It's All About Love

Name: It's All About Love
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Romance
Released: October 29, 2004
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 32
Cast: Claire Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, Sean Penn

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: October 29, 2004 | R

Starring: Claire Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, Sean Penn

Summary: Set in the near future, this film tells the story of two lovers fighting for their love and ultimately for their lives in a world out of balance. (Focus Features)

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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Dennis Lim

It's the sort of movie that could haunt your dreams for weeks. In the end, it is, as promised, all about love—this brave, foolish, improbably moving film's great achievement may be the utter sincerity with which it lives up to its title. Read full review

Megan Lehmann

A weird hybrid of cloning thriller and futuristic love story, with hints of "The Godfather" and "Ice Castles" - and it wears its disjointed nature like a badge of honor. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

A stew of silliness that's so ridiculous it's almost entertaining. Almost. Read full review

Lisa Costantini

The experiment didn't work. The English-language production is a jumble of poorly delineated notions about love, celebrity, the look of romantic movies, and the sound of American-style dialogue - and it's been sitting on the shelf for over a year. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

The director doesn't display the spirit of a natural entertainer; while intellectual notions abound, he never grabs the audience by the hand to pull them into the tale emotionally. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

A cringing romance that Mr. Vinterberg tries and fails to spin into a political allegory. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Vinterberg's execution is overstuffed, unoriginal and often downright incomprehensible. And what's Sean Penn doing dangling off airplanes -- pontificating, as usual, from a great height? Read full review

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skydiver

Sep 23, 2006

I enjoyed this movie because it's haunting and mysterious from the start. The discovery of the clones without love is enlightening. It's all about love indeed. And when love disappears, the world is going to be turned upside down. You must see it because it sets you in a very I enjoyed this movie because it's haunting and mysterious from the start. The discovery of the clones without love is enlightening. It's all about love indeed. And when love disappears, the world is going to be turned upside down. You must see it because it sets you in a very special mood. Peace and love!… Expand

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JayI.

Oct 23, 2005

Incomprehensible and confusing as a movie, the director could have worked less at being "profound" and artsy-craftsy. Some good visual moments are marred by an uncomfortable cast a really silly science.

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JeffB.

Jan 6, 2006

This was a total waste of time. The only reason why it even gets four is beacause of the gorgeous Claire Danes appears in four roles.

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DamienDarko777

May 6, 2011

Sorry, I wanted to like this because of the talent involved but it turned out to be a boring mess. Scenes plod on too long with no real point and the whole thing ultimately feels empty. It tries to come across as deep but it's really just incomprehensible.

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NickTheCritick

Apr 26, 2022

In 2021, the Earth is at the mercy of violent climatic alterations and unpredictable phenomena that belie the laws of physics. People have learned to live with crazed nature and are no longer surprised by the sudden snow that whitens American metropolises in the middle of summer or by theIn 2021, the Earth is at the mercy of violent climatic alterations and unpredictable phenomena that belie the laws of physics. People have learned to live with crazed nature and are no longer surprised by the sudden snow that whitens American metropolises in the middle of summer or by the freezing cold that grips Africa, nor are they dismayed when they come across corpses lying on the subway stands or in listening to the bulletins that report hallucinating levitations among the inhabitants of the Third World. The story hangs in a virtuosity as an end in itself. An intellectual exercise on the genres of romantic drama and surreal thrilling that empties the most interesting ideas of the screenplay into an abstract visionary nature and disperses the talent of the willing performers.… Expand

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JimS

Dec 3, 2005

A disjointed attempt at metaphors about love, loss and betrayal. When the movie needs a pseudo-narrator (Sean Penn) to try and explain the movie's meaning then it is lost. And I would think that New Yorkers would be losing their gravity long before Ugandan' s would. Come on!!!!

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RipW.

Dec 8, 2005

Attempts allegory, succeeds as garbage. Really awful. Vintenberg should give the money back. Even while you're watching it, you still can't believe it is so bad -- worse, you can't believe you're watching something so boring.

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