PREVIEW: Love Hard (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Nina Dobrev (Flatliners), Jimmy O. Yang (Fantasy Island), Darren Barnet (Instakiller), Harry Shum Jr. (Crazy Rich Asians), James Saito (Always Be My Maybe), Mikaela Hoover (The Belko Experiment), Heather McMahan (The Trap), Lochlyn Munro (White Chicks), Rebecca Staab (Quiet Days in Hollywood), Takayo Fischer (The Pursuit of Happyness)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Hernan Jimenez (Elsewhere), director; Rebecca Ewing (film debut) and Daniel Mackey (film debut), writers; McG (The Babysitter) and Mary Viola (Playing It Cool), producers; Mark Orton (Nebraska), composer; Shane Hurlbut (Drumline), cinematographer; Priscilla Nedd-Friendly (The Guilt Trip), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Natalie (Dobrev) is a woman who is struggling to find romance. She thinks there is a chance when she meets a guy named Josh on a dating app, but when she flies to the East Coast to surprise him for the holidays, she discovers that Josh (Yang) is actually someone completely different than his profile. Upset about being catfished, Natalie discovers that the actual guy, Tag (Barnet), lives locally and is single, but if she is to have a chance of meeting him for real, she must agree to pretend to be Josh’s girlfriend for a wild and crazy Christmas…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Festive romantic-comedies are on the move with the arrival of this funny and charming outing that features The Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev in the lead role.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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