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The Lovebirds

2020

Michael Showalter

Kumail Nanjiani, Issa Rae, Anna Camp, Joe Chrest ...

4.6

943

Comedy. Action On the brink of breaking up, a couple gets unintentionally embroiled in a bizarre (and hilarious) murder mystery. As they get closer to clearing their names and solving the case, they need to figure out how they, and their relationship, can survive the night.

	Author	Review
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Granted, not every comedy must obliterate the ground with guts and innovation, but the biggest failure here is pure believability (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Beandrea July The Hollywood Reporter	"With a tightly structured script and Nanjiani's and Rae's raucous yet down-to-earth performances, 'The Lovebirds' makes for a delightful and unexpected ride."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[The script] has some sharply witty exchanges (...) [It] quickly descends into the kind of synthetically plotted, harmless-at-its-core caper that may remind you of a ramshackle Hollywood action comedy like 'Date Night'"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[Showalter] keeps the action percolating even when the holes in the plot could swallow a tank (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Flat and algorithmic (...) 'The Lovebirds' careens forward with a desperate pace and never takes the time to make us care about its characters"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Nanjiani and Rae work well together, although 'chemistry' is perhaps a stretch (...) 'The Lovebirds' is pretty lightweight – which is how it can take off (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Robert Daniels The Playlist	"The dynamic chemistry between Kumail Nanjiani & Issa Rae saves a subpar story"	NEU
United States	Matt Goldberg Collider	"[It] falls into standard crime-comedy tropes (...) On Netflix, it’s an easy recommendation for a Friday night date movie"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"A perfect fit for Netflix. It's a good movie, elevated by its two lead performances, but is otherwise a fairly undemanding watch (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"Nanjiani and Rae are funny, and they try really hard to make this material pop. But the jokes fall flat more often than not"	NEU
Ireland	Deirdre Molumby entertainment.ie	"Generally speaking, it's a fun movie, but just ok. For a Netflix night in, you could do worse."	POS
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"There’s one downside of casting actors so charming you’d watch them order a pizza: Sometimes they outshine the story around them."	NEU
United States	Kristy Puchko IGN	"[It] offers a wild ride with outlandish action, plenty of popping punch lines, and a romance you can really root for"	POS

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