Love Again

Name: Love Again
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: May 5, 2023
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 32
Cast: Arinzé Kene, Celia Imrie, Céline Dion, David Terry, Lydia West

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Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) | Release Date: May 5, 2023 | PG-13

Starring: Arinzé Kene, Celia Imrie, Céline Dion, David Terry, Lydia West, Omid Djalili, Priyanka Chopra, Russell Tovey, Sam Heughan, Sofia Barclay, Steve Oram

Summary: What if a random text message led to the love of your life? In this romantic comedy, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, Mira Ray sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number…not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns’ new work phone. A journalist, Rob is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessionalWhat if a random text message led to the love of your life? In this romantic comedy, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, Mira Ray sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number…not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns’ new work phone. A journalist, Rob is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Celine Dion (playing herself in her first film role), he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person…and win her heart.… Expand

Director: James C. Strouse

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 104 min

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Empire Lillian Crawford

May 12, 2023

It takes courage and ingenuity to find the modern romcom formula within the operas of Gluck, sung well through SMS by Heughan and Chopra Jonas. It also stars Celine Dion. Read full review

Peter Debruge

May 5, 2023

An old-school, straight-faced studio romance featuring five new songs from Ms. Dion, writer-director Jim Strouse’s Love Again is all about such healing — to the extent that if it were a book instead of a movie, it would be filed in the self-help section. Read full review

Miles Klee

May 15, 2023

Whatever the movie’s sporadic charms, it’s simply too small for Celine, who can only be matched by a drama with the sweep and scale of Titanic. Read full review

Richard Roeper

May 5, 2023

I’m not going to say the ridiculous and off-putting romantic text-message dramedy “Love Again” is the worst movie of the year, but it might be the most implausible film I’ve seen so far in 2023, and I’m not necessarily excluding “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “Cocaine Bear” and “65” from the competition. Read full review

Jesse Hassenger

May 5, 2023

It misses the painful performance of everyday life, or less Hallmark-friendly emotions, like anger or numbness. Read full review

The Film Verdict Alonso Duralde

Jun 20, 2023

What we’re left with is an unromantic romance that’s as generic and forgettable as its title. Read full review

Mark Hanson

May 6, 2023

The film is nothing but a chintzy promotional tool for Celine Dion. Read full review

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alieksiei-smirn

May 5, 2023

This is a wonderful movie! Excellent acting, good visual effects and masterpiece music. The director's work is good, the actors did a great job, and I would like to express great gratitude to the whole team that shot the film. There's some good humor in this movie. The plot of the film isThis is a wonderful movie! Excellent acting, good visual effects and masterpiece music. The director's work is good, the actors did a great job, and I would like to express great gratitude to the whole team that shot the film. There's some good humor in this movie. The plot of the film is simple, but very kind. The songs in this movie are just very touching music that is very catchy. Celine Dion is a great fellow, she did a great job! It's been a long time since there was such a good movie about love. If you are a fan of romantic comedies, then you will really like the movie. I recommend definitely watching the movie.… Expand

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AlexDion51

May 6, 2023

It was one of the best Rom-coms I've seen and the best Rom-Com I've seen in a long time.

The plot was creative and fresh, which is unusual for a genre in which you see a reworking of many of the same storylines. There was great chemistry between Priyanka and Sam, as well as Priyanka andIt was one of the best Rom-coms I've seen and the best Rom-Com I've seen in a long time.

The plot was creative and fresh, which is unusual for a genre in which you see a reworking of many of the same storylines. There was great chemistry between Priyanka and Sam, as well as Priyanka and Marina, and the whole acting was outstanding. Priyanka was absolutely believable and she had so much heart, Sam was funny and vulnerable at the same time, Sofia was so funny and added so much to the story, and Celine Dion was so cute and so well woven into the story.

The text was warm and contained several unpredictable twists that deftly moved from one moment to another when I was uncontrollably choking and laughing loudly.

It was a really fun and touching move, which I highly recommend to people of all ages.… Expand

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Arlette

May 13, 2023

I loved it !! Sorry critics, but sometimes your ideas do not meet ours and sometimes we need a nice rom com!!! and they do it well, it is funny and it is cool. I enjoyed it!!!!! there times where I wonder how the critics think or grade the movies this is a good one.

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digitaledaniel

May 15, 2023

Warning: Men, do not get lured into this film by some landmermaid, you won't enjoy it! Possible exception for Céline Dion enthusiasts. Why oh why did I go, I'll never know? Sweet as that overripe banana you thought you could save by putting it in the freezer, but that came out black andWarning: Men, do not get lured into this film by some landmermaid, you won't enjoy it! Possible exception for Céline Dion enthusiasts. Why oh why did I go, I'll never know? Sweet as that overripe banana you thought you could save by putting it in the freezer, but that came out black and slimy, that kind of sweet.
Pinkie swear alert!!!!!!! They do that pinkie thing. Its that kind of movie, awkward, cringe, cringe!! Some woke contamination also. Some points for the presence of some music. By Céline Dion mostly. Not my fault.… Expand

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JLuis_001

May 18, 2023

Terribly ineffective and insubstantial. Weak and above all feeble.

I know that many people can overlook a great many things in romantic comedies, mostly because of the illusion of romance, but is it possible to do so when most of its events feel so cringey and the leads don't share a shredTerribly ineffective and insubstantial. Weak and above all feeble.

I know that many people can overlook a great many things in romantic comedies, mostly because of the illusion of romance, but is it possible to do so when most of its events feel so cringey and the leads don't share a shred of chemistry?
I have to say no.

Disaster.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Jun 27, 2023

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What more could a singer who, according to "Forbes", in 2019 was the third richest female music artist in the world with an estimated wealth of 450 million dollars, want from existence? One woman that, according to "Rolling Stone"'s Keith Harris, "stands at the end of the(Mauro Lanari)
What more could a singer who, according to "Forbes", in 2019 was the third richest female music artist in the world with an estimated wealth of 450 million dollars, want from existence? One woman that, according to "Rolling Stone"'s Keith Harris, "stands at the end of the chain of drastic devolution that goes Aretha-Whitney-Mariah with a bombastic and defiant sentimentality rather than demure and retiring"? At 55, she can talk about the death of her manager husband René, their 3 children, the new USA tour and export her role as a love coach from the lyrics of her pop ballads to the cinema debuting as an actress who dispenses invaluable, infallible, prodigious romantic advices. Her stage is planetary, so the pair of lovebirds must extend from the Bollywoodian East with Priyanka Chopra to the Hollywoodian West with Sam Heughan (who wears a "Pixies"'s tshirt), the story has to be basic (falling in love, crisis by omission of truth, reconciliation and triumphant happy ending), and the gay friend cannot be missing (in other times he would have been played by Rupert Everett or Stanley Tucci). Those who have really suffered mourning or emotional disappointments will not find anything sincerely comforting, but a gigantic mockery.… Expand

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Rebel_Panda

Jun 9, 2023

What began as a cheesy romcom about coping the loss of a significant other ends as an overlong tribute (commercial?) to Celine Dion. It's framed as an outdated romcom story about infatuation, lying, and stalking misconstrued as romantic to later be subverted. The gimmick, Priyanka ChopraWhat began as a cheesy romcom about coping the loss of a significant other ends as an overlong tribute (commercial?) to Celine Dion. It's framed as an outdated romcom story about infatuation, lying, and stalking misconstrued as romantic to later be subverted. The gimmick, Priyanka Chopra texting her dead boyfriend's number her deepest thoughts like a diary which a random man (Sam Heughan) secretly has access to, is bafflingly contrived. There are a few good laughs, particular Nick Jonas's cameo as a bad Bumble date despite being married to the lead. Russell Tovey's comic relief as gay male side character #1829 was entertaining but he's criminally underused as a comedic actor. But they the laughs are few and far between. It would've been a much better film if it scrapped the gimmick early on and stuck with the ridiculous, near mythological obsession with Celine Dion.… Expand

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