No love to be found in 'Love Hurts' - Eden Prairie Local News
- Ke Huy Quan stars as Marvin Gable, a former hitman turned Realtor, in the film 'Love Hurts' alongside Ariana DeBose as Rose, his love interest and fellow Oscar winner.
- The film features a convoluted plot with a loose connection to Valentine's Day, where Marvin's past catches up with him while he navigates his new life.
- Critics note that the film struggles with bad acting and implausibility, making it hard to accept Quan as a lethal killer despite his endearing performance.
- Overall, 'Love Hurts' is described as an action-romance that fails to deliver, with its best moments overshadowed by weak chemistry and a lack of depth.
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Sean Astin & Ke Huy Quan Reunite, But “Love Hurts” Doesn’t Deliver - Public Square Magazine
My son asked me what “Love Hurts” was about. I told him it was about how we can’t just move on from our past. “Oh,” he looked concerned, “That’s a bad movie.” Unlike my son concluded, “Love Hurts” isn’t a bad movie, but it’s not a Christian one. The theme repeated over and over is that we cannot move on from the past until we conquer it. Our main character desperately works for redemption, but the film keeps telling him he can’t have it. His aw-…
No love to be found in 'Love Hurts' - Eden Prairie Local News
Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose in “Love Hurts.” Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures Ostensibly, “Love Hurts” is an original movie. It’s neither a remake nor a reboot, nor is it based on existing source material. For that alone, it deserves some credit, as does Universal Pictures for backing and distributing a film that finally puts 53-year-old Ke Huy Quan at the top of the call sheet in his 40-year career. But that’s where the positive remarks e…
‘Love Hurts’ Review: Ke Huy Quan in a Valentine’s-Themed Action Thriller Not Worth Swooning Over
Ariana DeBose and Marshawn Lynch also star in the film about a seemingly ordinary real estate agent outrunning a violent past, produced by David Leitch ('John Wick').
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