The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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The History of Love
Drama · Romance · War · 2016
The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.
Movie details
The History of Love
2016 Drama · Romance · War 2h 14m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The History of Love?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Radu Mihăileanu
Written by
Radu Mihăileanu · Marcia Romano
Derek Jacobi
Leopold Gursky
Sophie Nélisse
Alma Singer
Gemma Arterton
Alma Mereminski
Elliott Gould
Bruno Leibovitch
Torri Higginson
Charlotte Singer
Mark Rendall
Young Leopold Gursky
Corneliu Ulici
Young Bruno Leibovitch
Court is in session
Put The History of Love on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.