Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- sweeping
- sensual
- wistful
- romantic evening
- literary adaptation night
What critics said
Critics broadly agreed that the film was beautifully filmed but failed to translate Gabriel García Márquez's novelistic magic, interiority, and tonal richness to the screen.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Florentino's devotion to Fermina persists from their youth through more than fifty years of separation and changing relationships.
The film emphasizes poetic courtship, repeated affairs, serenades, and grand declarations of love.
Florentino pursues Fermina through constant letters and love letters while her father attempts to sever their connection.
Fermina's father, a mule trader, opposes her relationship with the telegraph boy and directs her toward a respectable physician.
Films like Love in the Time of Cholera, and why
The English Patient
sweeping period romance shaped by social class, separation, and enduring emotional longing
Atonement
literary romantic drama combining decades-spanning passion with lush historical settings
The House of Mirth
ornate adaptation of a canonical novel focused on obsessive love and marriage
Movie Details
- Director
- Mike Newell
- Release Date
- 2007-10-04
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (424)
Cast
- Javier Bardem
- Giovanna Mezzogiorno
- Benjamin Bratt
- John Leguizamo
- Fernanda Montenegro
- Catalina Sandino Moreno
- Alicia Borrachero
- Liev Schreiber
- Laura Harring
- Héctor Elizondo
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Love in the Time of Cholera about?
- A telegraph boy's lifelong devotion to a woman who marries another becomes an ornate, decades-spanning Colombian romance about desire, memory, and persistence.
- What is Love in the Time of Cholera like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Love in the Time of Cholera as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Love in the Time of Cholera violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Love in the Time of Cholera as mild.
- What did critics think of Love in the Time of Cholera?
- Critics broadly agreed that the film was beautifully filmed but failed to translate Gabriel García Márquez's novelistic magic, interiority, and tonal richness to the screen.
- Which films are like Love in the Time of Cholera?
- Films with a similar feel include The English Patient, Atonement, and The House of Mirth.
- How long is Love in the Time of Cholera?
- Love in the Time of Cholera runs 139 minutes.
- Where can I watch Love in the Time of Cholera?
- In United States, Love in the Time of Cholera is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
