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Love Hard

2021 · 105 min

A light, festive romantic comedy that mixes awkward laughs with warm holiday charm and a gentle message about honesty.

Directed by
Hernán Jiménez
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet
Tagline
A romantic comedy about the lies we tell for love.
Overview
An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who duped her offers to set them up if she pretends to be his own girlfriend for the holidays.

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  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Hernán Jiménez
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • deception
  • family
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Hernán Jiménez
Written by
Rebecca Ewing, Daniel Mackey
Starring
Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet, James Saito, Rebecca Staab, Harry Shum Jr., Mikaela Hoover, Matty Finochio
Music
Mark Orton
Cinematography
Shane Hurlbut
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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