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Hotel de Love

1996

Comedy / Drama / Romance

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 22% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 53% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 720 720

Plot summary

10 years ago at a party, Steven thinks he sees the girl of his dreams, Melissa. Just as he's about to make his move, his twin brother Rick gets to her first and they fall in love. Steven watches his brother's relationship bloom, longing for Melissa all the while. Eventually, Melissa leaves to go to college and the brothers go on with their lives. Steven becomes a workaholic to block out his feelings about Melissa and Rick becomes a spineless bellboy at the Hotel de Love, after a later girl friend stood him up at the altar. Enter Steven and Rick's warring parents visiting the Hotel de Love for their anniversary. Re-enter Melissa with her current boyfriend, Norman. Suddenly Rick and Steven have a second chance at Melissa. Also there's Alison the palm reader, Susie behind the counter, the owner/piano player, and the freshly married couple.

Director

Craig Rosenberg Photo
Craig Rosenberg

Top cast

Raelee Hill Photo
Raelee Hill as Emma Andrews
Saffron Burrows Photo
Saffron Burrows as Melissa Morrison
Cassandra Magrath Photo
Cassandra Magrath as Suzy
Aden Young Photo
Aden Young as Rick Dunne
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
889.29 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 3
1.61 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by cinoches-4

A surprisingly pleasant film to watch

I have watched many films from Down Under and tremendously enjoyed most of them. Australian films havea distinct "flavour"; probably part of it comes from theaccent!!! However, the title of this one did not even attractme at first but I thought I'd give it a try after reading a shortreview of the film in some magazine. And I'm glad I did. Inspite of all the "kitsch", it was certainly a good watch........itactually left a pleasant aftertaste! In fact, it would not havebeen as good without the "kitsch". Well played out by theactors/actresses.....a memorable one being the piano player/hotel owner with his songs.
Reviewed by Tito-8 7 / 10

Enjoyable time-killer

Most Australian comedies that I have seen have disappointed me because their seemingly mandatory quirkiness is instantly supposed to be funny. For me at least, weird behaviour does not necessarily equal big laughs. "Hotel de Love" seemed to be a little less quirky, and perhaps that is why I liked it. That is not to say that this is without flaws, for it has one big one. But even though this film spends too much time showing the LEAST interesting couple, the other relationships are sufficiently interesting to overcome this mistake. I can't call this anything great, but it is certainly a pleasant way to kill some time.
Reviewed by =G= 5 / 10

Low end Aussie romcom

Twin brothers fall in love with the same woman (Burrows) as teens. Fast forward ten years and they own a honeymoon retreat, encounter their old flame who has come for her wedding, and attempt to pick up where they left off in spite of the presence of the groom. What follows in the denouement is a bit clumsy and awkward at times with low end production value and relatively unknown actors. However, factor in some side characters and an ample helping of vintage pop love songs and you have a mildly amusing little flick with some heart which should make an okay small screen watch for those in the mood for romcom fare. Keep expectations real and enjoy. (C+)
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