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A Love Song

A Love Song

Drama · Romance · 2022

Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.

Movie details

A Love Song

2022 Drama · Romance 1h 21m

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over A Love Song?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Max Walker-Silverman

Written by

Max Walker-Silverman

Dale Dickey

Dale Dickey

Faye

Wes Studi

Wes Studi

Lito

Michelle Wilson

Michelle Wilson

Jan

B

Benja K. Thomas

Marie

John Way

John Way

Postman Sam

M

Marty Grace Dennis

Dice

Sam Engbring

Sam Engbring

Cowhand

Court is in session

Put A Love Song 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.