Love Film

Original title: Liebesfilm

2018
1h 22m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

154

YOUR RATING

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Comedy Drama Romance

Lenz is a Kreuzberg layabout: funny, charming, imaginative, and incapable of making decisions. When he and Ira become a couple, the two spend a carefree summer together - until Ira makes it ... Read allLenz is a Kreuzberg layabout: funny, charming, imaginative, and incapable of making decisions. When he and Ira become a couple, the two spend a carefree summer together - until Ira makes it clear to Lenz that she wants a baby. She is approaching 40, after all. The thought of havi... Read allLenz is a Kreuzberg layabout: funny, charming, imaginative, and incapable of making decisions. When he and Ira become a couple, the two spend a carefree summer together - until Ira makes it clear to Lenz that she wants a baby. She is approaching 40, after all. The thought of having a child frightens Lenz. He runs away and goes back to his old life: sleeping in, partyi... Read all

Director
- Robert Bohrer
Writers
- Robert Bohrer
- Emma Rosa Simon
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

154

YOUR RATING

Director
- Robert Bohrer
Writers
- Robert Bohrer
- Emma Rosa Simon
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
Director cameo: At 01:13:50, the funeral guest hugging Lenz.

User reviews1

Review

Featured review

4/10

Unmined potential

Love Film depicts a typical love story with all of it's expected trials and tribulations in the modern age. The film is far from perfect, and the main issue with it is the shallow approach it takes to it's characters: The story starts in a very sudden way without giving us a proper introduction to the characters. This creates a distance that lingers through much of the movie, making it hard to care about what is going on with our lead (Lenzi), or even sympathizing much with his troubles.

Lenzi's other relationships and hallucinations were never properly explored or explained, even though there was potential there.

I feel like this movie could have been a lot better if the writer sat with it more, added another 10-15 minutes to the runtime and gave more depth to the interactions and the characters and let us get to know them better. The actors - particularly the one playing Ira - did the best with what they were given, and I thought they did a good job.

But the story was so surface level, ultimately it felt like a waste to watch.