective and emotional when you find out how it happens.

But all of these small positives of the movie doesn't hide the fact that it's standard.

Overall, this is a standard romance movie with a weird element added to make it different from other movies. It just makes it a supernatural movie for no reason.

I don't understand the low rating or the negative reviews. This movie touched on so many elements of true love and loss. The chemistry between the two actors made it great.

You don't really get movies like this very often that touch upon love and the afterlife. This was well done in my opinion.

There was a semi similar movie, If I Stay (2014) but in my opinion it wasn't anywhere as touching as this.

If only there were an in between where we could communicate with our loved one's one last time. Maybe there is. Maybe some of us have experienced it in some way.

Such a lovely film, Kyle (Skylar) looks incredibly like Heath Ledger, I was actually confused at first thinking it was him!

I enjoyed watching it, if you love romance and crying you'll enjoy it.

This is a movie about 100 different ideas and none of those ideas is well shown in this movie. We didnt even get her story and her mom story and why her adopted father mentioned her mother?? And this man stucked inbetween just for a girl he knew a summer and not about his parents that he was talking about them non stop?? Its a non sense low budget movie. And they dont even look like teenagers and tessa she had a very bad laugh its like if someone forced her to laugh .... its a no no.

Just a beautiful film. Moving, full of emotion.

I don't understand these negative reviews. It's a great watch. Had me fully engrossed from start to finished, even the end credits.

Great film.

I really like the way they tried to describe the afterlife.. they really made it fun.

At a point I felt she would have chosen not to come back, but it's what it is.. Life goes on

Nice watch.

...love story with after-life suggestions, but insufficient suggestions. The film could, or should, have beeen shorter by at least 15 minutes. Watchable and soon forgettable.

After a car crash, Tessa Benson (Joey King) sees both her body and her boyfriend Skylar (Kyle Allen) lying on the street. She wakes up in the hospital, but he's not there. There are various flashbacks to their relationship. She seems to be haunted by his spirit.

I love this meet-cute. I don't think that I've seen this one. Joey King is actually capable of being in an adorable romance when the premise isn't stupid. This is a fine romance. Some of it is a bit muddled. I like some of the flashbacks, but some of them are a bit jarring. I almost want the movie to flow in a straight timeline. As for the dead boyfriend, I kept waiting for a shocking twist. Early on, I thought she was the dead one. The car accident should be the shocking twist.