The Love Punch

Name: The Love Punch
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 23, 2014
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 44

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Ketchup Entertainment | Release Date: May 23, 2014 | PG-13

Summary: When their retirement nest egg is wiped out, Richard (Pierce Brosnan) and Kate (Emma Thompson), a divorced couple whose banter suggests that the flames of their former relationship have not been fully extinguished, scheme to steal a $10 million diamond from the French financier who defrauded them. Roped in to assist in the heist are theWhen their retirement nest egg is wiped out, Richard (Pierce Brosnan) and Kate (Emma Thompson), a divorced couple whose banter suggests that the flames of their former relationship have not been fully extinguished, scheme to steal a $10 million diamond from the French financier who defrauded them. Roped in to assist in the heist are the couple’s former neighbors (Timothy Spall and Celia Imrie) who are also rooting for the couple's reconciliation.… Expand

Director: Joel Hopkins

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 94 min

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Stephan Lee

May 21, 2014

There’s nothing remotely original about the premise, and jokes about prostates feel more pandering than funny, but the leads make this dumb romantic caper watchable. Read full review

Anna Smith

Apr 14, 2014

The by-the-numbers plotting is a little clunky but there's fun to be had in the cast's easy chemistry. Read full review

Charles Gant

Apr 15, 2014

A creaky heist-caper comedy that hopes to get by on sunny amiability. Read full review

Abby Garnett

May 20, 2014

The Love Punch is too sunny and self-effacing to be truly toxic. Read full review

Courtney Shea

May 22, 2014

The Love Punch feels like a remake of an old MGM caper comedy. It’s not, but it feels that way, which will certainly set it apart from the Disney villains, X-people and radioactive sea monsters of the summer movie schedule. Read full review

Sheri Linden

May 23, 2014

With their unforced magnetism, Brosnan and Thompson are persuasive as exes who still have chemistry... They have the verve and comic chops to ignite sparks, à la Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, but this Punch never truly connects. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

May 21, 2014

Manages to be excruciatingly unfunny despite the presence of Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson in the lead roles. Read full review

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MattBrady99

Mar 10, 2015

Well the title got something right, I did feel like getting punched in the face. Love Punch is about a ex-husband and wife Richard and Kate whose biting banter suggests that the flames of their former relationship have not been fully extinguished... Unfortunately the same cannot be said forWell the title got something right, I did feel like getting punched in the face. Love Punch is about a ex-husband and wife Richard and Kate whose biting banter suggests that the flames of their former relationship have not been fully extinguished... Unfortunately the same cannot be said for their retirement nest egg which is wiped out when Richard's investment firm is defrauded and the pension fund is siphoned away. Okay lets start of with the good things about this movie because this movie isn't terrible at all, but not brilliant. Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson and the rest of the cast did a fine job in this movie. They where some parts that I found pretty funny, but the movie lack on characters and the writing at some parts, could have been written better.… Expand

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Broyax

Sep 9, 2018

Quelle pitié de voir ça, quelle infamie de voir Emma Thompson et Pierce Brosnan s'humilier pendant deux heures dans une telle sous-comédie de merde... j'en suis triste pour eux et compâtis sincèrement. Les fins de carrière sont parfois difficiles mais à ce point, tout de même !

Cette limaceQuelle pitié de voir ça, quelle infamie de voir Emma Thompson et Pierce Brosnan s'humilier pendant deux heures dans une telle sous-comédie de merde... j'en suis triste pour eux et compâtis sincèrement. Les fins de carrière sont parfois difficiles mais à ce point, tout de même !

Cette limace de film n'en finit pas et à l'ennui permanent et lénifiant, elle ajoute la bouffonnerie pour faire bonne mesure (comme si ça ne suffisait pas) voire la mongolerie typiquement américaine pour un public de mongoliens invétérés et invertébrés. C'est une telle catastrophe et une telle bêtise que même en avance rapide, on y arrive pas : c'est pas regardable.… Expand

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