The Love Hypothesis Review

The Love Hypothesis streams exclusively on Prime Video starting September 23. Sometimes a rom-com isn’t just a rom-com; such is the case with The Love Hypothesis, a Prime Video movie adaptation of author Ali Hazelwood's 2021 New York Times bestseller. In most cases, that’s a cut-and-dry scenario. However, Hazelwood’s book evolved out of the author’s frustration with how the Star Wars sequels turned out; she, among many, was so frustrated with how the characters of Rey and Kylo Ren/Ben Solo were done dirty in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that she “fixed” their outcomes through a creative outpouring of fan fiction. One of them was rewritten as The Love Hypothesis and published, turning into an international BookTok sensation and now a movie. Why all the history? Because The Love Hypothesis has been created with a decidedly modern lens, depending on the audience watching it. For everyone who just enjoys an entertaining rom-com or loved the book, The Love Hypothesis is an accessible, charming watch led by the warm chemistry of the entire cast, especially leads Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman. For anyone who comes to it from Star Wars fandom and has followed the journey of Hazelwood and her story to this moment in time, the movie is a very meta wink filled with easter eggs tailored just for them. The basic story remains the same: Third-year Stanford University PhD student Olive Smith (Reinhart) is overworked and underfunded in the traditionally male-dominated science world. Her