Love Hurts
Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 7, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
18
Negative:
21
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Screen RantMae AbdulbakiFeb 6, 2025
The film is ultimately an action comedy that is as sickly saccharine and over-the-top as Valentine’s Day itself. For a cool hour and 23 minutes, Love Hurts allows us to enjoy every minute of its absurdity, and you’ll never look at a boba straw the same way ever again. Read full review
58
The PlaylistChase HutchinsonFeb 6, 2025
It is a film you won’t fall head over heels for, but one you can’t help loving many parts of. You’ll just have to do your best to fondly recall the good parts, namely Quan and Lynch, while hopefully forgetting all the rest. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJacob OllerFeb 6, 2025
Love Hurts proves that honest emotions aren’t everything; sometimes you can just buy yourself enough goodwill to get by with last-minute junk. Read full review
54
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiFeb 7, 2025
If this is just one bullet point in your Valentine’s Day to-do list, an excuse to hold hands or neck in a darkened theater, or maybe as a litmus test for your date’s artistic tastes, it’s a harmless, mostly generic action rom-com. Read full review
51
PolygonTasha RobinsonFeb 6, 2025
To the degree that Love Hurts feels like a movie at all, it’s because Quan puts so much heart into his work, and so much squeaky-voiced comedic talent, paired with the speed and flexibility that makes a fight scene thrilling. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredFrancisca TinocoFeb 10, 2025
A harmless, unexciting directorial debut that tries to do too much too fast but is thankfully propped up by an always delightful Ke Huy Quan in his first ever leading role. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Radheyan SimonpillaiFeb 7, 2025
The plot and most action sequences here are as cookie-cutter as the community homes Quan’s Gable is selling. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastNick SchagerFeb 6, 2025
The main takeaway from this dreary dud, however, is that winning an Academy Award is no guarantee of continued big-screen success. Read full review
50
SlashfilmWitney SeiboldFeb 6, 2025
Love Hurts marks the first leading role for Ke Huy Quan, and he avails himself well enough. He doesn't ever shimmer off the screen, and he doesn't handle the romance elements perfectly, but he possesses an appealing hangdog quality that feels human and relatable. However mediocre the movie around him, one always has the instinct to cheer him on. Read full review
42
Original-CinChris KnightFeb 6, 2025
The good news is that the whole shebang lasts just 83 minutes, stem to stern. The bad news is that you can only coast along on your love of Quan’s natural charm and screen presence for 60- or 65-minutes tops. Read full review
42
IndieWireKate ErblandFeb 6, 2025
It’s a simple enough conceit, but one made consistently confusing by a distinct lack of energy, excitement, and cohesive editing. Never before has 83 minutes felt so very long. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinFeb 7, 2025
So much of the film’s (notably slight) running time is squandered on filler – a subplot involving bickering henchmen consumes around a third of the film – that it’s never able to hit its grindhouse stride. Read full review
40
ColliderNate RichardFeb 6, 2025
Unfortunately, Love Hurts never does its stars justice as a lazily slapped-together action-comedy with a script that feels like it never had a second draft. Read full review
40
EmpireJohn NugentFeb 6, 2025
Quan is typically charismatic in a film that underserves his talents: an action-comedy with a solid amount of the former, but not much of the latter. Read full review
40
ScreenCrushMatt SingerFeb 6, 2025
Quan remains an extremely likable actor, as well as an impressive martial artist. (Even before Everything Everywhere All at Once, he had worked on several Hollywood productions as a fight choreographer.) It’s great to see him back on the screen, but he’s let down by his material here. When he’s not kicking butt, Love Hurts is downright painful. Read full review
40
The GuardianRyan GilbeyFeb 6, 2025
As Valentine’s Day treats go, however, Love Hurts is the cinematic equivalent of a wilted bouquet from a petrol station forecourt. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 6, 2025
Straining for its ungainly combination of action, romance and silly comedy, Love Hurts doesn’t fully succeed in any department. Read full review
40
IGNA.A. Dowd Feb 6, 2025
But as a comedy, Love Hurts is pretty stale; when not trotting out dopey crime-flick caricatures, it’s simply leaning on the supposed hilarity of a sunny house hunter with a secret talent for breaking bones. You’ve seen many versions of this premise, and better ones, too. Read full review
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