Love of My Life (2017 film)

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Love of My Life
Love of My Life 2017 poster.jpg
Directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin
Written byJoan Carr-Wggin
Starring Anna Chancellor
John Hannah
Cinematography Bruce Worrall
Release date
  • 17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
Running time
1h 46min
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Love of My Life is a 2017 Canadian comedy film directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin.

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Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 17% based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 3.30/10. [1]

Simran Hans of The Observer gave the film 1/5 stars, writing: "Unfortunately, even Chancellor, so brilliant and sharp as Lix Storm in BBC2's newsroom drama The Hour , can't save this undignified affair, gritting her teeth through writer-director Carr-Wiggin's cringeworthy script." [2] Kevin Maher of The Times also gave the film 1/5 stars, calling it "a baffling, breathtakingly inept rom-com that plays like a horrifying cross-fertilisation of Richard Curtis comedies with Robin Askwith sex films." [3] Mike McCahill of The Guardian gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "The actors strive to give it spark and emotional amplitude, but the script barely seems to understand how humans exist hour-by-hour, let alone in moments of mortal crisis." [4]

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References

  1. "Love of My Life". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. Hans, Simran (19 February 2017). "Love of My Life – cringeworthy comedy-drama". The Observer . Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. Maher, Kevin (17 February 2017). "Love of My Life". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. "Love of My Life review – deathly Britpack comedy". The Guardian . 16 February 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2023.