Love Again

"Destiny has a plan."

2023 1h 44m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 499

RomanceDramaComedy

Synopsis

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Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, John, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number… not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns' new work phone. Rob, a journalist, is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Céline Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person and win her heart.

“Destiny has a plan.”

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Cast

Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Mira Ray
Sam Heughan
Rob Burns
Céline Dion
Céline Dion
Sofia Barclay
Suzy Ray
Russell Tovey
Billy Brooks
Lydia West
Lisa Scott
Steve Oram
Richard Hughes
Omid Djalili
Mohsen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jim Strouse
Writers: Jim Strouse, Stephen Forrest-Smith, Karoline Herfurth
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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CAST

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299+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jim Strouse, shot by Andrew Dunn. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Keegan DeWitt. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jesse Gordon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan and Céline Dion carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Destiny has a plan.".

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IMDB entry: tt10276482 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jim Strouse directs. Andrew Dunn behind the camera. Keegan DeWitt scores. Jesse Gordon cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 3 years ago.
2299+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Jim Strouse, shot by Andrew Dunn. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Keegan DeWitt. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Jesse Gordon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan and Céline Dion carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Destiny has a plan.".
8IMDB entry: tt10276482 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 14 themes, including "new york city", "journalist", "based on novel or book", "illustrator".
10Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
Original score: Keegan DeWitt
Editing: Jesse Gordon
Production design: Rebecca Milton
Costume design: Annie Symons
Makeup / hair: Chloe Meddings
VFX supervisor: Luca Saviotti
Sound: Kyle O'Neal
Stunt coordinator: Franklin Mark Henson
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $9,000,000
Box office: $10,000,000
Return: 111% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Love Again (2023)

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CinemaSerf2023-05-15
★ 5/10
Now I don't know about you, but if I started to get text messages from an unknown number that were emotionally revealing in nature, I think that I would politely inform the sender that they'd got a wrong number! Not so here, when the rather hapless "Rob" (Sam Heughan) starts to get messages that certainly tweak his interest, and that of his colleagues "Lisa" (Lydia West) and "Billy" (Russell Tovey). He is able to glean enough from her texts to eventually engineer a meeting (at the opera) and is soon introduced to "Mira" (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) who is still reeling from the death of her previous boyfriend in an auto accident - hence why she still thinks she is talking to him when sending messages to his old, now reallocated, phone number! Meantime, "Rob" has been tasked with getting an in-depth interview with the soon-to-tour Celine Dion and after a rather shaky start at a press conference, she decides to help our dippy hero to sort out his rather curiously developing relationship. To be fair to Heughan, he's not your archetypal pretty boy in this film, but that's only of slight benefit as the plot lurches from ridiculous to absurd before concluding in the only way it could (just ninety minutes later than it needed to be). The soundtrack does offer us a chance to recall just how powerful Miss Dion's voice is, but her acting ought to be something she consigns to the back of her sock drawer pretty sharpish - a recommendation that could be made for pretty much the entire cast (and the pretty lame writing, too). The only redeeming scene, I felt anyway, featured an health-obsessed Nick Jonas as her date who, upon realising that he wasn't going to get laid, starts to look for an alternative partner with whom to burn off the carbs from the drinks - while they are still in the cab! Nothing at all to write home about here, it passes the time amiably and forgettably enough but definitely does not need the cinema experience.
Clarst112023-05-24
★ 1/10
Worst romantique male lead acting. Non sensical climax fight. No fluidity in the scenes. I feel bad for Celine. If you decide to watch it just skip throught it. One or two scenes might be worth watching not more.