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Surprised by Love

Surprised by Love

Romance · TV Movie · Comedy · 2015

The story of a young businesswoman who tries to convince her uptight parents to accept her current boyfriend and instead finds herself falling for an old high school flame.

Movie details

Surprised by Love

2015 Romance · TV Movie · Comedy 1h 24m

Critical arithmetic

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IMDb

6.7 / 10

3.1K votes

TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

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The story of a young businesswoman who tries to convince her uptight parents to accept her current boyfriend and instead finds herself falling for an old high school flame.

CriticWise case file

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Robert Iscove

Written by

Tippi Dobrofsky · Neal H. Dobrofsky

Hilarie Burton Morgan

Hilarie Burton Morgan

Josie Mayfield

Paul Campbell

Paul Campbell

Maxwell Gridley

Tim Conway

Tim Conway

Grandad

Aaron Craven

Aaron Craven

Richard Wright

M

Malcolm Stewart

Joseph Mayfield

W

Wanda Cannon

Claire Mayfield

Sebastian Stewart

Sebastian Stewart

Wade Wilson

Court is in session

Put Surprised by Love on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.