RomanceDrama

Love Story

- Love means never having to say you’re sorry.

Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail.

Release Date : 1970-12-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesLove Story Company

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jennifer Cavilleri

Original Name : Ali MacGraw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Oliver Barrett IV

Original Name : Ryan O'Neal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phil Cavilleri

Original Name : John Marley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oliver Barrett III

Original Name : Ray Milland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dean Thompson

Original Name : Russell Nype

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hank - Oliver's Roommate

Original Name : Tommy Lee Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Shapeley

Original Name : Sydney Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Addison

Original Name : Robert Modica

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oliver's mother

Original Name : Katherine Balfour

Gender : Female

Character Name : Woman buying Christmas tree

Original Name : Sudie Bond

Gender : Female

Character Name : Oliver's Roommate, Ray

Original Name : Walker Daniels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oliver's Roommate, Steve

Original Name : John Merensky

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rev. Blauvelt

Original Name : Andrew Duncan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk

Original Name : Charlotte Ford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bystander at Harpsichord Concerto

Original Name : Julie Garfield

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Kevin O'Neal

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Milo Boulton

Gender : Male

Reviews

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

Well acted tear-jerker has some nice scenes and dialogue between Ryan O'Neil and Ali MacGraw, and thankfully not overly schmaltzy. Today this sort of thing would be on Lifetime but back in 70 was a box office hit. Not sure it's something I'll watch again anytime soon but decent for a romance-drama. **3.5/5**

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-24

Ryan O'Neal ("Oliver") is the son of a wealthy family who falls in love with "Jenny"(Ali McGraw) - a working class girl of whom his father (Ray Milland) does not approve. When the couple decide they are serious, his relationship with his father breaks down. He is studying law, qualifies third in his class at Harvard, gets a decent job and their now married life together looks set fair - until, that is, they struggle to conceive a child. A visit to the doctor presents their idyllic lifestyle with a massive shock and the two, at just twenty four years of age, must come to terms with a looming tragedy. There is quite a bit of engaging, first love, chemistry between these actors, and the script is peppered with some gentle humour as their lively romance blossoms in front of us. The production is adequate, all it needs to be in a performance driven film like this but the nature of the ending served little purpose and felt really quite unnecessarily unfulfilling and downbeat. It is a good film, but I suspect that Francis Lai's theme tune will long outlive the memory of anything we see on screen.