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Hotel de Love
Metascore
47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    63
    Hotel de Love is a pleasant and sometimes funny film, without being completely satisfying.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    60
    It's glossy, dumb fun that is diverting enough but forgotten 20 minutes after it's over.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    60
    Hotel de Love, the directing and screenwriting debut of Craig Rosenberg, is like a Valentine's Day box of heart-shaped chocolates that all have the same too-sweet cherry fillings.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    50
    Unfortunately, Hotel de Love also has all the originality of an all-purpose valentine. First- time filmmaker Craig Rosenberg appears to have seen every relationship movie ever made. To his credit, he borrowed only from the best.
  5. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Barbara Shulgasser
    50
    Now and then the script reaches admirable heights of humor.
  6. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    50
    And, while it's not bad enough for me to suggest that it should have been left where it came from, this certainly isn't a shining example of Australian cinema.
  7. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    50
    Some of it looks like a TV commercial, and the characters' motivations could have been generated by a computer, but the cast--Ray Barrett, Julia Blake, Simon Bossell, Saffron Burrows, Pippa Grandison, and Aden Young--is attractive and energetic.
  8. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff(not credited)
    40
    Writer/director Craig Rosenberg is no master of subtlety -- in fact, he seems to have only two settings, whacking excess and treacly pathos -- and the film is awash in ponderous whimsy.
  9. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Alison Macor
    40
    Some of the gags seem a bit too labored, and by the time the rather charming ending unfolds, these weaker moments in Hotel de Love may force some viewers to check out early.
  10. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    40
    The young stars are attractive and capable, but Hotel de Love is as synthetic as an old "Love Boat" episode.
  11. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Bruce Walker
    30
    This is billed as a romantic comedy, but it's much more boring than funny.
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