Forever My Girl is a 2018 American romantic drama film written and directed by Bethany Ashton Wolf based on the novel by Heidi McLaughlin.

It follows a country musician (Alex Roe) who sets out to win over the girl he left at the altar eight years before (Jessica Rothe).

The morning after a concert in New Orleans, Liam wakes up to discover the girl he brought home jumping excitedly on and breaking his cell phone.

Brian theorizes that he became famous and cut contact with him as his way of dealing with the grief over his mother's death, to which Liam agrees.

Liam and Josie get married, and he plays a song with Billy both at her school talent show and on his tour in Berlin.

[6] On adapting the book for film, Roe said, "It was difficult to accommodate everything in an hour and a half obviously and there were also other changes that Bethany [Wolf] thought were important.

[8][9] He was nervous about acting on stage and talked to country group Little Big Town about performing in front of 50,000 people.

The website's consensus reads: "Forever My Girl offers a suitably picturesque placeholder for romance fans between Nicholas Sparks films, but other viewers may end up crying for the wrong reasons.

"[13] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

"[15] Brad Wheeler of The Globe and Mail gave it 1.5/4 stars, calling it "sentimental dreck of the fluffiest order.

"[16] The Detroit News's Adam Graham gave it a C grade, saying it was "barely a step above a Lifetime movie" and "pandering in its portrayal of good, hard-working, church-going country folk and dismissive of big city types, what with their fancy salad orders and all.

"[17] Alonso Durande of TheWrap unfavorably compared the film to Hallmark Channel movies, "which would have at least given the female lead something of a personality and a plot arc; this movie's all about the celebrity and his emotional journey, while the woman stands around like a prize waiting to be won, the Blessed Hometown Honey.

"[18] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "The two leads are both highly appealing, with Roe credible as a country music superstar whose repertoire includes such original songs as 'Don't Water Down My Whiskey' and Rothe delivering a warm portrayal that's miles away from her recent starring role in the horror film Happy Death Day.

"[19] Katie Walsh of the Tribune News Service called the film "an uncomplicated romantic tale of a man trying to do right by the women in his life may even be pure fantasy.