Monday Movie Mania - Love Hurts

Both DH and I were super busy with work, so we took the weekend to relax. Which, of course, meant going to the local theater and catching a couple of movies. That includes Love Hurts before it leaves general release.

The reviews may not be great, but as I told a friend, the movies the critics hate are usually the ones I love. And this one is no exception.


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PROS
1) It's nice to see Ke Huy Quan get a leading man role as Marv Gable, a top realator who's a former mob enforcer for his broth. It feels like his image is being crafted for him to be the next Jackie Chan. But Ke showed awesome comedic talent as a child, and he still does as an adult.

2) Marshawn Lynch displayed a nice twist on the Magic Negro trope by helping his fellow mob enforcer rekindle his marriage on Valentine's Day.

3) Ke's fellow child actor Sean Astin did an incredible job with his few on-screen minutes as Cliff, Marv's boss and mentor. Cliff's not stupid. He knows he's about to die for not giving up Marv. He accepts his fate calmly, defending a man he calls his brother, instead of crying and begging for his life.

4) Lio Tipton was freaking awesome as Marv's clinically depressed assistant Ashley who falls for the poetry-spouting Raven (Mustafa Shakir), another hitman after Marv.

5) And the reason everyone is after Marv? The marvelous Ariana DeBose is Rose, a mob lawyer framed for stealing from Marv's brother. Marv was ordered to kill her. Instead, he let her go because he secretly is in love with her. However, she returns to exact revenge on the men who framed her, which triggers Marv's brother to believe Marv was in on the original theft.

CONS
1) Please, Ke, PLEASE! No moustaches! You have a handsome face. Don't hide it!


Overall, I loved this movie! I love how it twists so many movie tropes into something warm and hilarious. I give Love Hurts 10 out of 10 stars!