ReganRebecca I've adored Susanne Bier's work for years and, having followed her career, for over a decade, was well aware of the fact that she kept swearing that all her movies, depressing and dark though they were, all initially started out as comedies. Love Is All You Need, is finally the comedy that she and her frequent writing partner Anders Thomas Jensen kept promising. Trine Dyrholm plays Ida, a middle-aged hair dresser who has just successfully complete chemo after having breast cancer. Returning home with the good news that her cancer is in remission she is shocked to find her husband having sex with a much younger woman. He abruptly announces he's leaving her, though their daughter is due to get married overseas in Italy shortly. Meanwhile Philip (Pierce Brosnan), a successful English businessman living in Denmark, remains cantankerous after the death of his wife. He constantly rebuffs the advances of his sister-in-law (Paprika Steen, hilarious), and is preparing to go to Italy where his son is getting married, to Ida's daughter. The families of the affianced have never met before, but Philip and Ida end up meeting cute at the airport on their way to Italy. He is at first repulsed by what he views as her ditziness and she is equally unimpressed by his rudeness, but in Italy they swiftly begin to see each other's finer points and romance begins to bloom. It's all a very by the numbers type rom com, but the film has such a great cast and is so loving of its character that it's extremely fun to watch. So many modern rom coms can't get it right and try to be overly clever, but this one is actually funny and sweet. Bonus kudos to cinematographer Morten Søborg who draws out all the rich beauty of Italy, and makes it seem colourful and vivacious.

markmuhl How can a story about a cancer therapy at the same time be a story about a new and romantic love without being over the top sentimental? This movie will give you the answer. Not even the fact that great parts of it take place in the beautiful scenery of the Amalfi coast can make the romance bucket overrun.This is because alongside the love story there are happening so many unromantic things, that it feels like a real life story. There is a husband betraying his wife while she is on cancer treatment, there is a father being insensitive enough to bring along a completely unwelcome guest to his own daughter's wedding, there is a bridegroom who has no sexual longing for his bride, there is the same bridegroom who is not even sure about his own sexual orientation and there is the usual tensions among family members, that have come together for a family event like a wedding.Besides, Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm give a convincing performance of a bridegroom's father and a bride's mother who start their acquaintance with a stupid accident and as a consequence don't like each other at the beginning but learn to fancy each other in the course of wedding preparation events. I really wanted them to come together because despite their different backgrounds they do make a good match when it comes down to enjoying life.I don't really see, however, why the original Danish name of the movie – den skaldede frisor (the bald headed hairdresser) – had to be changed into 'Love is all you need'. While the latter has one expect to see a movie with little depth the original name suggests exactly the opposite and hence meets much better what can be expected: an enjoyable, intelligent movie with good and serious story telling.

anthonymcevoy Danish Films and TV series generally have high production values that explore their characters psyche so this is what attracted me initially. I hesitated when I saw Pierce Brosnan. Nice on the eye but hardly a heavyweight actor. Don't be put off by this. He is actually quite good. Obviously he can't speak Danish but this is nicely woven into the plot by him being a foreigner who was married to a Dane....so he can understand Danish but won't speak it. If you don't like subtitles don't be put off by this either as about 50% of the film is in English. This film grows on you from the start and all the characters are strong and very well acted. There are nice bits of quirky Danish humour that will appeal to English speakers...and a few twists and turns. This is probably a "girly" movie but as a man I enjoyed it and there is a lot more to it than the usual superficiality of Hollywood "Chick Flicks". There are no "black and white" characters...everybody has issues and you learn to accept their issues...just as you would with real people.....and yeah I might just possibly have had slightly moist eyes towards the end.

Cathy Sargent There is a reason to be happy about Pierce Brosnen humbly accepting to play the role of Phillip .In America there are few models for doing grief work and few models for manhood.Phillip is a knight without armor in the way he sees Ida a cancer survivor as well as his gay son. His eyes see up to the skies and down to the seas. Mourning and melancholia is complicated and Pierce in real life has experienced this.I am reminded of the 12 step program: life is unmanageable, I cannot control things, I am not God and have to rely on a power greater than myself.Phillip could play God in this film. After all he is paying for his son's wedding and Ida asks him to read the letter regarding her final prognosis.Instead, Phillip reacts peacefully and humbly by making observations rather than emotionally reacting.Isn't that what adults do?I am still taking notes on how to respond to betrayals that have occurred for me over 15 years ago!Yes in the end, love is all we need and we either fall into His everlasting arms or not.I left the film feeling more love, joy and hope for the future!