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Love Again

also known as “Text For You,” “It’s All Coming Back to Me,” “Aimer à nouveau,” “Amor A Primer Mensaje,” See more »
MPA Rating: PG-13-Rating (MPA) for some sexual material and some strong language.

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Moral Rating:
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Moviemaking Quality:

Primary Audience:
Adults
Genre:
Romance Comedy Drama Adaptation
Length:
1 hr. 44 min.
Year of Release:
2023
USA Release:
May 5, 2023 (wide release)
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Featuring Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Priyanka Chopra) … Mira Ray
Sam Heughan … Rob Burns
Russell Tovey … Billy
Celia Imrie …
Céline Dion … as herself
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Director Jim Strouse
Producer Screen Gems
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Distributor Screen GemsScreen Gems, a division of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “A young woman (Priyanka Chopra) tries to ease the pain of her fiancé’s death by sending romantic texts to his old cell phone number… not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns’ new work phone. A journalist, Rob (Sam Heughan) is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Celine Dion (playing herself in her first film role), he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person…and win her heart.”

Based on Sofie Cramer’s novel Text for You


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Secular Movie Critics
…Not even Celine Dion can save this wildly contrived rom-com from its own sadness… most of the laugh lines in “Love Again” are stale enough that even just hearing them kind of hurts your teeth, but for all of its blatant ridiculousness, this movie seldom tries to be funny. …[C-]
David Ehrlich, IndieWire
…Far-fetched romance… An old-school, straight-faced studio romance featuring five new songs from Ms. Dion, writer-director Jim Strouse’s “Love Again” is all about such healing — to the extent that if it were a book instead of a movie, it would be filed in the self-help section. …It’s a big-screen romance that aspires to making fans feel the way Dion’s music does, like their hearts can go on. …
Peter Debruge, Variety
…works better as a vehicle for the singer than as a romance… I can’t say it was good, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it. …[2/5]
Adrian Horton, The Guardian
…Man exploits a texting glitch to deceive a grieving widow, and all with the help of Celine Dion. …I’m not going to say the ridiculous and off-putting romantic text-message dramedy “Love Again” is the worst movie of the year, but it might be the most implausible film I’ve seen so far in 2023, and I’m not necessarily excluding “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “Cocaine Bear” and “65” from the competition. …[1½/4]
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
…below average romcom… Given the weakness of the script…this project may have been conceived entirely as a commercial for singer Celine Dion, who co-produced and plays herself. …[D]
Andy Klein, AV Club