The Book of Love
The movie tells the story of Henry (Jason Sudeikis), a widowed architect who, after the death of his wife in a car accident, he sets out to help Millie (Maisie Williams), an independent but troubled teen, to build a raft to sail across the Atlantic.
30 March 1957, New York City, New York, USA
3 March 1982, Ely, Minnesota, USA
10 April 1968, Mobile, Alabama, USA
15 April 1997, Bristol, England, UK
January 13, 2017
The Book of Love, much like Henry and the girl's raft, is guaranteed to sink as soon as it sets sail.
April 15, 2016
This well-meaning debut feature about following your dreams just treads water.
January 13, 2017
Cloyingly sentimental and annoyingly whimsical, director Bill Purple's The Book of Love is one of those movies that all-too-neatly tries to turn grief into personal growth at the audience's expense.
February 07, 2017
Uneven drama about two lost souls has swearing, drug use.
January 13, 2017
Fo a film thats trying very hard to make you feel, it sure leaves you cold.
January 19, 2017
Perhaps Purple and Pickering have honest intentions, but "The Book of Love" doesn't deliver sincerity. It's more comfortable with heavily sugared predictability.
April 17, 2016
Not even a Justin Timberlake score can lift this sodden collection of forced emotions and overripe indie cliches.
April 15, 2016
Profound, this film is not.
January 13, 2017
Filled with contrivances, false emotions and even flimsier accents, it strains mightily to tug at our heartstrings while also enticing us with whimsy, and fails on both fronts.
