IMDb plot summary: An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for the holidays, only to discover that she's been catfished. This lighthearted romantic comedy chronicles her attempt to reel in love.
Directed by Hernán Jiménez. Starring Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, and Darren Barnet.'
Love Hard is a Christmas rom com about a woman who starts an online relationship with someone across the country, but when she flies to surprise him for Christmas, it turns out that man has lied to her and used someone else's photo for his profile pic. He agrees to help her win over the man whose photo she fell in love with if she promises to spend Christmas with him and his family. Jimmy O. Yang is the male lead in this story, and he is absolutely the highlight. I wouldn't have guessed it from other things I've seen him in, but he carries an earnest melancholy here that totally works to sell the character. Our female lead, on the other hand, is hammy and unbelievable and unlikable, and the only reason I want to see them get together at all is because I'm rooting for Yang's character. Like many rom coms, you can see the beats coming a mile away and really need chemistry from the leads for that to work well, and that's not fully here in this case. I would totally watch Yang in another one though.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Love Hard < Cambio de ruta
Love Hard > The Black Stallion
Love Hard < Liz & Dick
Love Hard > Milk
Love Hard < Anchors Aweigh
Love Hard < Rebecca
Love Hard > Cellular
Love Hard > Braveheart
Love Hard < The Trouble With Angels
Love Hard > Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Love Hard < A Week Away
Final spot: #2547 out of 3775, or 33%.
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