Love Is All You Need Reviews
Dyrholm 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
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
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.
Bier and Jensen have relied so heavily on clichés that their effort can't compare even to the formulaic movies they're trying to emulate.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Mixes in just enough poignancy and honest emotion to make it a perfect date movie, at least for older couples.
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| 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.
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| Original Score: 7.7
The sole saving grace of this treacly middlebrow dross is the naturally sweet chemistry between Brosnan and Dyrholm.
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| Original Score: 2/5
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.
It's neither unpredictable nor exactly fresh, but audiences willing to surrender to Susanne Bier's gently comic romance will find plenty of rewards.
The cliché-averse will doubtless resist, but the laughter and tears here are never less than fully earned. A lovely film.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Globe and Mail
Top CriticBreathtaking visuals (sea cliffs, lemon groves) and heartfelt performances enliven what is otherwise a highly predictable story.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Corny as a vat of polenta, but still rib-sticking enough to satisfy those who like lightly seasoned, easily digestible cinematic starch.
