Love Is All You Need Reviews
RedEye
Has nothing to do with The Beatles' 'All You Need Is Love.' Based on the movie's low quantity of romance, it may as well be called The Walrus I Am.
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| Original Score: 2/4
We Got This Covered
It's thanks to a calming Italian setting and amiable chemistry between its leads that the film is able to rise above its conventional setup and sometimes erratic and convoluted plot developments.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Reeling Reviews
The whole of "Love Is All You Need" makes me want to book a plane to Italy's Amalfi Coast for a long vacation.
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| Original Score: B+
honeycuttshollywood.com
Susanne Bier is unwilling to abandon her own clear-eyed, skeptical view of mankind and its troubles even when in a lighthearted mood.
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| Original Score: 8
Leonard Maltin's Picks
Director Bier, and her longtime writing partner Anders Thomas Jensen, wove serious undertones into the fabric of this bittersweet romance.
Common Sense Media
Older teens, adults can say "I do" to wedding dramedy.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Film Journal International
Departing her trademark dramas, noted Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier remixes the rom-com in a sparkling cocktail that celebrates the messiness of life.
Top CriticDyrholm has an unusual magnetism, the kind of face that seems open and unguarded, yet you can't figure out just what it is she's thinking - she and Brosnan share an excitingly adult chemistry.
Even with its flaws and occasional flat-footed choices, this is still a rare movie for grownups.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Rather than give her protagonists vivid interior lives, Bier defines them in relation to the satellite characters who circle them ...
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| Original Score: 2/4
The Playlist
Overstuffed Love Is All You Need an unsatisfying, predictable rom-com from Susanne Bier
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| Original Score: C-
Tolucan Times
Trine Dryholm proves she could be 'the best actress ever' and Pierce Brosnan is equally good in this tender romance that has several twists and turns.
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| Original Score: 9/10
Despite the gorgeous sights and rollicking sounds of sunny Italy, a Scandinavian heaviness hangs over the film, with a screenplay by Ms. Bier's frequent collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen, based on a story they developed.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
A lovely little lark with a good head on its shoulders.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
It's the rare love story that avoids treacly sentimentality. Even rarer is a believable romantic comedy featuring middle-aged people that avoids jokes about sagging flesh and waning libidos.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Hollywood & Fine
There are laughs and a warm romantic feeling to be had, but there's more going on here than simple feel-good story-telling.
Two troubled souls struggle with obstreperous relatives and a bundle of unresolved life issues apparently snatched from the nearest airport bookstore.
What's remarkable ... is how Ms. Bier's film, in Danish and English, finds beauty in its quiet moments, which are many and close between.
Reeling Reviews
Everything is telegraphed, but that doesn't mean receiving the message is a let down, largely due to Bier's expert hand and her wonderful cast....Dyrholm's luminous performance buoys the film.
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| Original Score: B
Slant Magazine
At times it seems as if Susanne Bier set out to create some kind of absurdist comedy, but lost her nerve somewhere along the way.
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| Original Score: 2/4
