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Based on the best-selling book, THE HATING GAME tells the story of ambitious good girl Lucy Hutton and her cold, efficient work nemesis, Joshua Templeton. Committed to achieving professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy ultimately embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against Josh, a rivalry that is increasingly complicated by her mounting attraction to him.

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The Hating Game's dismayingly retrograde approach to the battle of the sexes is often offset by the sparkling chemistry between its well-matched leads.

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The Hating Game | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Leslie Felperin Guardian About as bland and as easily consumed as a cone of soft-serve ice-cream on a hot day. Rated: 2/5 Aug 8, 2022 Full Review The Hating Game | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Stephen Romei The Australian There are some decent twists, especially when we learn of Joshua's family history, and the chemistry between the two starsripples with possibility. Rated: 3/5 Feb 1, 2022 Full Review The Hating Game | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) It's a familiar but perfectly viable starting point, in a genre where what matters isn't the premise so much as what you do with it. But director Peter Hutchings and writer Christina Mengert have no ambitions to take us anywhere new. Rated: 2/5 Jan 28, 2022 Full Review The Hating Game | Rotten Tomatoes (4) David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...tedious and uninvolving... Rated: 1/4 Apr 27, 2024 Full Review The Hating Game | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Gissane Sophia Marvelous Geeks Media If you’re a fan of romantic comedies, then The Hating Game is easy to love. Rated: 3/5 Feb 4, 2024 Full Review The Hating Game | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Rebecca Johnson Film Focus Online Fans of the book will appreciate how true the adaptation stays to its source material, and those new to the story will hopefully appreciate its character quirks and workplace rivalry. Rated: 3/5 Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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KaitlinF I am a huge fan of the book and had high expectations going into the movie. They captured their relationship and overall storyline of the book beautifully. Lucy and Josh had great chemistry. Can't wait to watch it again! Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/10/21 Full Review Riley F The Hating Game is one of my all-time favorite books. I have reread it so many times I’ve lost count, so I was very skeptical going into watching the movie. I at least thought the movie would be somewhat OK, but it was much worse than I imagined. They left out/changed some very key points in the book, and I wasn’t buying the chemistry of the main characters. Very disappointed ☹️ Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/02/24 Full Review Celina I It's a movie you put on for background noise. The plot is very quick and doesn't give enough time for the characters or story to develop. It's a hallmark type movie. Nothing too remember. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/02/24 Full Review Audience Member Probably a Hallmark Channel movie. Main dude not the best, kind of boring. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/01/24 Full Review The H I expected a cheesey Hallmark romance type of movie, but it was actually a lot deeper & way funnier than a basic TV movie. Lucy Hale was amazing, no surprise there I've been a fan of her for years but the supporting cast was also fantastic. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/31/24 Full Review Umesh B Completly disappointed. Absolute anticlimax (sic) to the book. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/16/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Peter Hutchings Director Lucy Hale Lucy Hutton Corbin Bernsen Bexley Austin Stowell Joshua Templeman Yasha Jackson Julie Brock Yurich Mack
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Synopsis Based on the best-selling book, THE HATING GAME tells the story of ambitious good girl Lucy Hutton and her cold, efficient work nemesis, Joshua Templeton. Committed to achieving professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy ultimately embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against Josh, a rivalry that is increasingly complicated by her mounting attraction to him.

Director
Peter Hutchings

Producer
Brice Dal Farra, Claude Dal Farra, Santosh Govindaraju, Brian Keady, Dan Reardon

Screenwriter
Christina Mengert

Distributor
Vertical Entertainment

Production Co
BCDF Pictures, Convergent Media.

Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language)

Genre
Romance, Comedy

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 10, 2021, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 10, 2021

Runtime
1h 42m
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