From Variety · Guy Lodge · · 1m
Margaret Qualley leads a glossy grief journey
Variety finds Rachel Morrison’s pandemic grief drama sincere and pretty, but too polished to cut deep.
In brief
Variety finds Rachel Morrison’s pandemic grief drama sincere and pretty, but too polished to cut deep. Love of Your Life has feeling and a strong Margaret Qualley turn, but its healing arc looks more curated than lived in. Originally reported by Variety.
A grief story begins
Rachel Morrison’s second feature follows a young nurse mourning a pandemic loss, then trying to find herself again through escape and return.
““COVID-era loss, recovery and renewal””
Qualley gives it weight
Margaret Qualley anchors the film with intelligence and clear emotion, keeping the story from feeling disposable.
““a performance of intelligence and emotional transparency””
The comparison lingers
The review keeps circling Eat Pray Love, because the film turns grief into a travel-based path through Lisbon, London, Tokyo and beyond.
““Grieve Pray Love””
Escape has limits
Travel can be a real way to heal, but here the journey often feels too polished, with pain framed through beautiful locations.
““literal escape as a healing strategy””
Too pretty to pierce
The verdict is kind but wary: the film means well and looks luminous, yet its treatment of recovery stays on the surface.
““too often feels like a magazine spread””
The one thing
Love of Your Life has feeling and a strong Margaret Qualley turn, but its healing arc looks more curated than lived in.
