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A beautiful tale of life and love told like favorite classics.

Sweet love story with twist that in real life you would not want. I love both the main characters demeanors refresh and calm.

As a fan of period pieces and jazz, this film was the perfect blending and I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. The lovely Tessa Thompson played the lead role well. Why her co-star reminded me of NBA star Russell Westbrook was kinda crazy, but he did a great job opposite Tessa. Women love deeply and Sylvie loved this man through time and space. It is a film that keeps you rooting for love...for that happily ever after!

Harlem in 1957 encapsulates the societal and musical changes that had been coming on since the '20's: Jazz must cede center stage to rock, and people of color must strive to become the heroes of their own stories. Sylvie's Love is a pleasant romantic melodrama that itself captures the demands of changing times for those two worlds.

Although the film embraces the old cliches to further its formula, Sylvie (Tessa Thompson) is a new woman of color, gladly leaving her father's record shop to become an assistant on a TV cooking show while still open to love, most prominently Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), an aspiring sax player. Although tensions arise from two ambitious lovers is stock stuff in these dramas, Sylvie's Love has an authenticity that elevates the romance into effective drama, partly because writer/director Eugene Ashe guides Thompson and Asomugha to play their characters in the lower register-fewer tantrums, more realistic sensibility.

In fact, so modern is this throw-back romance that the relationship between Sylvie and Robert centers more on what they will do with their lives than on the outcome of their passion. While she struggles with leaving her dream job as a producer (a position rarely ever awarded a black woman at the time) or following his dream to play and eventually lead a combo.

The modern sensibility here is Black, Latinx folk finally getting the chance to equal their white counterparts, and they are faced with the same career decisions modern white couples face in moving on to career success. So, while the film offers up little in new sensibility, it does bring us to date on the enduring struggles for minorities in the good ol' US.

An honest movie, for a lovely and peaceful evening dedicated to love. I confess to having watched this film lured by the musical aspect and 1950s settings. I am a record collector and I warn jazz lovers that the part about the record store and concerts is not predominant. No matter, here we are talking about a love story with ups and downs, where in the end... well, it's easy to imagine how it ends, but I won't be the one to spoil it. I don't think I would have watched this movie without the lure of its setting, but in the end I did and so, here I am reviewing it. I would say it's decent, nothing too demanding.

This is a beautifully wrought movie with incredible cinematography and acting. It transports you to another era, allows you to forget yourself for a while, and makes you believe in true romance again. It is poignantly done bringing to light the complexity and realities of life in the sixties. I highly recommend.

I know Tessa Thompson is a great actor, but I was surprised by Nnamdi Asomugha's performance, he did an awesome job. Usually people who transition from the NFL to acting, do not fair well. Overall the movie was good, it depicted the intensity of a love affair that survived the vicissitudes of life.

Not sure what others saw or even talking about for that matter but this movie was GOOD like any film there's room for improvement HOWEVER not only was I interested the whole time I like the fact that I saw familiar faces from films gone by to the current faces of Hollywood especially Black Hollywood if you will AND to see the description hold true throughout the film was the most impressive thing to me It was about Sylie's love and her love interest course in life even watching with a open mind I couldn't gather anything predictable but hey to each its own I liked this film a lot

I just loved this movie. Finally a good,interesting story of a black man,black women and love. I will watch this movie over and over again. Ms. Thompson was just fantastic and of course her handsome leading man was tender and loving. Let have more of this please and you can include the civil rights movement it would just tell the truth about what was going on during this period.

Greetings again from the darkness. For those who enjoy an old fashioned Hollywood romance, with set design and costumes taking priority over the intricacies of a story, then writer-director Eugene Ashe has the cure for what ails you. In contrast to the numerous films this year addressing topics of socially-conscious issues, this is an unapologetic, soapy, melodrama with beautiful actors and some cool jazz.

Tessa Thompson (CREED, 2015; AVENGERS: ENDGAME, 2019) stars as Sylvie, a young woman working in her daddy's (Lance Riddick) Harlem record store while her fiancé is off fighting in the war. Her co-star is Nnamdi Asomugha (a 10 year NFL career, mostly with the Raiders) as Robert, a saxophone player in the Dickie Brewster Quartet. They have their 'meet-cute' moment, and despite the fiancé and Sylvie's career aspirations of being a TV producer, they fall in love. The chemistry between Sylvie and Robert works because Ms. Thompson can light up the screen with her smile.

Director Ashe starts the movie in 1962 as Sylvie and Robert bump into each other by mere chance. It's then that we flashback 5 years to their first meeting in the record shop. It doesn't take long to establish that Sylvie is an expert on music and television, and has an independent streak that would be considered unusual for the era. As the two fall in love and appear well-matched, Robert's group lands a prestigious gig in Paris. Just like that, the relationship is over.

Falling in and out of love over many years isn't the right description for what happens to Sylvie and Robert. No, they are always in love (whether together or apart) ... it's just that life happens, and timing can be cruel in such matters. Additional supporting performances include Jemima Kirke as the Countess and Robert's agent, a character based on Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter; Wendi McLendon-Covey as Lucy, a TV actor on a cooking show; Erica Gimpel as Sylvie's appearances-obsessed mother; Eva Longoria as Carmen, replete with a New Year's Eve song and dance routine; John Magaro as a music producer; and Alamo Miller as Lacy, Sylvie's fiancé and husband. Despite her limited screen time, Aja Naomi King is a standout as Sylvie's friend and party-girl-turned Civil Rights Activist. Her character is one of the few that gives any indication of what's happening socially in the country at that time.

It's a film that fully embraces the melodrama - a predictable love story, contrived to the point that Sylvie keeps a secret so personal that we would ordinarily find her despicable; yet in this film, her actions are presented as compassionate. Mr. Ashe's film is a soap opera that looks fantastic, while glossing over the real challenges faced by blacks in the era. It's truly a throwback in style, era, and substance. The people are beautiful. The cars are shiny. The music is hypnotic. Production design by Mayne Berke and Costumes by Phoenix Mellow add to the elegance presented by Ms. Thompson and Mr. Asomugha. You surely know if this is your type of movie. See you later alligator. Available on Amazon Prime December 23, 2020

It pains me to write such a negative review of a film that looks and sounds so beautiful. Costumes, soundtrack, scenery, scenography, mood and atmosphere are wonderful, then acting is good and it's amazing to immerse oneself in the lovely atmosphere of the 50s and 60s in NYC.

Although wrapped in a brilliant gold paper, Sylvie's Love is as trite as they come. The characters are shallow and act out of whims, their motivations non existent and their evolution as people is just as bad.

Especially the love story, which supposed to swipe us off our feet, is callously redundant, stereotypical and based on tired tropes that should be honestly over in 2020: a woman is engaged to a man at war in North Korea, has an affair with another man, a musician that ends up living her to go on tour in Europe. They meet again 5 years later. Guess what happens.

It is cheating and lying still considered romantic? Was it ever? We need to talk.

There's nothing fancy about this movie. There's nothing intense or complicated and that is the majesty of Sylvie's Love. It's a visually stunning and simple story told in the most cinematically beautiful of fashions.

The costumes, art direction, and cinematography transport you into a different world and a different time. The film has the ability for you to feel nostalgia from a decade you may have never even lived in.

Tessa Thompson is absolutely breathtaking, playing an amazing character that we can all root for and enjoy as we watch her grow and mature from a starry eyed youth to a cynical yet sassy strong woman, but is always magnetic.

Nnamdi Aspmugha is charming playing a character in a quiet confidence that is a true romantic lead who is both humbling and sexy while being grounded enough to understand.

The actual love story is imperfect, not in quality but in the challenges the two main characters face staying together by proceeding through internal and external setbacks showing a resilient love at the very end made of pure magic.

The story accurately portrays every interesting facet of love. It's imperfect and messy but it's worth the pain. Through this depiction the movie has the quality of a classic, and achieves such deserved description.

This movie is now streaming on Amazon prime.

I absolutely love this movie. I am not a romance person as the ridiculous ups and downs usually throw me off, but this film had no ridiculous ups and downs. Just real, pure, honest love.

It felt real. The acting is wonderful. The cinematography is wonderful. The music is wonderful. The setting is clearly defined here. The plot, the theme, it feels so current and so past tense all at once.

Truly a job well-done to everyone involved. 💖

I Loved this Film so much. Just Beautiful. It was Refreshing, Intelligent, Charming, and Visually & Musically stunning. The chemistry between Tessa and Eugene was beyond captivating. I wanted them to be together. My Daughter even asked if they were a Real couple! Thank you, for giving us 'SYLVIE'S LOVE'...and brightening up our Holiday.

Simple beautiful love story about people falling in love in the 60s. The film's soundtrack is simply wonderful, adding to a refreshing and totally entertaining experience.

Sylvie's Love is a sweet love story. It exists in a lovely, technicolor world better than our own, but set in our past. Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha set the screen on fire. The soundtrack roars with some of the best music on earth. It understands it's era and genre. It feels properly old-fashioned. If you thought this film was too basic and cliched, you missed the point entirely.

3 out of 5 stars.

Great cast. Great performances. Cute romantic story about Sylvie and Robert which they go back and forth trying to do what is best for each other. But the film is a bit slow and boring at times. But cute romantic film.

This movie was nicely filmed, albeit with a couple of editing problems. The acting was superb. There was some chemistry between the two leads, and the tenderness made it on to the screen.

Unfortunately, the plot showed absolutely no originality. Every single cliched plot point to manipulate a response out of the audience was used. The characters had obvious solutions to their issues, but failed to see the obvious because of... who knows... melodrama I guess.

It got to be hard to watch.

Just started to watch this based on the positive reviews. I notice that most "period pieces" have "goofs" listed. I guess since most production companies don't spend like a billion dollars seeing that every tiny little reference of the time is accurate to the most microscopic detail and since most audiences are not THAT concerned. So I am going to see afterwards what miniscule errors I missed. Let me see something like...

Duh...obviously the shade of yellow used on a taxis in this time period (in the whole 3 second scene with a taxi) should have been 2% brighter.

The brand of cigarette shown was not sold till 2 months latter on that particular block.

The album shown on the fourth shelf behind the actor in the shop scene did not have Blah blah on the cover - rather it was his cousin blah blah.

Stupid me, I will no doubt think - why was I watching the actor in that critical scene instead of the 100 albums in the background. So much guilt will ensue.

Any ways... you get my drift. It will be interesting to see what highly significant errors I will miss.