The Love Hypothesis: Book vs. Movie
Claire Scanlon's film The Love Hypothesis adapts Ali Hazelwood's book. Lili Reinhart plays graduate student Olive Smith opposite Tom Bateman as professor Adam Carlsen, her partner in a pretend relationship.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Ali Hazelwood
- Year
- 2021
- Pages
- 401Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 11 hr 51 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Callie Dalton, Teddy Hamilton
Biology graduate student Olive Smith kisses a professor to convince her best friend that she has moved on from an old relationship. The professor is Adam Carlsen, whose intimidating reputation makes him an unlikely partner in the fake romance they agree to maintain. As Olive's research career becomes more precarious, his unexpected support complicates the boundaries of their arrangement.
- Director
- Claire Scanlon
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 1 hr 52 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Lili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White
- Genre
- romantic comedy film
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Ph.D. candidate Olive kisses intimidating professor Adam Carlsen to convince her best friend that she has moved on from a former crush. They agree to maintain the appearance of a relationship for their own reasons. Keeping the arrangement practical becomes harder as Olive develops feelings that their carefully negotiated rules were supposed to prevent.
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