20261h 52mDir. Claire Scanlon

The Love Hypothesis

Name: The Love Hypothesis
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Released: 2026-09-23
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 3
Cast: Lili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas Duvernay

“Fake dating. Real chemistry.”

RomanceComedy

3.0 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 3.0 ★vs2nd Half: 3.0 ★

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Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot professor and well-known tyrant, enter into a fake relationship, seeing each of their carefully calculated theories on love get thrown into chaos.

Starring:Lili Reinhart,Tom Bateman,Rachel Marsh,Jaboukie Young-White,Nicholas Duvernay

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Lili Reinhart

Olive Smith

Tom Bateman

Dr. Adam Carlsen

Rachel Marsh

Anh Pham

Jaboukie Young-White

Malcolm Browne

Nicholas Duvernay

Jeremy Langley

Arty Froushan

Dr. Thomas Benton

Jeananne Goossen

Dr. Juliet Aslan

Aladeen Tawfeek

Dr. Eugene Fastuca

Kenny Wong

McConnell

Daniel Brochu

Dr. Hargrave

Alexandra Petrachuk

Natalie Lazotti

Howard Bilerman

Dr. Keeney

Key Production Crew

Director

Claire Scanlon

Screenplay & Writers

Sarah Rothschild, Ali Hazelwood

Cinematography

Matthew Clark

Original Score

Laura Karpman

Producers

Elizabeth Cantillon

Film Details

Original Languageen

Production Studios

MRCAmazon MGM StudiosThe Cantillon Company

Keywords & Themes

#based on novel or book#professor#romcom#love#biologist#pretend relationship#asexuality#fake dating#demisexual#romantic

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

3.0

The movie was very okayish. The plot never really took itself seriously, and honestly, neither did I. I haven’t read the book, so I’m judging this purely as a movie and yeah, it didn’t really work for me. I never truly e...

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