Love Story

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Love Story

2011

1h 32m

Romance

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A beautiful woman on the Coney Island train becomes a lead actress and object of desire.

Richard Kuipers

Variety

Although the pace tails off just slightly toward the end, the pic never loses its charm, and Habicht emerges as the funniest and most lovable Kiwi to hit New York since Flight of the Conchords.

Mar 25, 2013

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

Sheltering behind his harmlessly dorky persona, Habicht never shows us anything painful enough to seem real; the film is far more an exercise in self-promotion than a study of the ups and downs of love.

Rated: 1.5/5

Dec 7, 2012

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Kate Rodger

Newshub (NZ)

Typically blurring the lines between reality and fiction, this film is surprising, brave, refreshing, infuriating and inspiring.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 26, 2019

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Lauren Carroll Harris

Concrete Playground

The directive isn't realism or even true love. It's cleverness & kitsch of the stripey socks & frosted cupcake variety. It's all pretty meta: in these post-everything times, Love Story takes the idea of a film within a film & rewrites it on the fly.

Rated: 2

May 4, 2015

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Danny Murphy

Empire Magazine Australasia

Smartypantsy, fresh, brave: a rom-com experiment that will have you smiling on hitherto unknown levels.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 7, 2012

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Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

Minor shortcomings aside, Love Story is a winning blend of soft-hearted cinematic romance and doco-style human insight.

Nov 26, 2012

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This film is charming and whimsical, and there's an atmosphere of innocence that pervades the film even when they're being unrefined. I've heard it compared to a Woody Allen film (both directors are slightly goofy characters enchanted by New York). However, Allen tends to give a sanitised view of the city, while Habicht interviews all types, even the homeless, resulting in a much more realistic picture of New York. This is probably due to his low budget and his reliance on the kindness of strangers. Continue reading this review here: http://www.stickytrigger.com/products/love-story-review/

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Florian Habicht

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Shauna Goodgold

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Florian Habicht

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Frank Habicht

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Masha Yakovenko

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Georges Delerue

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Synopsis

A beautiful woman on the Coney Island train becomes a lead actress and object of desire.

Director: Florian Habicht
Genre: Romance
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 32m