Romance Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Romance

Two men in ornate, brocade-patterned clothing sitting on a lavish, decadent set with plush fabrics and ornate furnishings.
Review

Red, White & Royal Blue review – Uma Thurman steals the show

by Patrick Sproull

A best­selling queer romance nov­el about a clan­des­tine rela­tion­ship between a British prince and the US pres­i­den­t’s son gets a big screen makeover care of Matthew López, with twee but charm­ing results.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Vibrant fantasy creatures in colourful city scene, with bright pink, blue, and orange shapes.
Review

Elemental

by Hannah Strong

Oppo­sites attract in Pixar’s take on the rom-com, but a ten­den­cy to play it safe means that Peter Sohn’s sparky sopho­more fea­ture nev­er quite ignites.
Arid desert landscape with red rock formations, wooden signage, and a person standing near a telephone booth.
Review

Asteroid City

by David Jenkins

The mae­stro returns, the patent­ed for­mu­la tweaked to bliss­ful per­fec­tion in this wit­ty and deeply mov­ing explo­ration of the tools that we pro­duce to help us see beyond our every­day vision.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, embrace intimately in front of a bookshelf.
Review

One Fine Morning

by Savina Petkova

Léa Sey­doux stars as a sin­gle moth­er entan­gled in an affair with a mar­ried man in Mia Hansen-Løve’s pow­er­ful eighth feature.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Blonde woman with curly hair embracing a dark-haired person, their faces close together, eyes closed.
Review

Other People’s Children

by David Jenkins

Vir­ginie Efi­ra deliv­ers a sub­lime per­for­mance as a jour­nal­ist who devel­ops a strong bond with her boyfriend’s daugh­ter in Rebec­ca Zlo­towski’s roman­tic dramedy.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people sitting on a garden bench, conversing in an outdoor setting with trees and plants in the background.
Review

Rye Lane

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

Raine Allen-Miller’s love let­ter to Peck­ham is a wel­come addi­tion to the British rom-com canon, with stand­out per­for­mances from Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people smiling, wearing traditional Indian clothing, with an ornate red and gold backdrop.
Review

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

by Fatima Sheriff

A film­mak­er sets out to doc­u­ment her best friend’s arranged mar­riage in Shekhar Kapur’s cul­ture clash roman­tic comedy.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, embrace by a lake with mountains in the background.
Review

More Than Ever

by Laura Venning

Vicky Krieps and Gas­pard Ulliel play a cou­ple grap­pling with a life-alter­ing ill­ness in Emi­ly Ate­f’s sen­si­tive but slight drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Couple embracing in a wooded area, the woman wearing a cream lace dress and the man wearing a blue jumper.
Review

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by Patrick Sproull

A lone­ly new­ly­wed embarks on a clan­des­tine affair with her game­keep­er in Lau­re de Clermont-Tonnerre’s adap­ta­tion of the clas­sic DH Lawrence novel.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people walking across a grassy field with a cloudy sky in the background.
Review

Bones and All

by Hannah Strong

Tay­lor Rus­sell and Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met play a pair of young can­ni­bals on a trans-Amer­i­ca road trip in Luca Guadagni­no’s sweet, squelchy hor­ror romance.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect