#238 – Love Hard | Directed by Hernán Jiménez (with Clayton Jones II and Shawn Murphy of Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies Podcast)

Tune in as this program plunges deeper into the holiday season! For this third episode of December, Clayton Jones II and Shawn Murphy (Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies!) are circling back around to review Love Hard, the 2021 Netflix Christmas rom-com about the fake-dating and matchmaking antics that ensue after a dating column writer travels across the country for a seemingly charming guy and then realizes she’s been catfished. Subverting the Submissive Asian Male stereotype, Shawn’s hate for You’ve Got Mail and Forrest Gump (with Arthur also loathing the latter), the rapey air that “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” could give off in these modern times, and the terrors of dating app culture land as some of the subject matter for this episode.

Directed by Hernán Jiménez, Love Hard stars Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet, Harry Shum Jr., Matty Finochio, Althea Kaye, James Saito, Rebecca Staab, Mikaela Hoover, Heather McMahan, and Fletcher Donovan.

Spoilers start at 23:00

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