Love Hard [Movie Review]

Love Hard [Movie Review] | When there too many Christmas movies on Netflix, you can't help to at least watch one or two. 

And when you saw familiar faces with talent that you love starring in the movie, that movie is a natural choice. So, I chose Love Hard. 

SYNOPSIS

Love Hard (2021) Trivia

• Starring: Ninan Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet
• Directed by: Hernan Jimenez
• Produced by: McG, Mary Viola
• Distributed by: Netflix
• Release date: November 5, 2021
• Running time: 105 minutes
• Rating: TV14 
• Country: United States
• Language: English
• Tomatometer: 50%
• Metascore: 42%
• IMDb: 6.4/ 10
• Darren replaces Charles Melton (Riverdale) who dropped out due to scheduling conflict.

Natalie is a hardcore romantic at heart, who never seems to be able to land a guy or love for that matter. And just like some singer, she share all her heartbreaks into an article and her stories sell. 

So she keeps on meeting new person and get heartbroken - not because she loves to be hurt or because her story sells, she is actually really looking for love. She doesn't believe in love at first sight as she keen to know a person better before falling in love, but nowadays, people fell in love with what they see on screen. 

Seemingly, she befriend a guy on a dating app. The fact that he is super cute does not carry a huge weightage to Natalie but she loves that he listens to her, seems truly care for her and just want to spend time to actually know her.

The only thing is that the dream guy is 3,000 miles away. 

With her editor chasing her for her next 'big breakup' article, Natalie flies to meet her dream guy, without telling him first.

And then there, she learns the hard truth. She has been cat-fished this whole time by Josh Lin, a nerd guy who lives at his parents' basement and uses his friend, Tag, pictures to get to know girls on the dating app.

As she really in need for a good story to write and not to get fired, she stays with Josh Lin and agrees to pretend to be his girlfriend for the holiday so that his family thinks that he is a cool kid and in return, Josh will introduce and help her to win Tag over. 

Will she land a great catch or will she learn a life lesson?

MY REVIEW

Plot: 3.9/ 5.0 Yes, the plot is predictable. But what are expecting from a feel-good-christmas-movie, right? 

I love the lesson about love and life that the movie teaches. Nothing is as it seems at face value. Dig deeper and you'll find the truth, no matter how hard or ugly it is. 

Cast: 4.2/ 5.0 Well, everyone delivers. A few familiar faces here but the main actors were kinda a bit not hitting the mark. Still an enjoyable movie.

Will I Watch It Again: Perhaps not. There are other great Christmas movies that I would go too, if need be. 

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