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, Guaranteed
Romance · Comedy · 2020
A lawyer takes on a new client that wants to sue a dating website because it guarantees love.
Movie details
Love, Guaranteed
2020 Romance · Comedy 1h 30m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
5.6 / 10
19.8K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
60 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
39 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A lawyer takes on a new client that wants to sue a dating website because it guarantees love.
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, Guaranteed?
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
Mark Steven Johnson
Written by
Elizabeth Hackett · Hilary Galanoy
Rachael Leigh Cook
Susan
Damon Wayans Jr.
Nick
Heather Graham
Tamara Taylor
Caitlin Howden
Melanie
Brendan Taylor
Gideon
Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez
Oliver
Sean Amsing
Roberto
Court is in session
Put Love, Guaranteed 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.