Love Is All You Need Reviews
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.
Full Review
| 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.
Full Review
| 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.
Full Review
| 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.
Full Review
| 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.
Full Review
| Original Score: 3/4
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.
Full Review
| Original Score: 9/10
A lovely little lark with a good head on its shoulders.
Full Review
| 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.
Full Review
| 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.
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.
Full Review
| Original Score: B
Film Racket
...a grandiose romance with deeply-buried secrets and soul-stirring declarations of love.
Full Review
| Original Score: 3/5
Mixes in just enough poignancy and honest emotion to make it a perfect date movie, at least for older couples.
Full Review
| Original Score: 3/4
A refreshingly uncynical and surprisingly practical portrait of two people learning how to take life at face value and embrace the joy which is made available to them.
Full Review
| Original Score: 7.7
Its strongest moments come when Bier exceeds the expectations of the genre ...
It's a nifty entertainment that's always easy on the eyes and gains just a bit of dramatic weight as it moves forward.
Flick Filosopher
[J]ust at the point when it might have tipped over into dreadful sitcomishness, director Susanne Bier... starts finding achingly poignant moments amidst the familial insanity...
