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It's the CUTEST idea, the acting was okay, as written, I'm sure. But that's where the problem is, there's no chemistry really written in the movie and their attraction comes out of nowhere really, even though I do like them. It needs better writing.

I just can't get over this really adorable idea not being written to its fullest.

Love the British and Mexican agents. Great personality!!

"Book of Love" is a Comedy - Romance movie in which we watch a writer traveling to Mexico in order to promote even more his book after becoming a best seller there. Everything changes on his book tour since some important information reveal.

I enjoyed this movie because it had a very simple and despite that it was predictable it had a nice plot. The combination of comedy and romance was good but also predictable at many moments. The interpretations of both Sam Claflin who played as Henry Copper and Verónica Echegui who played as Maria Rodríguez were good and their combination worked very well. The differences of the two characters created a nice, funny atmosphere that followed them through the whole duration of the movie. To sum up, I have to say that "Book of Love" is a good movie to spend your time with but do not expect much or something different than all the other romantic movies.

An interesting premise that builds to a predictable climax and provokes a few laughs and a tender tear along the way. Sam Claflin does ok but Verónica is a delight who steals every scene she is in, even with her back to the camera. I look forward to seeing her again.

Book of Love is the type of romantic comedy you want to like more than you actually do. They cast Sam Claflin, and then can't do anything else right. He's like a 35-year-old boomer. He knows nothing about social media, complaining about young people "these days", and is generally out-of-touch and mostly cranky and a little misogynistic.

Maria is worse. Every single joke is a variation of her turning his book into erotica. He's mad and she doesn't understand why he isn't thanking her for turning his book into a "masterpiece". The movie and every character in it has confused "popular" with "good". I'm sure E. M. Forster would love to have Howard's End re-written into 50 Shades of Gray. The boomer Henry from the beginning of the movie is not going to forgive and then fall in love with Maria so quickly. And they also have no chemistry.

A lot of reviews are chastising this film for not being original. There are so many films being made these days, original is hard to come by. What matters is how a story is told and the characters. I loved how this story was told and I loved the characters. It was interesting seeing both characters unfold. The Mexican setting was charming and lovely. The supporting characters provided refreshing humor. I was entertained from start to finish.

This movie fails to give us a believable romantic comedy.

The main problem of this film is the script, there were parts where it seemed that the film had finished and another began, reflecting the lack of creativity and ingenuity of the writers to maintain a single story throughout the film, this change is very noticeable and annoying, since it seems that nothing we saw in the first half served for the second half of the plot. Even though the first half convinced me, the second half of the movie is very incongruous and goofy, it even creates a flat antagonist that doesn't make much sense to be there, just like everything feels very sudden, the whole third act is very bad since it seems very different from what we had seen in the first half. The development of the characters is not the best, as well as there are some to spare and they do not change the plot much, the romantic relationship is poorly developed and seems very forced, thanks also to the lack of chemistry between the leading actors, many things turn out ridiculous and illogical. The comedy is very goofy and most of the jokes feel very forced, the acting is not the best but the actors try to do a good job, the dialogue is very awkward to watch as well as the conversations seem very forced. Although it does not show all the beauty of the places where the story is located, it does show decently the architect of those places.

It's a shame that an interesting idea was wasted in this unmemorable and poorly written story, it had everything to be funny and entertaining, but it just wasn't.

Of course it is predictable. It is a rom com. I really liked the actors, particularly when being funny rather than ernest. Yeah, the plot point that he got published (not a spoiler, is point of the movie) despite being a boring book doesn't work. Publishers wouldn't publish this nonsense. And storyline could have been more engaging, but overall, it made me smile, and I enjoyed it. I liked the music too. Closeups of actors were a little too close.

This movie is very bad. It's not even comically bad. It's just very bad. I stopped watching with seven minutes left. SEVEN. I sat through the entire movie, yet could not stomach the last seven minutes.

There is zero chemistry between Sam Clafin & Verónica Echegui, the writing is terrible, and the plot is quite odd.

If you watch this movie, don't tell your friends.

If you love true love story, if you believe in old fashioned romantic comedy, if you are between ages 15 to 95, if you need a mood booster, if you love beautiful faces and well made story, if you simply enjoy life - watch this movie! Such a joy to watch in this current world circumstances, the only thing I would suggest it - watch it again and then re-watch it again! Its a pill for bringing smiles on our faces!!!

This romantic comedy is well cast, funny, sometimes predictable, yet you will still smile. The music arraingement was well done. I loved the cultural clashes, and real Mexican scenery. My wife and I watched it twice.

Yep, 5 years since I last reviewed a movie on IMDB, but just thought I'd try to save everyone a wasted evening. But if you are going to watch it, be prepared -- the comedy starts IN the film, but ends up being the film itself.

It is such a fun premise (though implausible) and the acting was decent. I laughed my butt off during the first book signing in Mexico. But after that? The story lost a credible path to resolution.

Repeating the same gags over and over became very old. Using the same extras over and over seemed on the cheap. I thought that maybe the writer of this film was guilty of what he'd accused his main character of -- of having no life experience -- but, no, that's not the case. David Quantick is in his 60s, so I'm pretty sure he has some life experience, and he definitely has a lot of writing credits to his name.

I've thought about how one could script doctor this "gone awry" script, but not really sure it could be fixed. There were some missed moments that could have been taken advantage of to give the story a path. Maybe giving the main character and his original book (before translated) a little more respect could have helped give the characters and premise more credibility, thereby providing for a more credible direction and resolution. 1h 6 m was much too long for this film. Maybe a 94 minute edit would help? Not really sure what could be done to fix it.

Oh well. Two hours of water under the bridge.

P. S. Watching Veronica trying to get over the railing in the melodramatic ending was almost worth the watch. But again, you are not laughing with the film, but AT it.

People are so negative. Ignore the haters - it's a cute, light romcom. Sometimes we need those. The leads have an easy chemistry, and Sam Claflin is generally adorable.

In previous times, romcoms could be characterised as two strong characters leads that decide to compromise for the sake of love.

As required for modern day morality we have a spirited, bright, but not particularly beautiful, leading lady matched with a talentless bore of a guy. And the transformative element is that the guy has to comletely accept and acknowledge that he is totally talentless.

The fundamental problem for the viewer is to understand how on Earth the girl could possibly fall for this talentless loser.

I hated the translator from the start. Let's her baby daddy off the hook with a smile, totally changes the original author's work, then is glib about what she has done to it, ignoring the fact that he is very upset by belittling his book, and him as well. Then she has the audacity to tell her son she can't say she wrote it, because she is female. Will the sequel be about her son who is seeing a therapist about his lying mother and a father who can't be a dad? I will be honest. Stopped watching about twenty minutes or so into the movie, just long enough to know this was not my cuppa.

I was looking for an easy to watch flick, and that's what I got. I wanted a predictable romantic comedy. And that's what I got. Sam Claftin and Veronica Echegui had great chemistry, and played their characters well. The idea of rewriting an author's work was an interesting take for the backdrop to this romcon. It allowed opportunities for some good humor. If you are looking for an award winning film for writing, directing, screen play, etc. Look elsewhere. But, for everyone else, I'd recommend giving it a shot.

Such a cute concept and both lead actors were really good... but ironically for a movie about writing, the writing and is just awful. I have no idea how Sam Claflin got roped into this one.

A very enjoyable film. Lots to smile at. Passes the 6 laugh test easily, which is always a good sign.

Like the story. Yes, it is a bit predictable, but no less enjoyable for that. It has some good characters and good pace.

Take your brain out of gear, sit down with a glass of wine and your partner and enjoy an hour and a half of good old entertainment.

I enjoyed this film. Not sure where the bad reviews are coming from. It was cute, funny and really sweet. It is an overall feel good movie. I give it a solid 7. Also, I could stare at Sam Claflin all day.

And the only reason we watched it was because it adverted Lucy Punch...however, they barely give her anything, just using her name...with that said, normally we would not even consider an amazon prime original, as they have shown to be inept at cinema (this isn't cinema by Any stretch) However, as we said, the aforementioned Ms Punch was in the cast, and being fans of her, we said, 'why not?' ( it must be revealed one of our crew was under the influence of some unknown mind altering substance, this being LA and all). So we let it roll... "oh dear God this is awful" "absolutely formulaic and predictable" "romper room school of acting" "whats on the golf channel?" You get the idea.... BEWARE>>>and be very afraid.

I am a huge fan of the RomCom genre, counting myself among the soapiest, love-soaked tears at the end when the leads fall in inevitable and instant love movie watcher that you can stomach. I don't shy away from the serially sad hero(ine) and their manic pixie plucked from the nearest movie, and I can usually find the love in the thinnest of movie premises. This film gave me absolutely NOTHING to work with!! The story is contrived and held together with terrible and barely likable characters played by actors that look like they are making two different films at the same time. I felt so much loathing for the uptight Brit, and rolled my eyes incessantly at the plucky single mom trope mixed carelessly with the "Spicy Latina" stereotype. My only spoiler is that you will want to stop the movie before it is even over and do something productive to counter the time you wasted. I have never actually written a movie review before and had to come and create one because this movie was so awful. Reclaim your time by not wasting a second on this film!