LUV Reviews

Follow your hero. Or become your own man.

Good Film! The film does a formidable job in demonstrating that no matter what you do or how much you may want to change, the past always has a way of catching up with you. The star power in this film immediately captured my attention. Scene upon scene brought a new recognizable well established actor on screen, which is so atypical when viewing Indie films. The film LUV is a fictionalized account of actual events that occurred in the writer director Sheldon Candis' life as he spent time with his uncle. There are some moments here that make you wonder why this kid is being dragged into all these situations, but as everything unfolds you realize it is part of what makes him grow as a man, whether they are good or bad. This was one of those movies that really delivered a surprising finished product to something that didn't offer a huge appeal other than the cast. It's these kinds of movies that remind you how to love film. It's not one of the best around, but there is passion and depth to this film filled with a cast that clearly did this for the love of the project and it shows in the finished product. Go see it!

An 11-year-old boy gets a crash course in what it means to be a man when he spends a day with the ex-convict uncle he idolizes.

A day in the life of this Baltimore kid couldn't get more interesting as his haunted uncle tries to get his business straight.

This movie was fantastic. Must see. Great character study... drama.

its a very powerful drama. the relationship between the uncle and son was done very well. common is a very talented actor. good movie and life lessons are priceless of what every father should teach his child if you maybe just exclude the teachings of shooting a gun. lol.

nice father son bonding movie, even though its uncle nephew well worth the watch

gripping, compelling, and very much necessary! it fires on all cylinders; i can't think of a better film this year. it isn't for everyone, but everyone should give it a chance. i wish i watched it with my mom. i easily cried like a damn baby over 3 times.

The days of the gritty coming-of-age drama are over, poignant films like Boyz In The Hood set the standard, but when the best have already been made how do you compete? In my opinion, this film did a pretty fantastic job of trying to fill shoes that just cannot be filled. I felt Common could be a little over the top at times, but the child actor did an excellent job of expressing emotion in my opinion. Would I watch it again? Probably not, was it a waste of time to watch the first go-round? No, not at all.

Finally saw Luv, which is only remarkable in watching how a 11-year-old boy out-acts and out-performs Common, like it's nothing.

Wow, this was like watching an updated version of Fresh. Really good and it was great seeing Omar again.

Absolutely loved this film. Amazing story and great acting! Havent felt so sad for a character in a very long time! Not too sure why critics are hard on it? Maybe they need to watch it from the right perspective! 10/10

Luv is a decent effort but ultimately an underwhelming exercise in "been there, done that" that, all said and done, offers little up to be truly decent but not enough in the other direction to be truly awful either.

Great acting, loved the story and tension...not sure why critics are hard on it.

now this is my personal opinion, i don't understand the critics harsh review of this. my wife and i loved this movie. we thought it was freakin awesome. i thought it was going to be a typical movie about the hood. we found it was far from predictable, at least if you're going to the movie to actually enjoy the movie and not critique every camera angle and whatnot as what i'm seeing on some of these reviews. Common did an excellent job playing his role. not trying to spoil it for those who haven't seen it but i didn't know who his character was supposed to be. so learning about him and his emotional challenge with his nephew was brilliantly done. the emotional highs you get are immediately brought waaaaaaay down to being emotional lows and then right back up again. definitely the definition of an emotional roller coaster movie. the city of baltimore was definitely captured, all the cast played their roles exceptionally well! well except one of the cops, he was pretty bad, they could've gotten somebody else. lol. the struggle of the "street" mentality and what one considers "family" is really driven in home with this movie!