‘Love Of Your Life’ Review: Margaret Qualley On A Quest To Find Herself In Wandering Romantic Drama Of Grief And Renewal – Toronto Film Festival
Amazon MGM's romantic drama "Love Of Your Life," reviewed at the Toronto Film Festival, stars Margaret Qualley as Maya, a Boston ER nurse whose whirlwind marriage ends in tragedy during the Covid pandemic, sending her into years of unexplained wandering across Lisbon, London and New Orleans. Directed by Rachel Morrison from a screenplay by Morrison and Julia Cox, the film traces Maya's journey from devastating grief to eventual self-renewal, with Ryan Gosling's Open Invite serving as producer after optioning the script.
The reviewer likens the film to "The Notebook" meets "Eat Pray Love," praising Qualley's performance for making an at-times alienating, self-absorbed character ultimately sympathetic. Gabriel Basso plays her late husband Charlie, Aaron Pierre plays Felix, a new love interest she meets abroad, and Catherine Keener appears as Charlie's mother in a pivotal late scene; the critic found the pacing meandering but was held by Qualley's screen presence throughout.
- Margaret Qualley leads new Amazon MGM drama "Love Of Your Life"
- Film follows a widow's grief-driven years of aimless wandering abroad
- Reviewed positively at Toronto Film Festival; Ryan Gosling produces