Love Is All You Need?

Love Is All You Need?

What would you do if your love was forbidden?

Directed by Kim Rocco Shields

Produced by Genius Pictures

2016120 min5.8 / 10

A role-reversed social drama that uses speculative premise to examine prejudice, forbidden love, and the cost of defying religious orthodoxy.

Set in a world where homosexuality is the norm, a small Indiana town is rocked to its core when Jude, the star quarterback of the local university football team, strikes up a love affair with Ryan, a sports journalism major. When the straight couple is outed, the community’s powerful religious leader begins a vitriolic crusade against all heterosexuals.

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  • Is Love Is All You Need? sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is Love Is All You Need? scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Love Is All You Need? violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Love Is All You Need? end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Love Is All You Need? easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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