- Release Date: 2005
- Runtime: 100 min
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Starring: Dougray Scott, Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Christian, Freddie Waters ... see all
- Director: John Hay
- Plot: As part of a drunken bet with her sister, a happily married woman sends an anonymous Valentine's card to her husband to see if he hides it. When he does,... Read more
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Critics Reviews
| Aug 15, 2009associatedcontent.com
that is one of the most interesting things about this film.....it's flimsy and not entirely well thought out..... ... Full Review
| Feb 12, 2007BBC Films
Love Hewitt is as watchable as ever....Meanwhile, lovelorn best mate Dougray Scott mopes tediously on the sidleines.....as The Truth About Love plods wearily towards its oh-so predictable conclusion, you may find yourself wishing you'd stayed at home and rented Notting Hill instead.....A romantic comedy in name only, this pitiful film sees Jennifer Love Hewitt attempting to win back her straying husband (Jimi Mistry) by posing as an adulterous mystery admirer.....Tacked onto this convoluted tale of mistaken ... Full Review
Empire Magazine [UK]
The storytelling is clumsy, with overly complex subplots, and the dialogue often wooden.....A British actress might have been a better bet for this one..... ... Full Review
eFilmCritic.com
The latter is a good example of where The Truth About Love tries to have its cake and eat it too.
With a poorly drawn and hopelessly clich romance and a bizarrely Puritanical attitude towards anything sexual, The Truth About Love is the sort of romantic comedy that isnt either of those things.
... Full Review
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Film Review of the Truth About Love
associatedcontent.com –
2009-08-15
The Reviewer (https://twitter.com/The_Reviewer)What's it about?When a wife receives an anonymous Valentine's card she decides to test the response of her husband when he receives one. ... Full Article
My funny little Valentine . . . movies
mysanantonio.com –
2008-02-14
It's Valentine's Day .You don't have the blahs, exactly.You just don't want to fight the long celebratory lines at the movie house or your favorite restaurant: "Hi," followed by a BIG (fake) WELCOMING SMILE. ... Full Article
The Truth About Love
independent.co.uk –
2007-02-16
Sometimes it's embarrassing simply to witness a film as it chokes to death on screen; you'd rather set up an accident scene, cordon it off with police tape and tell the rubber-neckers to move on. ... Full Article
The Truth About Love
guardian.co.uk –
2007-02-16
Fragile Juggernaut
thisislondon.co.uk –
2007-02-15
Watching the romcoms dumped on the emotionally challenged this week, I realised anew what a fragile juggernaut a film is. The buttock-clenchingly awful British offering, Tell Me The Truth About Love, is a mess of miscasting ( Jennifer Love Hewitt... ... Full Article





