Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- erotic
- provocative
- arthouse movie night
- french cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film a provocative but uneven French romantic comedy, with its sensual performances and eccentric premise offset by tonal excess.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
François offers Daniela a monthly payment to live with him, making money the explicit framework for their emotional relationship.
The prostitution premise, Pigalle setting, sadomasochistic associations, and heightened romantic behavior combine sensuality with dark comic excess.
François's lottery win and heart problems lead him to purchase companionship from Daniela rather than approach intimacy conventionally.
The story begins in a Pigalle bar and repeatedly connects its characters to prostitution, nightlife, and criminal intimacy.
Films like How Much Do You Love Me?, and why
The Last Mistress
shares french romantic comedy, erotic tension, and an emotionally unstable relationship shaped by transactional desire
Too Beautiful for You
shares bertrand blier's provocative blend of romance, sexual frankness, dark humor, and theatrical melodrama
Betty Blue
shares an unconventional romance between lonely outsiders, sensual comedy, and bittersweet emotional ambiguity
Movie Details
- Director
- Bertrand Blier
- Release Date
- 2005-10-26
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (228)
Cast
- Monica Bellucci
- Bernard Campan
- Gérard Depardieu
- Jean-Pierre Darroussin
- François Rollin
- Jean Barney
- Baptiste Roussillon
- Valérie Karsenti
- Jean Dell
- Sara Forestier
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is How Much Do You Love Me? about?
- A lonely Parisian lottery winner tries to turn purchased companionship into genuine love, only to find desire resistant to contracts.
- What is How Much Do You Love Me? like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of How Much Do You Love Me? as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is How Much Do You Love Me? violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in How Much Do You Love Me? as mild.
- What did critics think of How Much Do You Love Me??
- Critics broadly found the film a provocative but uneven French romantic comedy, with its sensual performances and eccentric premise offset by tonal excess.
- Which films are like How Much Do You Love Me??
- Films with a similar feel include The Last Mistress, Too Beautiful for You, and Betty Blue.
- How long is How Much Do You Love Me??
- How Much Do You Love Me? runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch How Much Do You Love Me??
- In United States, How Much Do You Love Me? streams on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel.
