With or Without Love (released as Una hora más en Canarias in Spain and Con amor y sin amor in Colombia) is a 2010 Spanish-Colombian screwball musical comedy film directed by David Serrano and written by Olga Iglesias and Serrano which stars Quim Gutiérrez, Angie Cepeda, Juana Acosta, and Miren Ibarguren.
Plot
Married Claudia, dumped by lover Pablo for Elena, wants to win Pablo back, with help from sister Mónica, without factoring in the possibility of the latter also falling for Pablo.[1][2]
The film premiered at the 13th Málaga Film Festival on 23 April 2010.[9] Distributed by Vértice Cine, it was released theatrically in Spain on 16 July 2010 in 275 screens, with a €262,800 opening weekend.[10] It ended up grossing just over €0.8 million at the Spanish box office.[11]
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the "technically polished, fast-moving screwball musical laffer" to also be a "retrograde hit-and-miss fare with a reheated script, a truly appalling score and many failed gags".[1]
Nando Salvà of El Periódico de Catalunya wrote that the film "fails to balance its aspirations as a romantic comedy with its pedestrian and trite attempts to emulate Howard Hawks' screwball comedies or with its orthopedic musical numbers".[12]
Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting how Quim Gutiérrez reveals himself as the Hugh Grant of Spanish romantic comedy.[13]
