Love Is All You Need

In a standard romantic comedy, the manner in which Philip (Pierce Brosnan), a widower/workaholic fruit-and-vegetable mogul, and Ida (Trine Dyrholm), a cancer survivor now weathering her husband’s infidelity, first cross paths—trading insults after a fender-bender at the airport—might be construed as a "meet cute." However, Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier (In a Better World) is aspiring to something far more sophisticated here. As these strangers jet off to sunny Sorrento for the wedding of his son and her daughter, they tumble into a charming drama containing all of Bier’s exemplary character dynamics and meticulous plot construction.

"Gloriously enjoyable… Bier’s film is not an out-and-out romantic comedy so much as a romance with some very funny moments… Just as the postcard-perfect setting has some chipped plaster and faded paint around its edges, so Bier’s photogenic characters all have their own sadnesses and vulnerabilities to bear. Anders Thomas Jensen’s script, which is just about equal parts English and Danish, is packed with humour that springs from recognisable human foibles, and Brosnan and Dyrholm have fizzingly good chemistry together… Love Is All You Need has been made for an audience rarely catered for by the film industry: intelligent adults who enjoy perceptive and good-hearted drama…"—Robbie Collin, Telegraph