LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT
Love, friendship, and forgiveness are brewing in this wholesome romance.
Should You Watch It?
LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT is a cheerful romantic comedy with a strong family-friendly heart. It encourages honesty, celebrates loyal friendship, and champions forgiveness. The movie also offers funny moments, great visuals, and nice chemistry among the cast.
The story’s romantic conflict grows from competing coffee shops and the pressure that threatens Leena’s livelihood. Along the way, the film asks whether people can look past difficult circumstances and see one another truthfully.
With only some alcohol use in bar and restaurant scenes, this is an easy choice for a family seeking wholesome romantic entertainment. Watch it when you want a gentle, uplifting movie about love, friendship, and forgiveness.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESLeena runs an independent coffee shop with her best friend and roommate, Ava. When a major coffee chain opens across the street, Leena worries about her business and the community she has worked to build.
Then Leena discovers that the chain’s manager is Jonah, a kind man she has recently met. As Leena helps Ava communicate with a dating-app match, feelings and misunderstandings begin to grow. Leena must decide whether to hold on to her reservations or make room for love.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means this is an especially enjoyable romantic comedy. LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT has great visuals, funny moments, and nice chemistry among the cast.
The texting situation provides some of the movie’s humor, especially as Leena writes messages for her friend while Jonah does the same for his friend. The result is a lighthearted, engaging romance with an uplifting tone.
The Worldview
LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT presents a strong moral worldview with redemptive elements. It exalts honesty, loyal friendship, forgiveness, and people who stand up for one another at personal cost. The movie also values loving community, shown through Leena’s independent coffee shop and her concern for the people around it.
The film does include dishonesty when two characters text on their friends’ behalf. But it ultimately makes clear that telling the truth is better. In that way, the movie’s moral direction aligns with a biblical view of honesty and reconciliation.
The film’s longing for faithful friendship and restored relationships connects with Scripture’s call to “speak the truth with his neighbor” (Ephesians 4:25) and to forgive one another (Colossians 3:13).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Strong moral worldview with redemptive elements stresses honesty, forgiveness and the importance of loyal friends who will stick up for one another at cost to themselves
Foul Language
No foul language, one use of the word “heck”
Violence
No violence
Sex
No sex
Nudity
No nudity Alcohol Use/Abuse: There are several scenes where characters at a bar/restaurant have wine or beer in front of them, plus one character mentions that he and a friend drank mezcal at a bar
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or drug use
Miscellaneous Immorality
Part of the movie’s premise is that two characters are texting on their friend’s behalf, so there is some dishonesty involved, but the movie ultimately shows that it is better to tell the truth.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Why is honesty important even when telling the truth could make a situation harder?
Ephesians 4:25 · Proverbs 12:22What does loyal friendship look like when standing up for someone comes at a cost?
Proverbs 17:17 · John 15:13Why can forgiveness restore a relationship, and what does biblical forgiveness require of us?
Colossians 3:13 · Ephesians 4:32How can a business or home help build a loving community?
Romans 12:13 · Hebrews 13:2The Final Word
LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT is a warm, visually appealing romance with funny moments, strong chemistry, and an uplifting moral center. Its limited content concerns make it a wholesome choice for older children and adults. For a gentle family movie about honesty, friendship, and forgiveness, choose WORTH THE TRIP.
