Love Language

Of course they all look dazzling — it’s a romantic comedy, after all — but they’re all real people, brought to life by a cast who seem genuinely excited to star in that rare love story that meets our expectations and then surpasses them.

It is fitting, I guess, that a film about a writer who spends more of her time intellectualizing life than allowing herself to experience it would be better at telling than showing.

Written and directed by Joey Power, “Love Language” is one of those modern rom-coms where it knows what plot beats to hit and how to add just enough pop culture references (in this case, “Vanderpump Rules”) to feel relevant, but can’t seem to bother with character development beyond the broadest of strokes.