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Love Hard

Love Hard

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Love Hard

"A romantic comedy about the lies we tell for love."

2021

1h 45m

6.9(1627 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who duped her offers to set them up if she pretends to be his own girlfriend for the holidays.

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Netflix

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Production Companies

Wonderland Sound and Vision

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Nina Dobrev

Nina Dobrev

Natalie Bauer

Jimmy O. Yang

Jimmy O. Yang

Josh Lin

Darren Barnet

Darren Barnet

Tag

James Saito

James Saito

Bob Lin

Rebecca Staab

Rebecca Staab

Barb Lin

Harry Shum Jr.

Harry Shum Jr.

Owen Lin

Mikaela Hoover

Mikaela Hoover

Chelsea Lin

Matty Finochio

Matty Finochio

Lee

Heather McMahan

Heather McMahan

Kerry

Fletcher Donovan

Fletcher Donovan

Eric

Creative team

Directed by: Hernán Jiménez
Written by: Daniel Mackey
Rebecca Ewing
Produced by: McG
Mary Viola

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