Hotel de Love

Hotel de Love is a 1996 Australian film written and directed by Craig Rosenberg. It was released theatrically in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and select countries throughout Europe.

Hotel de Love
Directed by	Craig Rosenberg
Screenplay by	Craig Rosenberg
Produced by	Peter Heller Greg Coote Graham Burke Michael Lake David Parker Alex Waislitz Heloise Waislitz
Starring	Aden Young Saffron Burrows Simon Bossell Pippa Grandison Ray Barrett Julia Blake
Cinematography	Stephen F. Windon
Edited by	Bill Murphy
Music by	Brett Rosenberg
Production companies	Pratt Films Village Roadshow Pictures
Distributed by	Live Entertainment Roadshow Entertainment
Release dates	12 September 1996 (1996-09-12) (T.I.F.F.) 19 December 1996 (1996-12-19) (Australia)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Box office	$111,106 (USA)[1] AU $943,903 (Australia)[2]

Plot

Fraternal twin brothers meet a childhood crush at a rundown hotel and rediscover their love as they renew their competition for her affection.

Principal cast

• Aden Young as Rick Dunne
• Saffron Burrows as Melissa Morrison
• Simon Bossell as Stephen Dunne
• Pippa Grandison as Allison Leigh
• Ray Barrett as Jack Dunne
• Julia Blake as Edith Dunne
• Peter O'Brien as Norman Carey
• Alan Hopgood as Ronnie
• Andrew Bibby as Matt

Production

The film was the directorial debut of Craig Rosenberg, an Australian writer who had been making a living writing screenplays in Los Angeles. David Parker was producer. Rosenberg:

Working with David Parker was an absolute joy. He's so experienced; he has written, produced and shot feature movies. To have him as producer on my first feature was a remarkable luxury for me because, if I had a writing problem, I could throw it to him and say, 'What do you think about this? Read this page for me'. If I had some shooting problem I would say, 'What do you think about this?' as well as having him do his normal production responsibilities. So he was a real godsend. He was a dream and he's a lovely person and I think we've formed a long friendship out of the experience.^[3]

Soundtrack

Hotel de Love
Soundtrack album by Various
Released	28 January 1997
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	44:02
Label	Milan Records

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

1. Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band
2. Sooner or Later - The Grass Roots
3. I'm Not in Love - 10cc
4. In a Minor Key - Tim Finn
5. Reminiscing - Little River Band
6. Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) - Cowboy Junkies
7. Sway - Hotel de Love Band
8. Lost in Love - Air Supply
9. In Love With It All - Tim Finn
10. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
11. I Hope I Never - Split Enz
12. Love Will Keep Us Together - The Brett Rosenberg Problem

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times somewhat enjoyed the film, giving it 2 and 1/2 stars out of 4:

Hotel de Love is a pleasant and sometimes funny film, without being completely satisfying.^[5]

Stephen Holden of The New York Times called it an "enjoyably ditsy romantic comedy" and "an enlightened 1990's version of a French farce."^[6]

See also

• Cinema of Australia

Notes

• Hopgood, Fincina (December 1996). "The story and the script". Cinema Papers. p. 28-33. Retrieved 3 September 2024.