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.
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Love Takes Flight
TV Movie · Romance · 2019
A workaholic hospital director is forced to re-examine her rigid lifestyle when a free-wheeling EMS pilot enters her life.
Movie details
Love Takes Flight
“A story of life's connections”
2019 TV Movie · Romance 1h 33m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.3 / 10
Community rating
A workaholic hospital director is forced to re-examine her rigid lifestyle when a free-wheeling EMS pilot enters her life.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Love Takes Flight?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Steven R. Monroe
Written by
Eric Brooks
Nikki DeLoach
Dr. Lizzie Beauman
Jeff Hephner
Charley Allen
Barbara Niven
Virginia Beauman
Skylar Olivia Flanagan
Quinn Beauman
Tom Thon
Walter Allen
Bisserat Tseggai
Felicia Page
Caroline Arapoglou
Barbara Lakeview
Court is in session
Put Love Takes Flight on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
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.