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Genre : Drama
Release Date : January 18, 2013
MPAA Rating : R
Duration : 95 minute(s)
Production Budget : -
Studio : Indomina Entertainment
Official Site : http://www.luvthefilm.com/
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the writing fails, though, Candis' work with actors...is solid
by Robert Abele [LA Times ]
the screenplay lets its characters down, as it devolves into platitudes and melodrama
by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News ]
solid skills, and clearly works well with actors
by David Rooney [Hollywood Reporter ]
heartfelt and formulaic in equal measure
by Robert Koehler [Variety ]
every scene wobbles around
Review rate : C-
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
As a film that largely works as a subdued twist on the familiar drama about crime and family, LUV needed more intimacy and focus
by R. Kurt Osenlund [Slant Magazine ]
although Common and Rainey make a well-matched duo, their chemistry is frequently squandered by a script (co-written by director Sheldon Candis and Justin Wilson) that boxes them into impossible roles in one cliched scene after another
by Melissa Anderson [Village Voice ]
a clumsily violent attempt at grafting two reliable genres together into one somewhat edgy picture
by Roger Moore [Movie Nation ]
Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com ]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times ]