the final result isn't without flaws, but it's so much more than appearances presume' You may actually find yourself wishing for those overly sentimental sequences when the heavy melodrama hits because it arrives without warning and sticks to the end
it's only thanks to the strong performances of its young leads that Then Came You, with its predictable plot machinations and trite cinematic gimmicks, manages to be as surprisingly watchable as it is
as familiar as the path "Then Came You" generally takes might be, it's got lots of clever laugh-at-death touches, a few sparkling surprises and a gut-punch third act "reveal."
a teen indie dramedy that's equal parts treacle and touching; Though it has many of the qualities that made teen terminal-illness weepies work, Hutchings' dramedy eschews much of those films' sincerity and intimacy in favor of sap and saccharine