
Initially, when reviews began to surface, the film “Love Hurts” was met with a dismal reception on the review aggregator site, earning a disappointing 19% rating accompanied by a harsh mark. Contrastingly, viewers have rated the action film a more respectable 64% on Popcornmeter, indicating that “Love Hurts” is more divisive than predicted. Critics such as Robert Daniels from RogerEbert.com and Wendy Ide from The Observer were particularly harsh in their assessments. Daniels gave the film a score of 1/4, stating that it “stumbles, then crashes into a wall labeled an unmitigated disaster.” Eusebio’s shaky fight scenes lacked impact, and the film’s displeasing tone drained even the most ardent viewers. Ide, on the other hand, gave a score of 1/5 and described the movie as “Incomprehensible, awkwardly choreographed” and declared it “one of the worst films of the year so far.