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- 2013
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 56 m
- 2013
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 56 m
Summary A hairdresser who has recently recovered from cancer finds out her husband is having an affair. But while she's on her way to Italy for her daughter's wedding, she meets a widower who also happens to be the father of the groom.
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne Bier
- 2013
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 56 m
- 2013
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 56 m
Love Is All You Need
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7.0
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Summary A hairdresser who has recently recovered from cancer finds out her husband is having an affair. But while she's on her way to Italy for her daughter's wedding, she meets a widower who also happens to be the father of the groom.
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne Bier
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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62% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
60
62% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
38% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
0% Negative
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The cliché-averse will doubtless resist, but the laughter and tears here are never less than fully earned. A lovely film.
Brosnan is good, and he and Dyrholm erase any and all signs of contrivance in the plot, the script.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
7.0
66% Positive
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28% Mixed
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7% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
7.0
66% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
28% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
7% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Love is all you need is a captivating and enchanting film. A romantic drama that, for once, is honestly written with believable characters and situations the result of which is an emotional joy that only the most jaded cynics will scoff at. Of course there are a few contrivances and cliche's (the cheating husband is the most glaring culprit), but director Susanne Bier elicits beautiful performances from her entire cast with Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm leading the way. Returning to Italy after the debacle that was 'Mama Mia', Brosnan turns in arguably his best ever performance and Dyrholm is just radiantly wonderful. I have to say that I really had low expectations for this film, but it is a total delight. You also get the ending you want and one the film earns.
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Very well directed in that it sidesteps the silliness associated with staying true to a sentiment amidst a full cast of characters. Pierce Brosnan is a veteran entertainer.
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Brosnan and Dyrholm are irresistible, communicating volumes with mere glances as well as sharp dialogue.
While virtually everything that happens in this grown-up rom-com can be seen coming a mile off, Danish director Susanne Bier’s assured touch and warm regard for her characters make the film both pleasurable and satisfying.
Formulaic despite its trespasses, Love Is All You Need leaves the lingering sensation that more fun could have been had if the film cut loose and lived a little.
Corny as a vat of polenta, but still rib-sticking enough to satisfy those who like lightly seasoned, easily digestible cinematic starch, Italy-set Love Is All You Need offers a romantic comedy for middle-aged palettes.
It looks weirdly like a romcom pastiche, not cynical, but not properly inhabited; it doesn't taste of romance or comedy any more than Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup cans taste of soup.
It's odd to see Pierce Brosnan in a role like this, a lead in what is essentially a sombre romantic comedy filled with some truly odd story points and characters that almost ruin the fun of watching this unique and quite satisfying relationship develop. When reclusive Philip (Brosnan) is invited to his son's wedding he finds himself coming out of his shell with the mother of the bride Ida (Trine Dyrholm), a clumsy and submissive woman recovering from cancer and the betrayal by her oafish husband. While oftentimes its story is nonsensical as side characters appear to have no reason for existing except to expand the number of guests attending this out of the way union. The whole film is built around Ida and her sense of worth and the film depicts a thoroughly real and damaged person with heart and gravitas making her a wonderful person to watch on screen. It's a unconventional love story to say the least as Philip and Ida are not your normal lovers, they actually have things happening in their life that doesn't revolve around the other. The film is interested in telling a deeply personal story and it is unafraid to do so which makes for excellent cinema. However the film crams in uncomfortable cringe humour and ridiculous comedy elements that detract from the experience so much so that some scenes serve no purpose at all except to make the viewer laugh but instead it almost makes them cry. In conclusion, stay for the real and tender love story. block out the comedy aspects.
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C'est ce bon vieux Pierce (quel drôle de prénom décidément) qui s'est égaré dans un film danois tout pourri réalisé par Suzanne Bier (ça c'est un drôle de nom par contre). Dire que le film est tarte et gnangnan, c'est être très en dessous de la vérité : c'est en effet tartignole à dormir debout la gueule ouverte en gobant les mouches.
Une romance téléphonée à l'avance et saupoudrée d'un brin d'humour ou de quelques tentatives désespérées d'humour afin de meubler ce qui peut l'être, car pour meubler, ça meuble grave pendant ces presque deux plombes qui plombent grave l'atmosphère ultra soporifique. Et sirupeuse aussi.
Je crois que même comme téléfilm de troisième zone à la petite semaine, c'est vraiment en dessous de tout. Impossible de tenir, y compris en accéléré. Pauvre Pierce. La fin de carrière est vraiment difficile.
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Production Company
Zentropa Productions,
Zentropa International Sweden,
Zentropa International Köln,
Film i Väst,
Lumière & Co.,
Teodora Film,
Slot Machine,
Liberator Productions,
ARTE,
Network Movie Film-und Fernsehproduktion,
Zentropa Entertainments,
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Release Date May 3, 2013
Duration 1 h 56 m
Rating R
Tagline The thing started when everything was over. [Swedish DVD.]
Awards
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
• 2 Wins & 8 Nominations
Zulu Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
