Chloë Grace Moretz stars as the “Cyrano of Chicago” in Love Language, a romantic comedy that sells old-school charm with a Gen-Z twist. Moretz plays a wordsmith who writes wedding vows for tongue-tied nearlyweds while making a hash of her own love life — and the result is a pleasant distraction that wears its ’90s influences proudly.
Love Language review Chloë Grace Moretz puts the spotlight on a film that understands exactly what kind of romcom it wants to be. Director Joey Power’s palatable, attractively assembled movie may not reinvent the genre, but it knows how to deliver a comfort watch.
Chloë Grace Moretz in Love Language (Credits: Variety)
Love Language Review: A Modern Cyrano Story
At the heart of the film is a classic setup with a modern coat of paint. Moretz’s heroine is brilliant at finding the right words for other people’s love stories — she crafts wedding vows for couples who cannot express themselves — yet stumbles badly when it comes to her own romance. It is the Cyrano dynamic updated for the age of dating apps and situationships, and Moretz sells it with warmth.
Much has been written about the new dating politics practised by Gen-Z — more progressive socially, more conservative sexually, if you believe the hot takes. Love Language does not try to settle that debate. Instead, it filters that sensibility through a story that remains largely beholden to templates established by previous generations.
Love Language Leans Into ’90s Romcom Tropes
Expect the familiar pleasures of the genre: klutzy meet-cutes, a gay best friend, and a climactic airport intervention. If the film modestly updates proceedings with queer marriage and cocaine jokes, it still suggests that our species’ mating rituals have largely held fast.
That nostalgic thrall to ’90s tropes is both the film’s charm and its limit. Love Language is the latest in a line of youthful romantic comedies that look backwards for their shape, even as they dress it up in contemporary detail. For viewers under 30, that familiarity may be exactly the point — a comfort watch that feels like a throwback without feeling stale.
And that comfort should, in turn, reassure their elders. Love Language argues, gently, that for all the talk of how dating has changed, the old beats of the romantic comedy — the meet-cute, the misunderstanding, the grand gesture — still land.
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