The rom-com is not dead. It just needed a wedding vow ghostwriter, a college crush, and Chloë Grace Moretz.
Love Language is coming to select theaters and digital/VOD this Friday, October 23, 2026 — and it’s the SXSW breakout everyone is calling “the most human rom-com in years.”
What Is It About?
Love Language follows aspiring author Louisa “Lou” Klaussner, who, after a failed engagement, reconnects with her college best friend and longtime crush, Warren. This reunion puts her in the middle of an unexpected love triangle.
But the official synopsis that Vertical released gets juicier:
“Following a failed engagement, Lou discovers she has a talent for writing other people’s wedding vows.”
Then: “Aspiring author Louisa falls into a side hustle writing wedding vows for other people.”
And then the twist: She is shocked to learn that Warren is the fiancé of Olivia, one of Lou’s wedding vow clients… putting Lou in the middle of a messy love rectangle.
In the trailer: Lou is writing beautiful vows for Olivia (Isabel May), a perfect bride-to-be. Olivia’s fiancé is Warren (Anthony Ramos) — Lou’s college best friend who she was secretly in love with for 4 years. Warren says to her: “I was in love with you in college.”
Meanwhile, there’s also Leo (Manny Jacinto) — the sweet guy who actually likes Lou now.
So Lou has to write wedding vows for her crush to marry another woman, while falling for someone else. Writer’s block doesn’t even begin to cover it.
As Lou says in the trailer: “Does she know how obsessed you were with him?”
Who’s In It?
This cast is stacked for a rom-com:
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Louisa “Lou” Klaussner — the aspiring author turned vow-for-hire
- Anthony Ramos (In The Heights, Hamilton) as Warren — the college crush / engaged groom
- Manny Jacinto (The Good Place, Top Gun: Maverick) as Leo — Fans have spent years asking when Manny Jacinto would finally get a proper romantic comedy. The wait is over.
- Isabel May (1883) as Olivia — the bride who hired Lou
- Lukas Gage as Lou’s best friend
- Billie Lourd and Chloe Fineman (SNL) as her boss / friends
Love Language is a 2026 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Joey Power. It stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Anthony Ramos, Manny Jacinto, Isabel May, Lukas Gage, and Billie Lourd.
Producers include Colin Jost — yes, SNL Colin Jost — plus Bert Hamelinck, Allison Hironaka, Ari Lubet, and Jeff Grosvenor.
Release Details
- World Premiere: March 16, 2026 at SXSW Film & TV Festival
- Theatrical + Digital: October 23, 2026 in select theaters and on digital/VOD
- Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
- Director/Writer: Joey Power
- Distributor: Vertical
- Genre: Comedy Romance, rated for language and some sexual content
It had a world premiere at the 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 16, 2026. The film is also scheduled to be released on October 23, 2026.
Love Language is an upcoming English movie scheduled to be released on 23-10-2026. The movie is directed by Joey Power.
Why SXSW Loved It
Those types of movies have fallen to the wayside as of late, and SXSW 2026’s Love Language hopes to change that.
Early reviews say it Feels Authentic And Human. Directed and written by Joey Power, picks up with its lead, Louisa ‘Lou’ Klaussner (Chloë Grace Moretz), as she tries to move on in life after being dumped by her fiancé.
Critics praised:
- Chloë’s performance — no superpowers, no horror, just a 28-year-old trying to pay rent by writing love letters for strangers. Her most adult role yet.
- Manny Jacinto as a rom-com lead — charm to a messy wedding vow love rectangle. Finally gets to be the romantic lead, not the joke.
- The vows themselves — each wedding vow Lou writes is actually a love language — acts of service, words of affirmation — which is where the title pays off.
And what we love are moments. Moments are what make up a life. That’s the tagline.
Trailer Watch
Official Love Language Movie Trailer 2026 | Chloë Grace Moretz, Anthony Ramos Movie | Release Date: 23 October 2026. After originally premiered at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival earlier this year, it’s hitting VOD to watch this month.
The trailer shows Lou at her laptop at 2am, writing vows like “You are my favorite hello and my hardest goodbye” for couples she doesn’t know, while she can’t write her own love story.
Should You Watch?
If you loved The Half of It, Past Lives, or Anyone But You — this is in that sweet spot. Small, funny, a little painful, about what happens when you’re good at writing love for other people but bad at it for yourself.
It hits theaters and VOD Friday. Perfect for a cozy October watch with someone you might want to write vows for someday — or someone you already ghosted.
Will Lou write Warren’s vows and let him go? Or will she finally write her own?
