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What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It?

Romance · Comedy · 2023

Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.

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What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023 Romance · Comedy 1h 49m

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6.1 / 10

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Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.

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Directed by

Shekhar Kapur

Written by

Jemima Khan

Lily James

Lily James

Zoe Stevenson

Shazad Latif

Shazad Latif

Kazim Khan

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

Aisha Khan

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Cath Stevenson

Sajal Ali

Sajal Ali

Maymouna

Oliver Chris

Oliver Chris

James

Asim Chaudhry

Asim Chaudhry

Mo the Matchmaker

Court is in session

Put What's Love Got to Do with It? 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.