Ariana DeBose doesn't believe in coincidence. She does, however, "believe in divine timing," she told Yahoo Entertainment. So when she handed the Oscar statuette to Ke Huy Quan when he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2023 Academy Awards,

Ke Huy Quan has said Steven Spielberg influenced his decision to accept this role, and David Fear of Rolling Stone agrees Quan deserves a chance to showcase his skills in a leading role, but this “lazy action flick” isn’t it. Love may hurt, Fear says, but not as much as watching a great actor stuck in a bad movie. The critic continues:

It's movie time, and an Oscar contender is truly, to me, the best movie that we'll talk about this week. We see Ke Huy Quan in a lead role, finally, in "Love Hurts."

The Oscar winning actor's first lead role is a major misfire that has plenty of violence but little else to recommend it

While a lot of modern action movies highlight brutality, Jonathan Eusebio’s Love Hurts is a surprise in that it contains a particular level of charm and sweetness. Leaning heavily into its title and Valentine’s Day setting,

Ke Huy Quan plays a happy-go-lucky real estate agent whose past life as a hitman comes back to haunt him in “Love Hurts.”

Moviefone speaks with Lio Tipton about 'Love Hurts'. I saw how much space there was to have fun and that's what drew me to the script, Tipton said.

Love Hurts is a Universal movie, and since the production company is under the NBCUniversal umbrella, that means it will head to Peacock for streaming. Theatrical films typically hit the platform three months after their release, so if Love Hurts follows the same format, expect to see it on Peacock by May 2025.

Oscar winner Ariana DeBose stars as Rose, a lawyer who starts a game of revenge with her old partner in crime, Marvin Gable (Ke Huy Quan). “Love Hurts” opens this weekend and is veteran stunt coordinator JoJo Eusebio’s feature film directing debut.