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What's Love Got to Do with It?

Play trailer 2:33 Poster for What's Love Got to Do with It? PG-13 Released May 5, 2023 1h 30m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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How do you find lasting love in today's world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe (Lily James), swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr. Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath's (Emma Thompson) dismay. For Zoe's childhood friend and neighbor Kaz (Shazad Latif), the answer is to follow his parents' example and opt for an arranged (or "assisted") marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe films his hopeful journey from London to Lahore to marry a stranger, chosen by his parents, she begins to wonder if she might have something to learn from a profoundly different approach to finding love.
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What's Love Got to Do with It? is a standard issue romantic comedy in many respects, but a pair of appealing leads help make this love story more crowd-pleasing than not.

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Christina Newland iNews.co.uk This is a modern romance film that asks sweet, non-judgemental questions about contemporary dating culture. Rated: 3/5 Sep 18, 2024 Full Review Whelan Barzey Time Out The non-judgmental message – that there are endless routes to finding love and that no one owns the map – may not be revolutionary, but Jemima Khan’s modern, personal spin on the concept gives it a likeable new freshness. Rated: 3/5 Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint Written by Jemima Khan and directed by Shekhar Kapur, ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?’ is an easy-breezy romantic comedy infused with warmth and lightness. Jun 1, 2023 Full Review Tom Spoors Loud and Clear Reviews As a whole, What’s Love Got to Do with It? isn’t terrible, but it might be the most frustrating type of film to watch. It completely sabotages itself from start to finish, tripping over every time it starts to get going. Rated: 3/5 Jan 7, 2025 Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension Western values prevail in a way that feels like nothing whatsoever was accomplished in the course of the film’s 108 minutes. Sep 23, 2024 Full Review Calum Cooper Cinerama Film A charming movie with amiable characters and cosmopolitan themes to boot. Rated: 3/5 Jul 17, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sahar Such wrong representation of a culture. Also yet again, a white savior saving a family from a ‘supposedly’ repressed culture!! This cliche has been used so many times that it has lost its uniqueness! Very predictable ending! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/09/23 Full Review Stephen C LOL, 1.5 hours of comedy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Julian P Predictable in its ending which was obvious 5 mins in but this is another Brit-asian rom com delight with important messages as well as being a joy to watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/27/25 Full Review Les N Predictable...but pleasant. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/09/24 Full Review Audience Member Simple yet complicated. Enjoyable, romantic and authentic movie. Very well directed and written. Could easily be a comfortable family movie to watch together. Welldone Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/26/24 Full Review Nad A A terrible clichè - the lack of empathy and willingness to understand the cultural differences. The cowardly nature of the main male lead verses the bullish poor attempts of a protagonist female lead makes for an awful take on "assisted" marriages. Not to mention the awful script coupled with stereotypes. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/03/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis How do you find lasting love in today's world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe (Lily James), swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr. Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath's (Emma Thompson) dismay. For Zoe's childhood friend and neighbor Kaz (Shazad Latif), the answer is to follow his parents' example and opt for an arranged (or "assisted") marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe films his hopeful journey from London to Lahore to marry a stranger, chosen by his parents, she begins to wonder if she might have something to learn from a profoundly different approach to finding love.
Director
Shekhar Kapur
Producer
Nicky Kentish Barnes, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Screenwriter
Jemima Khan, Jemima Khan
Distributor
SHOUT! STUDIOS
Production Co
The Searchers NV, StudioCanal, Instinct Productions, Working Title Films
Rating
PG-13 (Brief Drug Material|A Sexual Reference|Some Suggestive Material|Strong Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 5, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$75.0K
Runtime
1h 30m
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