After We Collided

Tessa Young is trying to pick up the pieces of a relationship that keeps swinging between tenderness and turmoil. After a passionate but volatile start with Hardin Scott, everyday choices and old wounds push them into arguments, tests of trust, and awkward compromises. She gets pulled between what she thought love would look like and a reality that keeps changing around them, while Hardin struggles with his temper and past. The film follows their attempts to stay together, make sense of their feelings, and decide what kind of future they actually want, without revealing how those decisions end.

Released in 2020 and directed by Roger Kumble, the movie adapts Anna Todd's bestselling novel sequel and continues the story that originated on Wattpad. Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin return as the leads, with Dylan Sprouse and others in supporting roles.

Viewer reaction has been energetic and mixed, with an audience score of about 7.159 out of 10 from 5,427 votes on one popular site. Critics and fans argue over the film's depiction of intense romance, with some appreciating the emotional stakes and others criticizing the relationship dynamics. Key themes include trust, the fallout of unresolved trauma, and how communication shapes intimacy, while the characters try to work out what love means when history complicates the present.

The movie amplified the existing After fandom, driving conversation across social media platforms and fueling fan edits, theory threads, and debates about on-screen relationships. For readers of the novels it offered a visual continuation, and for newer viewers it became a talking point in discussions about modern young adult romances and how those stories handle consent, boundaries, and personal growth. The leads' chemistry and the franchise's melodramatic tone helped it keep a lively online presence after release.