Love Is All You Need
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 3, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
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78
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenMay 29, 2013
As romantic comedies go, Danish helmer Susanne Bier’s follow-up to her Oscar-winning "In a Better World," percolates more than it froths – but that’s a good thing. Read full review
77
Film.comDavid EhrlichMay 2, 2013
Irresistibly entertaining and beautiful to look at it, the film is pleasant at worst, and – at best – wisely defies its slapped-on American title, a warm reminder that love isn’t a solution so much as it’s a brilliant way of embracing life’s problems. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnMar 19, 2013
As Love Is All You Need goes through the motions of drawing its central couple together, Bier delivers nothing more than a well-made, strictly middlebrow entertainment with a bittersweet polish that's easy to enjoy and forget in equal measures. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyMay 2, 2013
Though Bier isn't as comfortable with the lighter side of life, the film is a lovely little lark with a good head on its shoulders. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJun 5, 2013
It works, after a fashion — a romance that isn’t a romantic comedy. But Bier, a wonderful director, proves that “Love” isn’t all you need to make us swoon. You need a lighter touch. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldConnie OgleMay 30, 2013
Love Is All You Need works despite its occasional preposterous developments. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJun 7, 2013
This is a movie purely for grown-ups, with its enjoyment coming not from its explosions or attacking aliens but from spending time with these characters and savoring its optimistic, "never too late for happiness" message. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMay 2, 2013
It’s a mystery as to how so much talent combined to create such a cynically superficial product. Read full review
75
New York PostLou LumenickMay 2, 2013
Love Is All You Need is entirely predictable, and that’s OK in a film as lovingly made, well acted and enjoyable as this. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMay 30, 2013
Brosnan is good, and he and Dyrholm erase any and all signs of contrivance in the plot, the script. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'HehirMay 1, 2013
It’s an enormous relief to have a lightweight but non-insulting date movie to recommend in this arid season. This isn’t a movie that requires your full attention at every second – although when Dyrholm and Brosnan are on-screen, you won’t be able to look away – but it’s a nifty entertainment that’s always easy on the eyes and gains just a bit of dramatic weight as it moves forward. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineCaroline McKenzieMay 2, 2013
At times it seems as if Susanne Bier set out to create some kind of absurdist comedy, but lost her nerve somewhere along the way. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsMay 23, 2013
While the underrated Brosnan is effective as the cold-hearted produce mogul, the character starts as such a sourpuss that after he softens in the Sorrento lemon groves, it’s still hard to root for his inevitable hookup with Ida. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubBen KenigsbergMay 1, 2013
Cast with winning actors (particularly Molly Blixt Egelind as Dyrholm’s daughter) who seem determined not to distract viewers from the coastal backdrops, Love Is All You Need proceeds in all the expected directions short of actually including The Beatles. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenMay 23, 2013
As the title more than hints, Love Is All You Need is no stranger to formulaic clichés, but it’s still a Bier film. There’s a sprinkling of vinegar in the treacle, a bit of ballast in fancy’s lightweight flight, and, of course, the triumph of optimism that can seem unearned in her dramas is made to measure in a comedy. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 19, 2013
It looks weirdly like a romcom pastiche, not cynical, but not properly inhabited; it doesn't taste of romance or comedy any more than Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup cans taste of soup. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMar 19, 2013
While virtually everything that happens in this grown-up rom-com can be seen coming a mile off, Danish director Susanne Bier’s assured touch and warm regard for her characters make the film both pleasurable and satisfying. Read full review
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The New York TimesStephen HoldenMay 2, 2013
As Love Is All You Need ties up its loose ends, it settles into a rom-com formula with a predictable, upbeat ending. It feels good, sort of. Read full review
42
The PlaylistErik McClanahanMar 19, 2013
As every sub plot, reveal and character… err, caricature that is, gets stacked on top of each other, the more inevitable it is that the whole thing will come tumbling down. And while Love is All You Need is by no means a disaster, it simply can’t support all that weight. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinApr 24, 2013
Love is All You Need has been made for an audience rarely catered for by the film industry: intelligent adults who enjoy perceptive and good-hearted drama. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith UhlichApr 30, 2013
The sole saving grace of this treacly middlebrow dross is the naturally sweet chemistry between Brosnan and Dyrholm. In the few scenes in which they’re alone together, wistfully recalling the past and discussing various misfortunes, you glimpse a much deeper movie. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonApr 24, 2013
The cliché-averse will doubtless resist, but the laughter and tears here are never less than fully earned. A lovely film. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia PuigMay 2, 2013
Brosnan and Dyrholm are irresistible, communicating volumes with mere glances as well as sharp dialogue. Read full review
50
VarietyLeslie FelperinMar 19, 2013
Corny as a vat of polenta, but still rib-sticking enough to satisfy those who like lightly seasoned, easily digestible cinematic starch, Italy-set Love Is All You Need offers a romantic comedy for middle-aged palettes. Read full review
60
Village VoiceZachary WigonApr 30, 2013
Formulaic despite its trespasses, Love Is All You Need leaves the lingering sensation that more fun could have been had if the film cut loose and lived a little. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMay 2, 2013
What's remarkable, though, is how Ms. Bier's film, in Danish and English, finds beauty in its quiet moments, which are many and close between. Read full review
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