Love Hard
Catfishing gone… right?
Netflix budget for a Christmas rom-com about the risks of online dating and focusing on physical attributes. Though apparently this was set in a world where Facetime doesn’t exist, lest the entire premise be shattered.
Legit nice to watch a diverse cast in a Christmas movie.
Raises some interesting questions for discussion:
Is Love, Actually a good Christmas movie? [ed: Yes, it is.]
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie at all? [ed: No, it is not.]
What’s the best Christmas movie? And the worst?
Hap-Hap-Happiest Scene:
Reimagining of the problematic “Baby It’s Cold Outside” to remove the overt sexual predator vibes
Love, Actually homage
Nursing home residents prepping their online dating profiles and trying to find ways to mask their age and limitations…
“Do I have to say I’m in a wheelchair?” “No, just say you’re rollin’ with your homies!”
Wait! Why do I recognize that person?
Jimmy O. Yang was in Silicon Valley, though I recognized him from Crazy Rich Asians (as was Harry Shum, Jr.). He’s also in Space Force with Steve Carell, and can definitely hold his own.
Nina Dobrev made a name for herself on the vampire craze and has a solid showing as a rom-com lead here.
SCORE: 7/10
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Love Hard is a 2021 American romantic comedy film directed by Costa Rican director Hernán Jiménez and written by Danny Mackey and Rebecca Ewing. The film, which stars Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet, Matty Finochio, James Saito and Harry Shum Jr. is about a young woman who travels to her online crush's hometown for Christmas, but discovers she's been catfished.
