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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinLove is All You Need has been made for an audience rarely catered for by the film industry: intelligent adults who enjoy perceptive and good-hearted drama.
- 80Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonTime Out LondonTrevor JohnstonThe cliché-averse will doubtless resist, but the laughter and tears here are never less than fully earned. A lovely film.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyWhile virtually everything that happens in this grown-up rom-com can be seen coming a mile off, Danish director Susanne Bier’s assured touch and warm regard for her characters make the film both pleasurable and satisfying.
- 60Village VoiceZachary WigonVillage VoiceZachary WigonFormulaic despite its trespasses, Love Is All You Need leaves the lingering sensation that more fun could have been had if the film cut loose and lived a little.
- 50VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinCorny as a vat of polenta, but still rib-sticking enough to satisfy those who like lightly seasoned, easily digestible cinematic starch, Italy-set Love Is All You Need offers a romantic comedy for middle-aged palettes.
- 50The A.V. ClubBen KenigsbergThe A.V. ClubBen KenigsbergCast with winning actors (particularly Molly Blixt Egelind as Dyrholm’s daughter) who seem determined not to distract viewers from the coastal backdrops, Love Is All You Need proceeds in all the expected directions short of actually including The Beatles.
- As every sub plot, reveal and character… err, caricature that is, gets stacked on top of each other, the more inevitable it is that the whole thing will come tumbling down. And while Love is All You Need is by no means a disaster, it simply can’t support all that weight.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt looks weirdly like a romcom pastiche, not cynical, but not properly inhabited; it doesn't taste of romance or comedy any more than Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup cans taste of soup.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThe sole saving grace of this treacly middlebrow dross is the naturally sweet chemistry between Brosnan and Dyrholm. In the few scenes in which they’re alone together, wistfully recalling the past and discussing various misfortunes, you glimpse a much deeper movie.