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So there have been many attempts at bridging the gap between two popular and rewarding (especially financially) industries of films and computer games. As far back as the 1980's there were VHS cassette tapes that allowed viewers to influence the story by making decisions as they watched a show. Those were a different experience to the more modern "Choose Your Own Adventure" and "Fighting Fantasy" type books that influenced later films.

Now we are in the era of streaming, and Choose Love is a very interesting contribution to what could be a revolutionary albeit somewhat nascent field of entertainment.

The ability to direct a film is a novel experience that is not for everyone, but if you enjoy gaming or the books I mention above, then you will most likely enjoy this film.

To address a misguided notion that some people have, the ethics are not "to help the (protagonist) cheat" but to guide her through experiencing young love. Yes there are some options that some will see as morally reprehensible whilst others will see for a bit of fun. The fact is that this is a healthy way for some people to explore their decision-making abilities and their morals, and see how things could be with alternative decisions available for consideration.

Perhaps we will see more of this in the future. I personally hope so!

This film could have been good. It has a cast of notable quality, a script that is polished, and good camera work. However, there are too many frustratingly ludicrous scenes that mar this title. People are constantly driving recklessly and killing others in crashes, or turning their backs on foes that are clearly still a threat. This kind of thing ruins the overall flow of the film. It would have been so easy to do those bits, but it is as if the director has not watched the final cut of the film and just been fixated on making a movie rather than making a quality movie - and it shows!

Having read some of the other reviewers criticisms about this film I felt compelled mention some of the good points take me to enjoy this film and give it a 9. firstly whilst I normally despise anybody who says such cliches as "at least I had fun making this film" when really they mean "this film is terrible" but I really mean it when I say they the cast and crew clearly had a riot making. I fear that some people will simply not get this kind of humour, as it is very much a "League of Gentleman" style of humour (in fact Matt Lucas stars in this flick) and I absolutely loved it with the smuttier aspects of the humour. This film is a wild and wacky tribute to the 1970s and England's time of change. I felt that the film clearly highlighted some of the aspects of punk music such as the idea of being anti-capitalist and anti-establishment together with the motto of "tear it down". I feel it is what helps us become a left wing country and more welcoming to our non-British fellow people. I won't mention about how this amazing defining time in English history is now sadly crumbling because it is too political but I would be amiss to omit a nod the political ideals that this film crams into an overall entertaining endeavour.

If phrases like "this is a local shop for local people" and " this parrot is dead!" amuse you even slightly, then I feel that you will have just the right sense of humour to really grasp this film's eccentricities , for it has many, and they will not be to everybody's liking. So tread careful dear reader, for this title is can be likened to Marmite in my mind . You will either love it or hate it, but I strongly suggest you give it some time. You may grow to love it as much as I have, and I was very pleasantly surprised by my discovery of this movie. It is easily one of the better original comedy films produced recently.