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Imaginative, witty, quirky, full of humor, with quiet moments of touching power and truth. It's about loneliness, love, sex, the meaning of life and "likes". Highly topical and yet full of deep truth. A lovingly and lightly told story, full of whimsical ideas, with excellent actors and images that you will not soon forget.

This film is a stunner. Absolutely worth seeing!!

This film is one hundred minutes of entertainment: funny, touching, surprising, profound, and beautiful. The scenes and characters initially live in their own highly contrasting realms of social media, intelligent sex robots, love, and the search for meaning and belonging in urban life.

It is exciting to see it gradually come to fruition through honest conversations and characters jumping over their shadows to find each other and themselves. I will see this film a second time.

What a highlight of the Zurich Film Festival! Alexandra Gilbreath as Eva simply kills it with her eyes, her expression is breathtaking. Oliver Walker as Adam shows depth of character and, for the ladies, also some good abs ;) The relationship that evolves between the two is unexpected, deep and authentic, and the story continues to resonate for many days after watching.

Complete with the characters of Hector and Jeremy Swift as Eva's husband, the cast is a perfect pick, and one does feel the great atmosphere in the team.

For London and camera lovers, the visuals are wonderful, amazingly done and you can also discover some very funny props!

It is very rare to see a movie that can charm an audience without the extensive use of special effects, worn-out clichés and action set pieces these days.

I "discovered" this movie at the Zuerich Film festival ZFF. I got to see the movie on it's last showing, and all I can say is that it will not pain me one bit to pay to see this gem a second time.

Assembling the best and most unlikeliest of ensemble casts you may probably see for a long time, Great directing, beautiful camera work and when the more touching moments arrive, they don't seem forced but natural and honist, because these moments are truly earned. But WHAT a collection of characters this is. Alexandra Gilbreath absolutly stunning as Eva Parker I can't describe in words - you must see! Oliver Walker is perfect as tired influencer Adam Kowinski, searching for a real meaning in life. The crazy "Boss"; Kenneth Collard finds new shades of darkest despair and comedy as the man with the master plan; "Ted Lasso's" Jeremy Swift does amazing things with little more than facial expressions as Eva's Husband who's deep into potatoness, and many more perfictly casted supporting actors. A MUST see!

Beautiful story about loneliness in a business that usually has people come together. Excellent acting, stunning camera, exquisite shirt-patterns and funny props.

Heartwarming, sad and beautiful story. And then it's funny too. The two protagonists are ideally cast. The set, designed with great attention to funny detail, deserves extra praise. Definitely watch it.

The film begins somewhat superficially and lovelessly. But the development that the protagonists then go through and the unexpected twists that the film makes, have touched me, made me laugh and fascinated me. The film is about loneliness, about the difficulty to show feelings and the courage to be oneself and to stand by oneself. All this is packed in a very funny story that tells about the development and testing of sex toys. The approach of the two main characters is enormously touching, the dialogues funny and yet very close to reality. It is a great pleasure to watch these two and what a transformation they go through. The film is absolutely great and the actors brilliant!

A wonderful imaginative quirky film. This film has everything poignantly about loneliness in today's society, but also has romance and humour in abundance. An unusual friendship develops between two sex toy workers Eva (Alexandra Gilbreath) and Adam (Oliver Walker) who were both absolutely superb. The film cleverly takes you on a journey through several emotions, romance, sadness, humour and loneliness. I laughed out loud on several occasions and also shed a tear. It was also shot beautifully, and truly showed off Great Britain in all its glory! A wonderful watch I would wholeheartedly recommend to all, you will not be disappointed.

The Art of Love is the kind of film gives you all the classic romantic comedy feels with a modern take on the story. There are lots of laugh out loud moments with several twists and turns in the story that keep you at the edge of your seat until the end. Yet, it was an easy watch. The kind of movie you can put on with friends to please a crowd or for a date night.

Alexandra Gilbreath and Oliver Walker are incredibly charming and have great chemistry together. Jeremy Swift and Kenneth Collard both play hilarious supporting while Jasmine Blackborow needs only about five seconds of screen time for you to fall in love with her. It's light hearted, fun, funny, and entertaining from start to finish.

Highly recommend!!!

This wonderful, lovingly told story between oversexed influencer and tester of sex toys for the Art of Love company, Adam (Oliver Walker), and neglected and unassuming Eve (Alexandra Gilbreath), who writes successful test reports for the same company, is an ironic masterpiece in pink. Director (Pilippe Weibel) and cinematographer (Brian Dean Goff) set the contrast between fake lightness and ugly reality of social isolation the protagonists have to struggle with, splendidly parodied and pointed. Everything is fake, from the sex toys to the friendship between Adam and his boss, Hector (Kenneth Collard), as well as Eva's fuddy-duddy relationship with her dull husband (Jeremy Swift). As the film progresses, the sex toys move further into the background, and more and more it becomes about friendship, loyalty and love.

I like how subtly the script (Philippe Weibel and Brian Dean Goff) takes Eve out of her stuffy, disillusioned everyday life and lets her grow into a self-determined woman. Or nudges Adam out of the emphatic, out-of-touch digital world and into "real" life. Brilliantly portrayed by the two actors. Even in extremely bizarre scenes, we buy their actions. Like everything in the film, each character is a bit off-kilter in their ways. That's what makes them so adorable. Delightfully, Hector the corny boss-ass-boyfriend, or Adam's charming neighbor Claire (Jasmine Blackborrow), who takes the audience's hearts by storm with her absentmindedness and pronounced love of cacti.

The film is full of humor, little side jokes, witty dialogues, sweet punchlines. A touching, lovingly drawn social study, refreshingly blunt and quirky. Just as you would expect from British film.

The movie has it all - an important story - funny scenes - great pictures, mind blowing sceneries and stunning actors. The movie made me laugh out loud more than once but also inspired deeper thinking about relationships and the courage to allow change.

I absolutely loved this film, and recommend it to everyone - just be prepared to shed some tears in the end.

There's such a nice balance between the comedy and deeper character moments, and Alexandra Gilbreth's portrayal of Eva has quickly made her one of my favorite female films characters.

I felt warm through all the scenes, and can't wait to watch it again! In a world that has stopped making a lot of original romantic comedies, I hope this helps pave the way for some modern, heartwarming, and dare I say sexy stories on the big screen that tackle some of societies biggest issues - including loneliness.

Watch this film!

Had the chance to see the movie at the last Zürich Film Festival. I loved every minute - well, what do I say; every second - of that movie. Not the usual boy meets girl movie, but a much richer and deeper story. I like the unsuspected twists and turns along the way! Very good acting - from leading actor to the extras. Can't wait to see it in the movie theater. Impressive camera work!

What really inspires me is the total opposite of the leading characters and how they get to know each other better and the shift from mutual rejection to friendship is touching and superbly played! And of course the underlying message about loneliness, trust, courage and friendship give it a much deeper meaning than only scratching on the surface. Hope to see more of it!

This is a wonderfully made film, with a great story, and a huge, beating heart at the center of it... There are people in it you don't want to care about, and shouldn't care about, but end up loving. The performances are uniformly fabulous; I can't imagine anyone doing a better job in these roles. Oliver Walker should be written off as just another slab of beefcake, but his performance is so open, and nuanced, and vulnerable; it's a wonderful, wonderful creation. And Alexandra Gilbreath... She's rapidly becoming my unsung hero of the cinema and small screen ("Becoming Elizabeth"). There are two moments in the film that brought me to my knees with laughter... I won't tell you where they are; I'll leave it to you to find them yourself. But believe me, you won't watch a funnier, more touching film than this one. See it now!