The Hating Game

madeline_glanton shared a tip "I wanted to love this movie because I adore the enemies to lovers trope and I heard that the book was good, but the film was just mediocre. The main problem was the chemistry between the main leads. Lucy Hale was giving it all she got, but the male lead was just not up to par. He was great in the more in love moments of the film, but for most of the movie he was trying so hard to be this brooding Mr. Darcy type that came off more monotone than sexy. This was really detrimental to the film, as it made all the scenes that are supposed to be seeped in sexual tension (ya know, the scenes enemies to lovers thrive off of) stale. I’ll give the book a chance, but I can’t see myself sitting down to give this movie another watch. It’s such a shame because the film had such potential, it just wasn’t executed properly."

rob_paul_4714 shared a tip "Super good date movie. It’s also definitely an adult movie and quite sexy. The lead actor is the most beautiful man I have ever seen. Of course it’s cheesy and romantic and unobtainable. But it’s super fun."

melly_loveee shared a tip "Very much a fan of this kind of genre, there were some adult scenes but other than that great movie I thought it was romantic and had some laughs in it too. Towards the end everything felt rushed like I don’t think the topic was cleared about what was Josh talking about exactly with the boss."

trameeee shared a tip "Okay I didn’t read the book but I thought it was a good movie. It’s a solid 4 stars for me. Love their banters and some part is cringy but we gatta embrace the cringy yall! Ugh I wanna read the book now😛"

juhmeeluh shared a tip "I really liked it!! It’s a nicely done romance movie that has you swooning a couple of times. I just… I think a different actor would’ve done a little bit better as the male lead."

zolree shared a tip "I love the way this movie is written. I definetly reccomend this. I love how well they portrayed the sexual tension and all that."

quinn_i shared a tip "The book was definitely better… but i did enjoy the movie more than i thought i would. The ending was mid, but the rest was super cute and fun to watch!"

levi_crouse shared a tip "Though it was not word for word, or action for action you could say. It was pretty close to the book. This movie made me just like the book did. I totally suggest this movie, even if you didn’t read the book!"

nae_lynn shared a tip "I like the story and love Lucy and her acting in this but some parts where the guy is trying to be smooth is actually very cringy. If those parts weren't included I would've loved this movie."

kaitlyn_hines_3628 shared a tip "Where the Crawdads Sing was very enjoyable. I'm watching Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and its absolutely amazing. Especially for fantasy fans.😊"

liv_reiver shared a tip "If you haven’t read the book, I think you’ll like this movie. If you’ve read the book…..you might not. I liked it, but The Hating Game book was one of my favorites and I really wanted to love this movie, but the timeline of events in the movie wasn’t the same as it was in the book and I felt like it really lost all of the little details that made it so good. Definitely not bad, just slightly underwhelming 😪"

n_b_184 shared a tip "They messed up so many things that were originally in the book it felt like a knock off of the book, book should always be tv shows and this is a prime example"

elaina_winn_4119 shared a tip "I’ve read the book to and let me say the movie is an exact carbon copy of the book. I have the same complaints about the movie that I do the book, the transition between enemies to lovers is rocky and weird."

taylor_paschke shared a tip "It was a really good story and had some good twists! It’s also a book. I haven’t read it yet, but one of my friends said it’s really good to!"

jaye_green shared a tip "I had just finished reading the book and was so excited to watch the movie to see the differences. I was sooo disappointed I understand it's a movie so they rush things but they rush the mean point of the book, the build up! They even destroyed the colors, if you read the book you'll know what I mean. If I would have watched it and not read it I probably would have liked it but being as I read it first the movie was a let down."

giuliana_hernandez shared a tip "This movie felt like the creators read reviews from the book and created the movie. From the strange pacing to very key bits of information changing if not missing, this movie was a bit frustrating to watch as a big fan of the book."

gabriellaschilling shared a tip "It wasn’t as good as the book but most aren’t. It still made my heart do flips but some events that happened in the movie never happened in the book. Some events were also out of order and they didn’t include the epilogue. Josh in the movie was also quite a smiling person, where in the book he wasn’t. All in all it was a great movie but reading the book beforehand gave me better background knowledge and I felt if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t had understood most things."

caitlin_cleaver shared a tip "The movie was so flat! I haven’t read the book yet, but I was clear they cut out a ton of detail. Her Smurf thing and his creepy recording of her outfits came out of left field to me. There was very little buildup of their enmity before they started getting romantic. Weirdly it made me want to read the book because I’m certain it has to be better"

stringbeanbabey shared a tip "pretty good- book was 10000000000000x better. and they cut my fav scene so that blows but very much enjoyed watching Lucy demolish josh’s dad"

stori_lee shared a tip "I liked the book a lot because of the chemistry between these two characters, but in the movie it feels like there is little to none. I understand it’s hard to fit an entire book into an hour and a half long movie, but so much of it was rushed and the pacing was terrible. If I hadn’t read the book, I would have been very confused by everything and how fast it was all going."

maddie_culbreth shared a tip "This movie isn't bad really. I read the book first and really liked it. The movie in all truth kind of butchered the book. There were very important points in the book that made their relationship real and made it make sense. In the book the hating to loving relationship was believable in the movie it made 0 sense. Things moved so quickly with no explanation as to why they were moving and changing. It wasn't believable that Josh was stern/ hated her. Not bad but doesn't live up to the book."