Netflix has added Love Hard, a Christmas romantic comedy starring Nina Dobrev to its catalog. So, do we skip or watch this film which officially opens the end of year holiday season on the platform?
What is it about ?
A young woman from Los Angeles crosses the country during the Christmas holidays to surprise the man she met on the Internet, only to find out she’s been screwed.
It’s Christmas Time!
Halloween is barely over when Netflix kicks off hostilities with Love Hard, a Christmas romantic comedy, the genre we love this time of year. In the cast, former Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev, Darren Barnet (discovered in My First Times and who replaces at short notice a Charles Melton too taken by Riverdale), Harry Shum Jr (Glee) and Jimmy Yang (Space Force) that You will love.
The first slips into the skin of Nathalie, an unlucky young woman in love who connects bad encounters to the point of chronicling them on the internet. When she meets Josh on a dating app, it’s love at first sight. To the point of joining him at the other end of the country for the holidays. It is there that she discovers that he is not who she physically believes.
At the same time, she meets the real Josh (well his real name is Tag), and decides to do everything to seduce him thanks to the help of Josh (Cyrano de Bergerac way, you follow?) Even if the two share REALLY different interests. For example ? She is vegetarian and loves rare meat.
What starts out as a simple catfish story – online identity theft – turns into an adorable romcom with sometimes ubiquitous situations. Although it takes up common themes and already seen (inner beauty vs the physical), we watch Love Hard mainly for its casting (always a pleasure to hear Nina Dobrev sing Christmas music).
No overdose of feelings here or overwhelming music, the magic of Christmas is distilled sparingly … you will certainly not miss the references to Love Actually or the debate around Die Hard (Christmas movie or not ??), but that doesn’t stop us from having a good time.
In short, if you want to immerse yourself in Christmas movies today, Love Hard is a good appetizer.
