The team-up of Oscar winners Ariana DeBose and Ke Huy Quan in Love Hurts is a fitting reminder of all the good that can come out of awards season.  At a time when there's a new Oscar-related controversy practically every single day,

Oscar winners Quan (for 2022’s Everything Everywhere All At Once) and DeBose (for 2021’s West Side Story) deserve a better romantic narrative than the one this film delivers, and its brief 83-minute running time hints at bits left on the cutting-room floor.

The Oscar winners star in the action rom-com about a cheerful realtor whose past as a violent hitman comes back to haunt him. David Daniel talked with the stars about the film.