Love Hurts—starring Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose and Marshawn Lynch—is new in theaters. How do critics feel about the action comedy?

While a lot of modern action movies highlight brutality, Jonathan Eusebio’s Love Hurts is a surprise in that it contains a particular level of charm and sweetness. Leaning heavily into its title and Valentine’s Day setting,

The infinite appeal of star Ke Huy Quan almost saves the movie, along with fight scenes featuring Marshawn Lynch and Mustafa Shakir.

Ariana DeBose doesn't believe in coincidence. She does, however, "believe in divine timing," she told Yahoo Entertainment. So when she handed the Oscar statuette to Ke Huy Quan when he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2023 Academy Awards,

Directed by Jonathan Eusebio, with a screenplay written by Matthew Murray, Josh Stoddard and Luke Passmore, Love Hurts stars Quan as a former hit man named Marvin Gable, who’s launched a new career for himself as a successful realtor. But as any former hitman in any movie ever can tell you, the past never stays in the past.

The Oscar-winning actor stars alongside fellow honoree Ariana DeBose in director Jonathan Eusebio’s awkward action-comedy about a former assassin, who is pulled out of his normal new life as a real-estate agent and back into a world of bloodshed.

The Oscar winner tells IndieWire about getting used to his resurgence of fame - including thinking the invite to his hand-and-footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre was meant for someone else.

Moviefone speaks with Lio Tipton about 'Love Hurts'. I saw how much space there was to have fun and that's what drew me to the script, Tipton said.

But with “Love Hurts,” 87North has gone farther south than ever, churning out a muddled, mean-spirited action comedy that manages to feel slack and listless despite a flyweight run time of only 83 minutes.

The Oscar winning actor's first lead role is a major misfire that has plenty of violence but little else to recommend it