
‘Love’ Review: A Charming and Intelligent Norwegian Dramedy to Win Over Hearts and Minds

There’s a lot to love about Love (or Kjaelighet), but the generic English title is not one of them. That handle will get this confused with works by Gaspar Noé and Judd Apatow, among others, and could potentially delay viewers finding it through search engines. Which would be a real shame, because Norwegian writer-director Dag Johan Haugerud’s dramedy, which premiered at Venice, is a refreshing delight.
Honest, thoughtful, and daringly talky as it observes modern dating customs in the age of apps, it deserves further exposure beyond the festival circuit. The second part of a thematically but not narratively linked trilogy — its predecessor Sex played in Berlin, and Dreams is yet to come — it’s sure to find traction among viewers who groove to upscale, nuanced Scandi fare like The Worst Person in the World, the sort of romantic schmooze-fests that French cinema excels at and Richard Linklater’s Before series.
Honest, thoughtful, and daringly talky as it observes modern dating customs in the age of apps, it deserves further exposure beyond the festival circuit. The second part of a thematically but not narratively linked trilogy — its predecessor Sex played in Berlin, and Dreams is yet to come — it’s sure to find traction among viewers who groove to upscale, nuanced Scandi fare like The Worst Person in the World, the sort of romantic schmooze-fests that French cinema excels at and Richard Linklater’s Before series.
- 9/7/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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