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  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary Arnaud (Kévin Azaïs), facing an uncertain future and a dearth of choices in a small French coastal town, meets and falls for the apocalyptic-minded Madeleine (Adèle Haenel), who joins an army boot camp to learn military and survival skills to prepare for the upcoming environmental collapse. Intrigued and excited by Madeleine’s wild ide...

Directed By: Thomas Cailley

Written By: Claude Le Pape, Thomas Cailley

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m

Love at First Fight

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary Arnaud (Kévin Azaïs), facing an uncertain future and a dearth of choices in a small French coastal town, meets and falls for the apocalyptic-minded Madeleine (Adèle Haenel), who joins an army boot camp to learn military and survival skills to prepare for the upcoming environmental collapse. Intrigued and excited by Madeleine’s wild ide...

Directed By: Thomas Cailley

Written By: Claude Le Pape, Thomas Cailley

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
63
58% Positive
7 Reviews
42% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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58% Positive
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42% Mixed
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80
Jun 18, 2015
An expertly handled and brilliantly performed feel-good comedy with an original twist.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW
75
May 20, 2015
Even when it’s slowing down, Fight shows beguiling confidence in both its filmmaking and its characters—enough to make its smallest romantic moments feel significant.
By Jesse Hassenger FULL REVIEW
70
May 19, 2015
Rejuvenating the romantic comedy through its unusual premise — in which training for an elite army unit releases a flood of pheromones — Cailley's film is also buoyed by its enormously appealing leads, Kévin Azaïs and Adèle Haenel.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW
70
May 18, 2015
Love at First Fight is overflowing with relentlessly acerbic humor that shapes the way the film's two young protagonists contend with not just each other, but also with the uncertainties of the world they're emerging into as adults.
By Clarence Tsui FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 11, 2015
Cailley never truly builds a narrative head of steam, resulting in periods of logy pacing and diffused focus. Still, the strong leads, several amusing moments and a clutch of intriguing character bits sketch what might have been.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 11, 2015
The actors make the movie’s memorable characters all the more indelible, even when Love at First Fight loses its sense of originality.
By Stephanie Merry FULL REVIEW
50
May 18, 2015
Transparently wearing metaphors on its singed sleeves, the film shuttles around courses of meaning and significance without committing to any.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
7.2
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20% Mixed
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20% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Production Company Nord-Ouest Films, Canal+, Ciné+, Haut et Court, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Région Aquitaine, Département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Cofimage 25, Palatine Étoile 11, Cofinova 10, Appaloosa Films
Release Date May 22, 2015
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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