Lack of good storyline.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Love + hate really blows you as the audience away with its strong language, views on racism and complete realism. It gives an insight of how certain societies in England do have struggles with racism especially between whites and Asians. The acting may appear weak at the beginning but the whole film had no script so is fully improvised which makes the film appear more of a documentary rather than just a film so the feelings and opinions of the characters appear a lot stronger than they would if the film was scripted. The racism within the whole film reminds me of a modern romeo and Juliet only it isn't between two families it's between two races that the characters in the film believe shouldn't be together. The opinions and actions are strong and can be upsetting to certain viewers. Although I believe the age rating should be taken seriously in this particular film because of the strong racist opinions are very convincing and could easily influence younger minds to take sides with one of the characters opinions. Overall I think the film makes you realise that there is a problem with racism in Britain and hopefully those who watch the film should make sure they don't get involved rather than believing in what the characters are up to.

Hi, - The way the director portrayed this film was amazing, a must see... also there was gesture one of the characters used which was scratching his ear, tell me if you have ever seen this in any other film? superb, really captures the realness of the issue and plot. There were many moments where i felt the urge to cry and also many moments where i expected something bad to happen but the film stayed good, now i am just writing anything because u heard the minimum is 10 lines so right now i am just gonna keep talking until i have reached the minimum, but please go watch the film it is good. thanks for reading, bye

I recently rented this film on DVD and thought it would be an interesting choice seeing as I am both from the north of England (Bradford), and also interested in film-making. However, it soon became apparent that this film seemed to lack a decent level of development script-wise. The characters were weak and often stereotyped and the story lacked substance. The subject matter could be an interesting basis for a film. However, the delivery of this appeared naive and unfocused. The ending felt as though it was casting judgement on the characters - punishing and rewarding where the filmmakers felt necessary. This felt a little awkward and silly, and seemed at odds with the 'realism' used in the style of shooting. For me, the film dealt with the characters and subject matter in a rather heavy handed and clumsy manner. It felt as though the writer had already decided how he wanted to end the story and set about crow-barring everything else in to fit it.Another point that I feel strongly about is the watered-down Ken Loach feel the film had. I get quite upset that UK film financiers can't see that there is more to British films than 'gritty realism'. It has become almost a safe option. Film is an infinitely wonderful playground for imaginative ideas and it is not being exploited by UK feature film producers. There is a lot of talent here in the UK. It's unfortunate that most of these individuals end up either making music videos and commercials 100% of the time or they go to America. Love + Hate would have worked better if it had been cut down to 30 or 60 minutes and appeared as a one-off TV drama.

I saw this film at the 2006 Palm Springs International Film Festival and this film was well attended and received by the audiences there. Dominic Savage comes out with a pretty strong film for his directorial big screen debut in a film he also wrote. It's a reworking of an old theme of two people from different cultures falling in love and the inevitable problems they face when cultures clash but this is rendered well and reflects the very real misconceptions and prejudices of a modern city in the UK. The film has a real raw gritty look and has some of the feel of a modern West Side Story in it's Romeo & Juliet tension and a modern American Graffiti in it's capturing of kids with cars in a contemporary cruise-scene environment. The ending was a little weak but I would rate it a 6.5 of a scale of 10 and recommend it.