Love Language did not receive an MPA rating. It is a Vertical release with a theatrical and digital release; therefore, an MPA rating and content descriptors are not available.
Love Language Movie Review
Lou (Chloë Grace Moretz) is in the bathtub at her best friend’s bachelorette party, crying, but never participating. Lou has been doing the same thing over and over since the breakup with her fiancé, to the part of her life she hates. She is reliving the same part of her life over and over since her fiancé left her, the part she hates.
Her best friend, Tilda (Billie Lourd), is attempting to be patient but is falling a little short. Meanwhile, down the hall, a cousin named Dash (Anthony Ramos) is preparing to run into Lou. How can a woman who can’t even get her own love life right write everyone else’s wedding vows?
Lou is a YA novelist who spends her days doing nothing but boring work meetings over video chat. A guest at Tilda’s wedding discovers that Lou helped write the vows and requests the same. Business-like and ever-efficient, Business-like and sharp, Dash recommends that Lou is the perfect person for the job. In just a few weeks, Lou has developed a sideline in Chicago, writing promises of forever for couples who can’t find the words. Lou begins casually dating Dash, while always telling him she’s not really serious about him.
But as all movies in the rom-com genre must include some conflict, there is a hitch. Olivia (Isabel May), who owns an import business for artisan pickles, asks Lou to help her with her wedding vows. During a pickle party thrown by Olivia, Lou meets Olivia’s college crush, Warren (Manny Jacinto), who is now Olivia’s fiancé. Lou’s best friend, Gus (Lukas Gage), is there to assist with the shocking news, and Tilda.
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Now Lou has to compose a love note from a different man to the man she secretly adores, and Dash is anxiously waiting at home. And one can’t help but think this is a pretty distant cousin to My Best Friend’s Wedding, right down to wedding guests, the wrong person at the wrong altar, and a third act that shamelessly steals from When Harry Met Sally.
This movie is quite conscious of its own checklist and can skip characters along the way. Friendships? Lou and Warren have a real one, with some memories and a Spotify playlist. Tilda and Gus? Merely furnishings. We don’t know how they made it to Northwestern, how they became friends, what their lives entail in between eyeing up nail salons and working out at the gym. Gus is mainly there to help Lou with the story, and while the friend in the movie that inspired this one had his own life.
Chicago. Another location that doesn’t make sense is Chicago, where again the city is used in a rom-com, such as While You Were Sleeping, and we get a glimpse of the CTA, a couple of shots of the skyline, and a loft that could be anywhere. It’s never really clear why this story needs to take place here.
The cast does what it can. Jacinto has been one of the more likable thespians doing the rounds these days, and Ramos is starting to show a glimpse of a personality beneath some of the lines. May gets the most support from what she is given, and the realization at the climax of what is said really sits well with her. Moretz is stuck with a film that doesn’t satisfy her, and the attraction she feels for either of the guys is never really hot.
Not everyone agrees: TheWrap described it as a smart, sweet rom-com that Moretz lights up and its reference to all the burritos she eats honestly made me smile. The reviews are split, and depending on how much you can muster for a rom-com that feels like a familiar place, you’ll have a different opinion.
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This is a romantic comedy about weddings, breakups, one love triangle, and much of the mature content is emotional. However, parents should know that it is not rated by the MPA, thus there is no rating to guide parents about what is appropriate for their kids. A teen who enjoys this genre can probably see it without issue, but I think of this as being a PG-13 film. If you’re not sure, preview it, but consider the restrictions below.
Love Language Parents Guide
Why is Love Language unrated? Love Language did not receive an MPA rating. It is a Vertical release with a theatrical and digital release; therefore, an MPA rating and content descriptors are not available.
Violence: No violence is depicted in the reviews examined. The close reads indicate that the heated exchanges are more emotional in nature, about a relationship breakup, a love triangle, and a confrontation after a secret is revealed. This inference is based on the close reads, not a scene breakdown.
Sexual Content: Lou dates Dash, but claims he is not serious. The film focuses on romantic relationships, weddings, crushes, and a love triangle. Additional information on kissing, sexual references, implied sex, and nudity will be added after the film is watched.
The overall tone of the comedy is adult and modern; however, there is not enough information on the use of foul language, its frequency, or the specific words used.
Lou is visibly drunk and distraught at the bachelorette party, and characters drink at weddings and other social gatherings. One review mentions a search in Lou’s phone history about combining antidepressants and antihistamines, a brief reference that may reflect her emotional state. The review itself does not establish that she takes or combines these medications.
Conclusion:
Love Language follows Lou, a heartbroken author who starts writing wedding vows for hire and ends up writing them for the man she never got over. It has a delightful cast, some really good moments, and an obvious fondness for the romantic comedies it is clearly inspired by. It also has underdeveloped friendships, a Chicago setting that could belong to almost any city, and a lead character whose potential is constrained by the material. If you want a warm, familiar comedy you can enjoy without thinking too hard, some critics found plenty to like.
One thing to note for parents in this content guide: the film does not have an MPA rating, and the current reviews lack sufficient details to create a comprehensive content guide. We can tell you that the primary topics are heartbreak, romance, and social drinking based on what we know today. Check the final content details before deciding whether it is appropriate for your family.
My advice is this: If you loved My Best Friend’s Wedding and When Harry Met Sally…Love Language might make a fine fallback comfort watch. If you want to know how a perfect Chicago rom-com in the category works, I would go back to the original classics. And if you’re thinking of playing this one for a teen, you’re going to have to watch it and decide. No rating. No verified breakdown.
Rebecca Hollis is the founder of Screen Parent Guide and a film content analyst with seven years of experience reviewing films for an independent ratings consultancy. A Film Studies graduate of Emerson College, she specialized in content classification and how ratings systems communicate, and often fail to communicate, what families can expect from a movie.