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Love Hard
Official release poster
Directed byHernán Jiménez
Written by
  • Danny Mackey
  • Rebecca Ewing
Starring
CinematographyShane Hurlbut
Edited byPriscilla Nedd Friendly
Music byMark Orton[1]
Production
company
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • November 5, 2021 (2021-11-05)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Love Hard is a 2021 American romantic comedy film directed by Costa Rican director Hernán Jiménez and written by Danny Mackey and Rebecca Ewing. The film, which stars Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet, Matty Finochio, James Saito and Harry Shum Jr. is about a young woman who travels to her online crush's hometown for Christmas, but discovers she's been catfished.

Love Hard was produced by Wonderland Sound and Vision, and filmed in Vancouver from October to November 2020. The film was released by Netflix on November 5, 2021.

Premise

Natalie Bauer, a dating column writer based in Los Angeles, falls in love with a man named Josh Lin on a dating app and travels to his Lake Placid, New York, hometown to surprise him for Christmas. However, she discovers that she has been catfished, and Josh is really a nerdy man. Her crush, Tag Abbott, actually does live in the same town, and Josh offers to set them up if she pretends to be his girlfriend for the holidays.[2]

Cast

Production

In August 2019, it was announced that Netflix had acquired Danny Mackey and Rebecca Ewing's romantic comedy spec script Love Hard, which was described as "When Harry Met Sally meets Roxanne". McG and Mary Viola were set to produce the film through their company Wonderland Sound and Vision.[3]

In August 2020, it was announced that Hernán Jiménez would direct the film, and that Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang and Charles Melton would star.[2] In October 2020, it was announced that due to Melton's schedule conflicts with the TV series Riverdale, he had been replaced by Darren Barnet. Harry Shum Jr., James Saito, Mikaela Hoover and Heather McMahan were also added to the cast.[4]

Filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,[5] from October 9 to November 21, 2020.[6]

Release

The film was released by Netflix on November 5, 2021.[7]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 56% based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10.[8] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9]

References

  1. ^ "News". Mark Orton. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Kroll, Justin (August 14, 2020). "Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang and 'Riverdale's Charles Melton To Star In Netflix Romantic Comedy 'Love Hard'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (August 1, 2019). "Netflix Buys Spec 'Love Hard' By Danny Mackey & Ex-Lit Agent Rebecca Ewing; Wonderland Producing". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  4. ^ Kroll, Justin (October 15, 2020). "Darren Barnet, Harry Shum Jr., James Saito, Mikaela Hoover and Heather McMahan Join 'Love Hard'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Banse, Tom (November 16, 2020). "Lights, camera, action! 'Hollywood North' revved up despite COVID-19 — and because of it". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "DGC BC Production List" (PDF). Directors Guild of Canada. November 27, 2020. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  7. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (August 23, 2021). "Netflix Dates Fall Movies: A Whopping 42 Movies Coming At You". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "Love Hard". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "Love Hard". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

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