Our take
About love as much as it is about loneliness, romance as much as realism and the longing for a genuine connection as much as being tired of that longing – this is a smart and well nuanced series on building relationships. It follows Gus and Mickey, two damaged people trying to recover from bad breakups. They’re respectively played by writer/creater Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs (Britta from Community). Love portrays their love story as an example of relationships by default, chemistry that stems more from the need to be in a relationship than any physical or intellectual attraction. And it features many hilarious sequences, some are cleverly composed jokes but most of them are the painfully-real type.
What it won
Cannes
2 wins · 1 nom
The story
Rebellious Mickey and good-natured Gus navigate the thrills and agonies of modern relationships.
Elsewhere
"A darkly funny, pleasantly shambling romantic-comedy series ."
— Ian Crouch
"Love doesn't feel like it has much to say. I like you, Love. But i don't like you like you."
— Margaret Lyons
The details
Nobody Wants This
Erin Foster
Never Have I Ever
Lang Fisher & Mindy Kaling
Kevin Can F**k Himself
Valerie Armstrong
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Aline Brosh McKenna & Rachel Bloom
Crashing
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Hacks
Jen Statsky & Lucia Aniello
Sort Of
Bilal Baig & Fab Filippo
The Sex Lives of College Girls
Justin Noble & Mindy Kaling
Who picked it
Bilal Zouheir is the founder of A Good Movie to Watch. He is based in the US and a member of the Nevada Film Critics Society. He grew up in Morocco, where he learned English from watching movies. Bilal's work with A Good Movie to Watch is focused on offering an alternative to streaming algorithms, which are often used as commercial tools by streaming services.
