I was amused watching the writers try to twist this strange premise into a happy ending.

| Dec 10, 2021

American rom-coms have become a zombie genre, and brainless streaming content like Love Hard -- from its tech-driven narrative, nostalgic plotting, and tossed-off production -- epitomizes why they refuse to die or be reborn.

| Original Score: D+ | Nov 5, 2021

Opposites attract, always and forever... and yet the screenwriters never bother to develop a plausible path for the destined couple to find its way to each other.

| Nov 5, 2021

The ensuing shenanigans not only do our heroine a massive disservice by letting men manipulate her agency - they also cause us to question what exactly we're rooting for.

| Nov 5, 2021

This cookie cutter rom-com has nothing more or less than what its subgenre demands.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 5, 2021

As micro-budgeted Canadian-shot yet American-set Christmas romantic comedies go, Love Hard is more tolerable than most and, in Netflix's dank grotto of subterranean expectations, that will do for now.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 5, 2021

In presenting a female character who is attractive, but bereft of substance, the movie subverts its own premise.

| Nov 5, 2021