Miller’s unique directorial style captures the character of South London in a refreshingly funny manner, with ever a mind to the authenticity of people and place.

| Jul 31, 2024

Rye Lane is a film you will fall in love with immediately. A fun, hilarious and charming British movie all about resolving the past and finding the best person at the worst time.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 25, 2024

Rather it plays along with its premise, pointing out the contradictions and hardships that come with romance, while simultaneously building towards a potentially romantic outcome.

| Jul 17, 2024

From the get-go, the pacing of Raine Allen Miller's film is its biggest advantage, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats even though the story is formulaic.

| Jun 10, 2024

Of course, with such a short runtime, one expects Rye Lane to move forward swiftly, which it does. Its editing is fast-paced, and the movie’s cinematography is incredibly lively.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 6, 2024

It’s absolutely bursting with personality and life and — most importantly — chemistry between its leads!

| Feb 13, 2024

The best romance of the year, it was marketed as a preachy kid romp about being yourself. It's also one of 2023's keenest immigrant melodramas.

| Jan 4, 2024

Sweet and scrappy...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 30, 2023

It’s an intimate, warm, and comforting film bound to make viewers slightly happier than where they were before they pressed play.

| Original Score: A+ | Dec 26, 2023

This is not love at first sight, throwing all caution to the wind. This is love, tempered by experience, with due consideration of consequences. David Jonsson) and Vivian Oparah give very strong, believable performances, anchoring this movie.

| Original Score: A | Dec 10, 2023

The most inspiring love story here is the one between director Raine Allen-Miller and South London, which is so alive with bold colors, lived-in textures, international flavors, and spicy aromas.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 7, 2023

OH MY GOD RYE LANE is beaming with romance, love, laughs, charm, & emotion. A stunning debut that’s completely energetic & will make you believe in love… as it teaches you that love may come into your life at the most unexpected times in your life.

| Jul 25, 2023

Raine Allen-Miller reinvents the romantic-comedy genre utilizing vibrant colors, a fisheye lens, and British rap to present a truthful depiction of London that celebrates Black joy in Rye Lane.

| Jul 25, 2023

Rye Lane is a shock to the system and the current landscape of romantic comedies. It’s loving, genuinely humorous, and an effortless crowd pleaser. A beautiful, energetic reminder that love is worth going after time and again.

| Jul 24, 2023

Rye Lane is a perfect South London love story that is a delight to experience.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 22, 2023

Rye Lane is the perfect junction where comedy, heartbreak, and romance intersect beautifully that you just want to pause and bask in the vibrancy of this modern-day love story.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 20, 2023

Thanks to Rye Lane’s specificity and care for its central relationship, Allen-Miller has made one of the best British comedies–certainly one of the best London-based films—of the last decade.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Jun 2, 2023

Charming and relentlessly vibrant, the film is both an ode to the rom-com genre while offering a revitalized take that looks to modernize while also honoring the iconic films that have come before it.

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 31, 2023

Romantic comedies can rarely be called fresh anymore but Raine Allen-Miller's film with a star-making performance from Vivian Oparah just oozes with charm and reinvigorated variations on familiar situations. Wonderful all-around.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 17, 2023

Sometimes Rye Lane wanders, almost with a carefree zeal, following a plot that, even sagging, has no decline in amusement.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 22, 2023