Romance Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Romance

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
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
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
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
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
Review

Bros

by Hannah Strong

Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller’s gay rom-com isn’t as groundbreaking or as romantic as it likes to think it is.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
Review

Ticket to Paradise

by Charles Bramesco

George Clooney and Julia Roberts take to Bali in a hollow-hearted reminder of why the modern romcom is in decline.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Review

My Policeman

by David Jenkins

Emma Corrin and Harry Styles star in this period romance about a love triangle, set against the backdrop of 1950s Britain.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Decision to Leave

by Hannah Strong

The South Korean auteur known for squid-chomping, luxe erotica and graphic torture is back with a seductive mystery thriller.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

Girls Girls Girls

by Marina Ashioti

Alli Haapasalo’s vibrant, sex-positive depiction of the highs and lows of modern girlhood is as charming as it is unapologetic.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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