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* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: PlayedForLaughs with Eric the airport employee, who also doubles (triples?) as the local Uber and Lyft driver.
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** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite this, he does seem to care about Josh's well-being, as he suspects that Natalie is up to something and confronts her about it at the climax of the film.
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* {{Jerkass}}: JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Josh's brother Owen, who Owen is an AttentionWhore along with his wife.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold:wife and isn't friendly or supportive towards Josh. Despite this, he does seem to care about Josh's well-being, as he suspects that Natalie is up to something and something, confronts her about it at the climax of the film.film, and genuinely seems sad that Josh and Natalie didn't work out.
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-->'''Elderly Man:''' What if I spruce it up just a little bit...instead of "has Parkinson's", I go with "always on the move?"
-->'''Elderly Man:''' What if I spruce it up just a little bit...instead of "has Parkinson's", I go with "always on the move?"
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* MissingMom: Natalie's mom died a year prior to the film. Josh's biological mother is also never seen, as he explicitly refers to Barb as his stepmother.
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* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: PlayedForLaughs with Eric the airport employee, who also doubles (triples?) as the local Uber and Lyft driver.
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-->'''Natalie:''' Well, some people find him[[note]]Thoreau[[/note]] to be a self-obsessed narcissist, fanatical about self-control, not to mention a total hypcorite...but personally, I find him so inspiring!
-->'''Natalie:''' Well, some people find him[[note]]Thoreau[[/note]] to be a self-obsessed narcissist, fanatical about self-control, not to mention a total hypcorite...but personally, I find him so inspiring!
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Natalie Bauer (Creator/NinaDobrev) is an unlucky-in-love writer based in Los Angeles who turns her {{Dating Service Disaster}}s into a column. After her best friend sets her match radius to the entire country, Natalie quickly connects with a hunky, outdoorsy East Coaster named Josh Lin, and decides to fly cross-country to spend Christmas with him. Upon arriving at his home, however, she learns she's been catfished and Josh (Creator/JimmyOYang) is really a nerdy BasementDweller. When she learns that the man she was attracted to, Tag Abbott (Creator/DarrenBarnet), lives in town, Natalie and Josh strike a deal: Josh will set her up with Tag if she pretends to be his girlfriend to his unsuspecting family (father Bob (Creator/JamesSaito), stepmom Barb (Creator/RebeccaStaab), brother Owen (Creator/HarryShumJr), sister-in-law Chelsea (Creator/MikaelaHoover), and grandmother June (Creator/AltheaKaye) until Christmas.
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Natalie Bauer (Creator/NinaDobrev) is an unlucky-in-love writer based in Los Angeles who turns her {{Dating Service Disaster}}s into a column. After her best friend sets her match radius to the entire country, Natalie quickly connects with a hunky, outdoorsy East Coaster named Josh Lin, and decides to fly cross-country to spend Christmas with him. Upon arriving at his home, however, she learns she's been catfished and Josh (Creator/JimmyOYang) is really a nerdy BasementDweller. When she learns that the man she was attracted to, Tag Abbott (Creator/DarrenBarnet), lives in town, Natalie and Josh strike a deal: Josh will set her up with Tag if she pretends to be his girlfriend to his unsuspecting family (father -- father Bob (Creator/JamesSaito), stepmom Barb (Creator/RebeccaStaab), brother Owen (Creator/HarryShumJr), sister-in-law Chelsea (Creator/MikaelaHoover), and grandmother June (Creator/AltheaKaye) -- until Christmas.
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* AuthenticationByNewspaper: Kerry demands that Josh send a photo of himself with a newspaper to verify his identity. Josh sends one to a photo of himself with a personalized message, which satisfies Kerry and Natalie. Averted, because he photoshopped Subverted, though, since the real Josh Photoshopped it.
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Natalie Bauer (Creator/NinaDobrev) is an unlucky-in-love writer based in Los Angeles who turns her {{Dating Service Disaster}}s into a column. After her best friend sets her match radius to the entire country, Natalie quickly connects with a hunky, outdoorsy East Coaster named Josh Lin, and decides to fly cross-country to spend Christmas with him. Upon arriving at his home, however, she learns she's been catfished and Josh (Creator/JimmyOYang) is really a nerdy BasementDweller. When she learns that the man she was attracted to, Tag Abbott (Creator/DarrenBarnet), lives in town, Natalie and Josh strike a deal: Josh will set her up with Tag if she pretends to be his girlfriend to his unsuspecting family (father Bob (Creator/JamesSaito), stepmom Barb (Creator/RebeccaStaab), brother Owen (Creator/HarryShumJr), sister-in-law Chelsea (Creator/MikaelaHoover), and grandmother June (Creator/AltheaKaye)) (Creator/AltheaKaye) until Christmas.
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->'''Natalie''': But more importantly, you're a good guy, Josh.\\
'''Josh''': Well, I don't know how to show that in a photo.
''Love Hard'' is a holiday RomanticComedy directed by Hernán Jiménez for Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was released on November 5, 2021.
Natalie Bauer (Creator/NinaDobrev) is an unlucky-in-love writer based in Los Angeles who turns her {{Dating Service Disaster}}s into a column. After her best friend sets her match radius to the entire country, Natalie quickly connects with a hunky, outdoorsy East Coaster named Josh Lin, and decides to fly cross-country to spend Christmas with him. Upon arriving at his home, however, she learns she's been catfished and Josh (Creator/JimmyOYang) is really a nerdy BasementDweller. When she learns that the man she was attracted to, Tag Abbott (Creator/DarrenBarnet), lives in town, Natalie and Josh strike a deal: Josh will set her up with Tag if she pretends to be his girlfriend to his unsuspecting family (father Bob (Creator/JamesSaito), stepmom Barb (Creator/RebeccaStaab), brother Owen (Creator/HarryShumJr), sister-in-law Chelsea (Creator/MikaelaHoover), and grandmother June (Creator/AltheaKaye)) until Christmas.
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!!Tropes in this film:
* AttentionWhore: Josh's brother Owen can't stand not being the center of attention and undermines Josh and Natalie's duet with a pregnancy announcement. He resents Natalie because she's stealing some of the limelight from him and his wife Chelsea.
* BigManOnCampus: According to Josh, Tag was this type in high school: prom king, class president, and football star.
* {{Butterface}}: When Natalie does sexy karaoke at the local bar, the men react with interest while her back is behind them, but this turns to shock and embarrassment when she turns around to reveal a red, puffy face (the result of being allergic to the kiwi in some shots she took prior).
* ChangingYourselfForLove: In order to snag the outdoorsy Tag, Natalie pretends to be an adventurous, athletic young woman who likes the things he likes (even if she can't stand Creator/HenryDavidThoreau). It gets to the point that she goes to his family's steakhouse despite being vegetarian.
* DatingServiceDisaster: Exploited. Natalie gets several bad dates while on dating apps, and has turned these into her day job: she writes about them for a ShallowNewsSiteSatire named Soash Media.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Natalie has been swiping right on hunks the entire film but eventually realizes she's genuinely in love with the nerdy Josh.
* JockDadNerdSon: Josh is the nerdy candlemaking Nerd Son to his outdoorsy father Bob's Jock Dad. [[spoiler:However, Bob is delighted at Josh's plans for a business and happily supports him.]]
* MostWritersAreWriters: Natalie is a columnist for a ShallowNewsSiteSatire, a job that gives her leeway to fly across the country for an online crush, because she can write about it.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler:When the truth is revealed, Tag comments that for all Natalie had disparaged Josh's catfishing, she was also pretending to be someone she wasn't when trying to snag ''him''.]]
* OpenHeartDentistry: After a bad allergic reaction, Josh brings Natalie to the local vet because the hospital is half an hour away.
* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: Josh passes Natalie off as his step-cousin to Tag.
* ShallowNewsSiteSatire: Natalie writes for a social media company named "Soash Media". What we see of it is in a trendy building and her boss, Lee, works out while talking to her. Lee describes the website as a reminder of what life ''could'' be (either better, or so much worse).
* ShoutOut:
** The title comes from ''Film/LoveActually'' and ''Film/DieHard'', which Natalie and Josh continuously debate as "the best Christmas movie". Natalie's GrandRomanticGesture mimics [[spoiler:Mark's cue card confession to Juliet, and Josh responds with "Yippie ki-yay".]]
** Tag's favorite book is ''Literature/{{Walden}}''.
** Josh and Natalie duet a modified version of "Baby It's Cold Outside".
* SiblingYinYang: Confident jerk Owen and introverted nice guy Josh are brothers.
* WritersBlockMontage: During the denouement Natalie gets a montage of her room at the Lake Placid Lodge trying to finish her article.
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->'''Natalie''': But more importantly, you're a good guy, Josh.\\
'''Josh''': Well, I don't know how to show that in a photo.
''Love Hard'' is a holiday RomanticComedy directed by Hernán Jiménez for Creator/{{Netflix}}. It was released on November 5, 2021.
Natalie Bauer (Creator/NinaDobrev) is an unlucky-in-love writer based in Los Angeles who turns her {{Dating Service Disaster}}s into a column. After her best friend sets her match radius to the entire country, Natalie quickly connects with a hunky, outdoorsy East Coaster named Josh Lin, and decides to fly cross-country to spend Christmas with him. Upon arriving at his home, however, she learns she's been catfished and Josh (Creator/JimmyOYang) is really a nerdy BasementDweller. When she learns that the man she was attracted to, Tag Abbott (Creator/DarrenBarnet), lives in town, Natalie and Josh strike a deal: Josh will set her up with Tag if she pretends to be his girlfriend to his unsuspecting family (father Bob (Creator/JamesSaito), stepmom Barb (Creator/RebeccaStaab), brother Owen (Creator/HarryShumJr), sister-in-law Chelsea (Creator/MikaelaHoover), and grandmother June (Creator/AltheaKaye)) until Christmas.
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!!Tropes in this film:
* AttentionWhore: Josh's brother Owen can't stand not being the center of attention and undermines Josh and Natalie's duet with a pregnancy announcement. He resents Natalie because she's stealing some of the limelight from him and his wife Chelsea.
* BigManOnCampus: According to Josh, Tag was this type in high school: prom king, class president, and football star.
* {{Butterface}}: When Natalie does sexy karaoke at the local bar, the men react with interest while her back is behind them, but this turns to shock and embarrassment when she turns around to reveal a red, puffy face (the result of being allergic to the kiwi in some shots she took prior).
* ChangingYourselfForLove: In order to snag the outdoorsy Tag, Natalie pretends to be an adventurous, athletic young woman who likes the things he likes (even if she can't stand Creator/HenryDavidThoreau). It gets to the point that she goes to his family's steakhouse despite being vegetarian.
* DatingServiceDisaster: Exploited. Natalie gets several bad dates while on dating apps, and has turned these into her day job: she writes about them for a ShallowNewsSiteSatire named Soash Media.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Natalie has been swiping right on hunks the entire film but eventually realizes she's genuinely in love with the nerdy Josh.
* JockDadNerdSon: Josh is the nerdy candlemaking Nerd Son to his outdoorsy father Bob's Jock Dad. [[spoiler:However, Bob is delighted at Josh's plans for a business and happily supports him.]]
* MostWritersAreWriters: Natalie is a columnist for a ShallowNewsSiteSatire, a job that gives her leeway to fly across the country for an online crush, because she can write about it.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler:When the truth is revealed, Tag comments that for all Natalie had disparaged Josh's catfishing, she was also pretending to be someone she wasn't when trying to snag ''him''.]]
* OpenHeartDentistry: After a bad allergic reaction, Josh brings Natalie to the local vet because the hospital is half an hour away.
* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: Josh passes Natalie off as his step-cousin to Tag.
* ShallowNewsSiteSatire: Natalie writes for a social media company named "Soash Media". What we see of it is in a trendy building and her boss, Lee, works out while talking to her. Lee describes the website as a reminder of what life ''could'' be (either better, or so much worse).
* ShoutOut:
** The title comes from ''Film/LoveActually'' and ''Film/DieHard'', which Natalie and Josh continuously debate as "the best Christmas movie". Natalie's GrandRomanticGesture mimics [[spoiler:Mark's cue card confession to Juliet, and Josh responds with "Yippie ki-yay".]]
** Tag's favorite book is ''Literature/{{Walden}}''.
** Josh and Natalie duet a modified version of "Baby It's Cold Outside".
* SiblingYinYang: Confident jerk Owen and introverted nice guy Josh are brothers.
* WritersBlockMontage: During the denouement Natalie gets a montage of her room at the Lake Placid Lodge trying to finish her article.
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