Critic Reviews

While sticking to the source material and the genre’s trusted tropes, Heartstopper emerged as a countermeasure to some of the darker, more toxic love stories on TV. Thankfully, it remains true to those strengths for the cozy finale movie Heartstopper Forever.

Heartstopper Forever is a profoundly romantic, emotionally enlightened and essential viewing experience for anyone who has wept over the sweet simplicity of Nick and Charlie’s story before.

Capturing all the emotions wrapped up in growing pains, embracing the future and longing for what was, Oseman delivers a wistful conclusion to Nick and Charlie’s story. A mature and elevated swan song, the movie delivers a fitting goodbye while giving fans a glimpse at the perfect epilogue.

Heartstopper Forever ups the ante with a heartwarming and honest finale for Nick, Charlie and the gang. Get those tissues ready.

Tales like Heartstopper don’t just deliver a feel-good, fizzy love story (though it certainly does that), they remind us to value all our relationships while we have them — they can change so fast. But if you’re lucky, or wise, or both, that change can be for the better, and the people you know can surprise you, if you let them. And what better way is there to spend forever?

Ultimately, Heartstopper Forever gets the most important thing right: giving one of Netflix’s most beloved series the heartfelt ending it deserves.

The film builds on the series’ radical promise: care without end. Care for your boyfriend. Care for your trans friend who needs you right now. Care for ourselves while caring for someone else. But the idea of what loving someone means has grown up.

Glossy, dramatic, but always big-hearted, it is the kind of teen drama that offers an idealized glimpse of the future for queer youth at a time when that is sorely needed. It may not be especially revelatory, but it serves as a feel-good conclusion for a beloved show that will no doubt be many people’s comfort watch for years to come.

Heartstopper’s magic rests in its rosiness, but part of Nick and Charlie’s glow comes from the extended cast that Heartstopper Forever mainly ignores. The film isn’t without its aww-inspiring moments, but the odd pacing, relentless Easter eggs and montages often leave it feeling like its own fan cam edit as it attempts to put the neatest possible bow on the couple’s puppy love.

If Heartstopper Forever isn’t a flawless farewell, it’s at least a fitting one.