She Is Love is a 2022 British romantic drama written and directed by Jamie Adams, starring Haley Bennett, Sam Riley and Marisa Abela.
She Is Love had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2022, and was released in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2023 by Signature Entertainment.
Estranged for more than a decade, a divorced couple Idris (Riley) and Patricia (Bennett) revisit their past whilst stuck together in a Cornish hotel owned by Idrisâ current girlfriend Louise (Abela).
Principal photography finished in Cornwall in April 2021, with some filming taking place at Tresillian House, St Newlyn East. The film has been said to have been shot in 6 days during lockdown and to have been made in an improvisational style that Adams also deployed on previous pictures such as Black Mountain Poets and Love Spreads.
The film received its world premiere at the 66th BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2022. It is set to be released theatrically and on digital platforms in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2023 by Signature Entertainment.
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 31% of 29 critics gave the film a positive review; the website's critical consensus reads: "Roses are red, violets are blue, the ill-fated She Is Love eschews conventions but barely grants a good performance of two." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 37 out of 100 based on 5 critics, which the site labels as "generally unfavorable" reviews.
Kevin Maher of The Times describes âÂÂcharming screwball chemistryâ between the main actors and âÂÂa knock-outâ performance from Marisa Abela, adding also that it was âÂÂnicely shotâÂÂ. Laura Venning in Empire described it as âÂÂpleasant.â Writing for RogerEbert.com, Christy Lemire gave the film a negative review, calling it a "dreary romantic drama" that's "dreadfully boring."