Although Roger Ebert admires Hugo quite well, he has no friendship with Hugo. Overall, he is still an objective film critic.

In the comments of the "Chicago Sun", Roger gave "Love Years" 75 points, a three-star recommendation among the same type of movies. What's amazing is that this is actually the highest score among the first batch of comments. It seems that the showdown between "Love Years" and "Pulp Novels" has already begun, and the victory or defeat has already begun.

Roger Ebert said in the movie review, "Overall, it's not bad, in fact, the energetic performance and the dramatic from the heart make the movie a pleasant experience."

In the 75-point evaluation, Roger objectively commented on Brad's performance, "It has improved compared to the 'Big River Love', but the results are not great. Similar roles and similar performances, but Brad's wild and unruly temperament does add a lot of points to the role. It can be seen that his efforts are not amazing, but at least it is worthy of praise."

The media similar to Roger also has the "Rolling Stone", who has never liked Hugo and has never interviewed the "Rolling Stone" that has been glorious until now. They also commented on it at 75 points. "The key factor that makes this male character shine in the screen is the actor. Although Aidan Quinn's performance is tough and profound, Brad Pitt is responsible for the audience's visual enjoyment."

Even the "Rolling Stone" did not give a higher score, and it only stopped at 75. However, the comments of "Rolling Stone" pointed out an important factor. Aidan Quinn, who played the eldest son in the movie, performed more difficult and had better acting skills. But in fact, the real benefit was Brad, the "sexual bomb" who really benefited.

The title of "sexual bomb" comes from the joke of the "Chicago Tribune". "The thrilling charm paintings, but not from the actors. The only thing that can make this work full of charm is the sexual bomb that detonates countless passions. After this movie, we gained Brad Pitt, that's all."

The Chicago Tribune score is 70, which is not high.

In fact, this is the overall trend. The major media such as "Entertainment Weekly", "San Francisco Chronicle", "USA Today", and "Houston Chronicle" all have ratings below 50. They generally believe that the story of "Love Years" is long, boring, and empty. On the surface, it seems to reflect the background of the times and trigger people's deep thinking, but when people really put their energy into thinking, they find that they have nothing to gain. The result is just a love movie dressed in the guise of the times.

Although people have long expected that it is not easy for "Love Years" to challenge an epoch-making work like "Pulp Novel", this result still made countless people fall into their glasses. Not to mention that compared with "Howard Manor", even last year's "Farewell to Love Heaven" received more praise than "Love Years".
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