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It's All About Love

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  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
9.6K
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It's All About Love (2003)
Home Video Trailer from Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Sci-Fi
Two lovers attempt to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse.Two lovers attempt to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse.Two lovers attempt to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
9.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Thomas Vinterberg
  • Writers
    • Mogens Rukov
    • Thomas Vinterberg
  • Stars
    • Joaquin Phoenix
    • Claire Danes
    • Sean Penn
Top credits
  • Director
    • Thomas Vinterberg
  • Writers
    • Mogens Rukov
    • Thomas Vinterberg
  • Stars
    • Joaquin Phoenix
    • Claire Danes
    • Sean Penn
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 116User reviews
    • 52Critic reviews
    • 32Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

    Videos2

    It's All About Love
    Trailer 1:51
    It's All About Love
    It's All About Love
    Trailer 1:51
    It's All About Love

    Photos15

    Erich Silva and Claire Danes Off the Set of "It's All About Love".
    Thomas Vinterberg at an event for It's All About Love (2003)
    Thomas Vinterberg at an event for It's All About Love (2003)
    Thomas Vinterberg at an event for It's All About Love (2003)
    Thomas Vinterberg at an event for It's All About Love (2003)
    Claire Danes and Joaquin Phoenix in It's All About Love (2003)
    Claire Danes and Joaquin Phoenix in It's All About Love (2003)
    Claire Danes and Joaquin Phoenix in It's All About Love (2003)
    Claire Danes and Joaquin Phoenix in It's All About Love (2003)
    Joaquin Phoenix in It's All About Love (2003)
    Joaquin Phoenix in It's All About Love (2003)
    Joaquin Phoenix in It's All About Love (2003)

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    Joaquin Phoenix
    Joaquin Phoenix
    • John
    Claire Danes
    Claire Danes
    • Elena
    Sean Penn
    Sean Penn
    • Marciello
    Douglas Henshall
    Douglas Henshall
    • Michael
    Alun Armstrong
    Alun Armstrong
    • David
    Margo Martindale
    Margo Martindale
    • Betsy
    Mark Strong
    Mark Strong
    • Arthur
    Geoffrey Hutchings
    Geoffrey Hutchings
    • Mr. Morrison
    Harry Ditson
    Harry Ditson
    • George
    Thomas Bo Larsen
    Thomas Bo Larsen
    • Night Porter
    Teddy Kempner
    Teddy Kempner
    • Brooklyn Receptionist
    Indra Ové
    Indra Ové
    • Production Assistant
    • (as Indra Ove)
    Georgi Staykov
    • Bookish Interpreter
    • (as Giorgi Staykov)
    Anna Wallander
    Anna Wallander
    • Young Interpreter
    Mariann Rudberg
    • Old Interpreter
    Michael Simpson
    • Master of Cerimonies
    • (as Michael Philip Simpson)
    Alexander Sapone
    • Boy in Street
    Giulia Melis
    • Italian Girl in Street
    • Director
      • Thomas Vinterberg
    • Writers
      • Mogens Rukov
      • Thomas Vinterberg
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Thomas Vinterberg took two and a half years to write the script.
    • Goofs
      When John and Elena are out in the cold, their breath isn't visible, even though it is snowing.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Marciello: John, are you there? You're probably out there somewhere sleeping. Sleep well John.

    • Connections
      Featured in It's All About Love... og Thomas Vinterberg (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Una furtiva lagrima
      Written by Gaetano Donizetti

      Performed by Izzy

      From the opera "L'elisir d'amore" (The Elixir of Love), 1832

      Copyright Universal Music Publishing

    User reviews116

    Review
    Top review
    A Lars Von Trier "film negre"?
    A "roman negre" is a French novel written by a famous author such as Octave Mirbeau who wants -- perhaps because it's too personal, or else because it's not self-important enough to satisfy the rabid litterateurs -- to say something that he wouldn't say under his own name. And believe me, it's more than possible that von Trier didn't want his own cognomen on a script that includes the line "Here with more on the flying Ugandan phenomenon..."

    Twice.

    Thomas Vinterberg, from what I've seen of him, is joined at the hip to Von Trier as his prettier, younger apprentice. He won his spurs by trudging through a Dogme project on the oh-so-serious theme of incest that critics loved, only to be blown out of the water by his mentor with his own devious Dogme contribution, The Idiots. And he has recently directed his third film, Dear Wendy, whose screenplay is actually credited to von Trier alone -- can you imagine a more thankless job?

    But after seeing It's All About Love in the theater last year, and again on Sundance Channel last night, it's equally clear that, influenced though he might be by his own personal Dr. Frankenstein, Vinterberg's second film is ultimately the only one that is entirely HIS. No matter how much the deus ex machina ( deus ex machine gun? ) character of Morrison reminds you of the similar hit-man/God figure from Dogville, despite the prevalence of a gnostic philosophy that von Trier only recently picked up for his "American trilogy," and even despite lines like "I don't want to be a dog" uttered ironically by people who have at that very moment thrown away their souls and become exploitative, desperate, vicious monsters a la the citizens of Nicole Kidman's least favorite mining community, what It's All About Love proves is that there are places Vinterberg can go that von Trier can't, namely, into the enchanted realm of the CARAXIAN -- the beautifully naive and youthfully idealistic, despite the prevalent doom and despair. Like Sean Penn says at the end, it really is all about love, even if that love now is just a memory.

    People don't seem to get this movie, don't seem to get much of anything anymore, and every single baffled, acidic review on this page makes me jealous, because it proves that Vinterberg's "report on the state of the world" is extremely vital. This is a movie, my friends, that "not getting" means you're dead and blind, so it's quite imperative that you watch again. There are many ways to prepare yourself. Perhaps the easiest would be to watch its sister films of 2004, Winterbottom's Code 46 and Kar-Wai's 2046 ( the similar titles are no coincidence ), as well as some more mainstream gnostic films about the costs of our profound spiritual crisis like Enduring Love, Dogville, The Hulk, or Spielberg's twin contributions, The Terminal and A.I. Or, if you really want to suck all the pith out of the thing, you could could immerse yourself in Monteverdi and Purcell operas, plays by Shakespeare and Maeterlinck and perhaps some stories by Villiers de l'Isle Adam. Meanwhile, the more lazy among you you could treat yourself to the Cliff's Notes version, in this case, the grotesque unreeling saga of Tom Cruise and his robot bride, which this movie foreshadows in a way that is thoroughly creepy ( indeed, IAAL suggests that these relationships lived for the sake of the public eye with its attendant cash value will be the template for all future human interaction. )

    Sadly, all that preparation will be futile if you don't want, with all your heart, for your nightmare to end. Without some curiosity about your relation to your creator, some skepticism regarding technology and science, and the will to overcome the fear of death that eventually drives most people into the perverse soul-destroying transactions this movie illustrates with such timeless romantic flair, It's All About Love will be gobbledygook to you. And so will your life, by the way.
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    • Jul 19, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 10, 2003 (Denmark)
    • Countries of origin
      • Denmark
      • France
      • Canada
      • Spain
      • United States
      • Japan
      • Sweden
      • United Kingdom
      • Italy
      • Germany
      • Netherlands
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Aşka Dair Her Şey
    • Filming locations
      • Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Production companies
      • Nimbus Film Productions
      • CoBo Fonds
      • Danmarks Radio (DR)
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • DKK 86,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,140
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,582
      • Oct 31, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $478,996
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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