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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 7, 2025

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

This is a modern romance film that asks sweet, non-judgemental questions about contemporary dating culture.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2024

A charming movie with amiable characters and cosmopolitan themes to boot.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2024

What’s Love Got to Do With It? fares best in its breezy, entertaining first half...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 30, 2023

What’s Love’s entire emphasis is on finding a happy medium between differing philosophies, and it does so with the quiet, assured conviction that so many similar rom-coms lack.

| Sep 26, 2023

Love, contractually...

| Sep 12, 2023

What’s Love Got To Do With It? is not a perfect romantic comedy. While there are funny moments, racism and colourism being used as the butt of the joke isn’t a tool for comedic purposes.

| Sep 8, 2023

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2023

The cast is also great with James having lovely chemistry with costar Shazad Latif and Emma Thompson grounding the entire production as James’ mother. If you like this genre I bet this one will be a winner!

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 22, 2023

What’s Love Got to Do With It provides fun sidestepping on the way to answering the question it poses.

| Jun 15, 2023

This romantic comedy/drama follows a very predictable formula, but the engaging lead performances by Lily James and Shazad Latif make the movie watchable. It's a rare Western-studio film that explores the South Asian culture of arranged marriages.

| Jun 12, 2023

Sweet but slight romantic comedy...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 2, 2023

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

A romcom with some great zingers and spot-on social and cultural commentary. Zoe investigates freezing her eggs stating“I don’t have to put all my eggs in one bastard”.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 20, 2023

James and Latif are likeable talents who have been confined to contrived characterizations unable to imbue their respective performances with genuine emotion, let alone definitive personality traits.

| Original Score: C | May 19, 2023

Slavishly devoted to the British Working Title rom-com factory formula that spawned it, What’s Love Got to Do With It? throws away the chance to deliver a good, meaningful film in favour of offering up something that’s barely adequate.

| Original Score: 4/10 | May 19, 2023

This formulaic (but enjoyable) rom com mines the vagaries of love in a culturally diverse London.

| Original Score: B | May 19, 2023

What’s Love Got to Do with It? is an elevated rom com that challenges the idea of love as a sweet old-fashioned notion.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 18, 2023

Too often the obvious takes precedence over the understated, to the detriment of the overall story. Still, it’s a fast-paced rom-com with a preordained ending that I enjoyed and think you will too.

| May 17, 2023