It's All About Love
As the planet and human order fracture, a separated couple fights through an immense conspiracy to recover the love they nearly abandoned.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- paranoid
- surreal
- late night arthouse viewing
- speculative romance marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as an overambitious, incoherent, and unsuccessful fusion of romance, thriller, and speculative science fiction.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The lovers attempt to survive amid climate disruption and a world approaching cosmic catastrophe.
John and Elena's effort to repair their marriage becomes entangled with a conspiracy of epic proportions.
The film presents future life, romance, thriller conspiracy, and cosmic collapse in an unusually heightened register.
John and Elena begin at the point of signing divorce papers, then decide their love merits renewed struggle.
Films like It's All About Love, and why
The Fountain
near-future romantic drama pairing intimate relationship conflict with speculative social collapse
Cloud Atlas
stylized science fiction romance centered on love, mortality, and destabilized reality
Never Let Me Go
bleak speculative romance where personal attachment confronts an uncanny future society
Movie Details
- Director
- Thomas Vinterberg
- Release Date
- 2003-01-10
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (120)
Cast
- Joaquin Phoenix
- Claire Danes
- Sean Penn
- Douglas Henshall
- Alun Armstrong
- Margo Martindale
- Mark Strong
- Geoffrey Hutchings
- Thomas Bo Larsen
- Harry Ditson
Common questions
- What is It's All About Love about?
- As the planet and human order fracture, a separated couple fights through an immense conspiracy to recover the love they nearly abandoned.
- What is It's All About Love like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of It's All About Love as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is It's All About Love violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in It's All About Love as mild.
- What did critics think of It's All About Love?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as an overambitious, incoherent, and unsuccessful fusion of romance, thriller, and speculative science fiction.
- Which films are like It's All About Love?
- Films with a similar feel include The Fountain, Cloud Atlas, and Never Let Me Go.
- How long is It's All About Love?
- It's All About Love runs 104 minutes.
