History YMMV / PurpleHearts2022

* HeManWomanHater: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Luke criticizes Cassie's views on feminism as he believes her opinion is more of an "[[DoesNotLikeMen I hate men]]" rather than an "I want gender equality."
--> '''Luke''': (reading Cassie's shirt that says "The Future is Female") [[{{Gendercide}} So what happens to the men in the future]]? Is it a [[ThePlague plague]]? Robot wars?

* {{Wangst}}: Much of the viewers, particularly critics, find the [[PoliticalOvercorrectness liberal]] vs. [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero conservative]] arguments cringe-worthy and unrealistic.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: There are about four different turning points in Cassie and Luke's FakeRelationship that seem to lead to RomanticFakeRealTurn:
** The first one happens 40 minutes into the film [[spoiler: during their honeymoon when they actually sleep together, only for it to be Luke wanting to "clear his head"]] instead of actually feeling affections for Cassie.
** The second turning point would be during their [[spoiler: video calls while Luke is in Iraq. However, when he returns after being injured during battle, their "relationship" remains strained.]]
** The third one is when [[spoiler: they start to take care of each other while living together. They even begin sleeping on the same bed, until Johnno (Luke's former drug dealer) starts to attack Cassie's mother, and their relationship once again begins to crumble.]]
** Finally, after [[spoiler: being caught by the military police for entering a MarriageOfConvenience, Cassie and Luke separate until she realizes her true feelings for him.]]

* {{Wangst}}: Much of the viewers, particularly critics, find the [[PoliticalOvercorrectness liberal]] vs. [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero republican]] arguments cringe-worthy and unrealistic.

* CriticalDissonance: The general audience doesn't really mind the military propaganda accusations and negative critical reviews, which can be proved by the film's massive commercial success. However, political issues aside, critics ''do'' think that it's objectively mediocre with bad directing and {{Narm}} writing.

* {{Tearjerker}}: The scene where Cassie finds out that [[spoiler: Frankie, her childhood best friend and PlatonicLifePartner]] died during battle.

** Cassie goes from being anti-military to [[spoiler: sympathizing with them, writing and releasing a song dedicated to them, and even calling them American heroes]]. If she isn't the embodiment of a successful propaganda, then what else could she be?

* StrawMisogynist: Although not exactly a misogynist per se, Luke criticizes Cassie's views on feminism as he believes her opinion is more of an "[[DoesNotLikeMen I hate men]]" rather than an "I want gender equality."
--> '''Luke''': (reading Cassie's shirt that says "The Future is Female") [[{{Gendercide}} So what happens to the men in the future]]? Is it a [[ThePlague plague]]? Robot wars?

* MemeticMutation: {{Creator/Nicholas Galitzine}}'s wide-range filmography and roles led to memes within his fandom about how his characters would hate each other, most particularly [[NobleBigotWithABadge Luke]] vs. [[ClosetGay Prince Henry]][[note]]from ''Film/RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue''[[/note]] and [[PoliticalOvercorrectness Timmy]][[note]]from ''Film/TheCraftLegacy''[[/note]].

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Despite criticisms and allegations of being a military propaganda film, it became [[CriticProof one of Netflix's most-watched movies of all-time]].

* JustHereForGodzilla: Actor Creator/NicholasGalitzine found greater fame in 2023 for starring in the QueerRomance rom-com film ''Film/RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue'', meaning that his growing fandom would most likely check out his other works. Due to the controversy of this film, however, some of his fans only watch it to see his performance. Some even refuse to see it at all.

** Some fans would also try to imagine Luke and [[DumbJock Jeff]][[note]]from Film/{{Bottoms}}[[/note]] fighting, which could probably be the most hilarious pairing ever.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Lead actress and executive producer Sofia Carson wrote all of the original songs in the film.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Lead actress and producer Sofia Carson wrote all of the original songs in the film.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The film is mostly remembered as a military PropagandaPiece with racist, misogynistic, and conservative undertones.

* PropagandaPiece: As stated above, [[MoralGuardians critics and the general audience]] see the film as this. While it may seem like a simple, romantic [[FoeRomanceSubtext enemies-to-lovers]] story, Cassie's character is the most obvious example to prove this point.

* {{Tearjerker}}: The scene where Cassie finds out that [[spoiler: Frankie, her childhood best friend and PlatonicLifePartner, died during battle]].

** Cassie goes from being anti-military to [[spoiler: sympathizing with them, writing and releasing a song dedicated to them, and even calling them American heroes]]. If she is not the embodiment of a successful propaganda, then what else could she be?

--> '''Luke''': (reading Cassie's shirt that says "The Future is Female") [[{{Gendercide}} So what happens to the men in the future]]? Is it [[ThePlague plague]]? Robot wars?

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Despite criticisms and allegations of being a military propaganda film, it became one of Netflix's most-watched movies of all-time.
* OvershadowedByControversy: The film is mostly remembered as a military PropagandaPiece with racist, misogynist, and conservative undertones.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Actor Creator/NicholasGalitzine found greater fame in 2023 for starring in the QueerRomance rom-com ''Film/RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue'', meaning that his growing fandom would most likely check out his other works. Due to the controversy of this film, however, some of his fans only watch it to see his performance. Some even refuse to see it at all.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Lead actress and producer Sofia Carson wrote all the original songs in the film.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The film is mostly remembered as a military propaganda with racist, misogynist, and conservative undertones.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Actor Creator/NicholasGalitzine found greater fame in 2023 for starring in the QueerRomance rom-com ''Film/RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue'', meaning that his growing fandom would most likely check out his other works. Due to the controversy of this film, however, some of his fans only watch this to see his performance. Some even refuse to see this at all.