Movie

Love Is All You Need?

2016 · 120 min

A sobering, issue-driven drama that uses a reversed world to expose the pain of prejudice, leaving a heavy emotional residue.

Tagline: What would you do if your love was forbidden?
Overview: Set in a world where homosexuality is the norm, a small Indiana town is rocked to its core when Jude, the star quarterback of the local university football team, strikes up a love affair with Ryan, a sports journalism major. When the straight couple is outed, the community’s powerful religious leader begins a vitriolic crusade against all heterosexuals.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, love, betrayal, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
love
betrayal
isolation
trauma
Places: small town
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild