Diversity doesn't instantly transform a movie into a "good film", especially when the narrative is packed with the genre's repetitive plot points, cliches, and silly character decisions.

| Original Score: C | Jul 24, 2023

At the end of the day what makes [Lovebirds] so enjoyable for me is Rae and Nanjiani. They give a stellar performance and make one heck of a comedy duo, and their chemistry together is great.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Jan 17, 2023

Director Michael Showalter continues his hot streak with The Lovebirds, a very funny comedy with solid chemistry between the film’s charismatic leads.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2022

The movie finds its dual saviors in Nanjiani and Rae. It’s at its strongest when the two charismatic leads are bouncing barbs back-and-forth or bickering over frivolous nonsense in the face of various dangers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2022

In the hands of less talented, less charismatic performers, The Lovebirds may well have been unwatchable. But thanks to Rae and Nanjiani, it becomes an enjoyable, if not attention-grabbing, watch.

| Original Score: 6/10 | May 13, 2022

"If you're looking for a comedy to make you laugh out loud, this isn't it."

| Feb 11, 2022

Although there are a couple of saggy jokes, this buddy cop-type comedy will bring some much-needed laughter - and reminds that a good path to love is paved with listening, having each other's back, and lots of fun.

| Aug 31, 2021

Plot weakens rather than thickens in The Lovebirds, but the bickering banter provides reasonable laughs.

| Jul 19, 2021

The two leads keep this pleasant and painless.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 13, 2021

Nanjiani doesn't stray from what he does best, but his comic sensibilities work so well here. He is, as usual, hilarious.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 28, 2021

The filmmakers either needed to lean more into the insanity or more into Jibran and Leilani's relationship, but both are given relatively short shrift.

| Feb 8, 2021

It isn't so much what [the film] does wrong as what it doesn't do right. The film is undermined by perhaps its two greatest strengths, its leads, who are given the heavy task of carrying the weight of the film without a sturdy script to stand on.

| Jan 27, 2021

The plot is scattered and unfortunately predictable, whilst the jokes often strain to hold the whole enterprise together.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 15, 2021

The chemistry between Nanjiani and Rae is dynamite, their back-and-forth electric with witty insults and quips, making for a far better time than you might expect. These two deserve a better movie.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Nov 27, 2020

A huge opportunity was missed discussing the couples interracial relationship and different cultural backgrounds, but it's still a cute little movie.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 11, 2020

It may have originally had a cinema release, and it may be a little better than some Netflix original comedies, but The Lovebirds unfortunately doesn't make good enough on its potential to truly stand apart from the pack.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 28, 2020

It has got about as much ingenuity that can be coded into its algorithm. Of course, the intention is to entertain, not to reinvent the rom-com, but it does run through some familiar junctures with a pep in its step.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 26, 2020

A witty send-up of the buddy comedy genre that benefits greatly from its two leads' electric chemistry

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 23, 2020

The Lovebirds fulfills its duty to the audience to be just sweet enough while providing an outlet for Rae and Nanjiani to play off of each other's comedic timing.

| Jul 21, 2020

The appealing personalities of [Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani] just can't quite turn this stinking mess of a movie into the comedy feast that it should have been.

| Jul 19, 2020