Not Approved

Love Happens

A romantic drama about a widower (Eckhart) whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru. On a business trip to Seattle, he falls for a woman (Aniston) who attends one of his seminars, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.
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Dove Review

This movie makes some good points. It deals with a man named Burke (Aaron Eckhart) who attempts to move on following his wife’s death in an accident but he finds doing so more difficult than he imagined. He meets a young woman, a florist, named Eloise (Jennifer Aniston) and not much happens at first. Then, a little later a few sparks fly. Aniston does a good job in playing a kind of quirky character. Unfortunately, Burke is holding on to a secret surrounding his wife’s death which he hasn’t revealed to Eloise. The challenge becomes whether or not Burke can let go of the past and let love happen. Burke is a practical man who says things like, “If you don’t pay the piper, he will come calling.”

Despite some positive themes in the picture such as moving on following a tragedy, and opening one’s self up to a new possibility, regrettably the movie contains strong language and some explicit sexual remarks. We therefore cannot award our Dove “Family-Approved” Seal to the film.

Dove Rating Details

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Faith

None

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Integrity

Flashbacks of a car accident but crash not seen; sounds of crash heard; woman's eyes open in death seen; a character burns his feet by walking on hot coals.

3
Sex

Passionate kissing; sexual innuendos and frank sexual comments.

5
Language

GD-4; J-3; G/OMG-9; F-1 (Partially mouthed); D-6; S-4; H-6; A-4; SOB-1; Slang for having sex-1

2
Violence

Flashbacks of a car accident but crash not seen; sounds of crash heard; woman's eyes open in death seen; a character burns his feet by walking on hot coals.

2
Drugs

Drinking in a few scenes; man smokes and smokes from an oriental tobacco pipe.

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Nudity

Person wearing a towel seen from a distance; shirtless man in swim trunks seen.

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Other

A character gives the middle finger to someone; dealing with the death of a loved one; a man tells a lie but the truth comes out; a character deals with an angry father-in-law.

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