Synopsis
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
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Cast
- Tessa ThompsonSylvie
- Nnamdi AsomughaRobert
- Aja Naomi KingMona
- Jemima KirkeCountess
- Tone BellDickie Brewster
- Alano MillerLacy
- Erica GimpelEunice
- Lance ReddickHerbert
- Wendi McLendon-CoveyLucy
- Eva LongoriaCarmen
Recommendations
- 100
Los Angeles Times
Sweeping and flawlessly produced, Ashe’s epic works as an inherently refreshing entry in the canon of a genre designed to make us sigh with knowing elation or tear up in misery thinking about our own bygone rendezvous. - 90
The New York Times
Ashe is using a familiar, long-derided film genre both affectionately and critically to explore the gleaming surfaces of life as well as the anguish that lies beneath. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Like the great Douglas Sirk melodramas of that time period, Sylvie’s Love is unabashedly sentimental and just gorgeous to behold — but the difference here is the terrific ensemble cast is primarily Black and Latinx. - 80
The Guardian
It’s a film that both looks and feels the part, a handsomely made love story that’s easy to fall in love with. - 80
TheWrap
Between the scorching chemistry of leads Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha and the glorious mid-century outfits, hair, décor and cars on display, Sylvie’s Love is a delectable valentine. - 75
The A.V. Club
Sylvie’s Love lacks the ineffable spark that keeps it from fully transcending its period dress-up. There’s a pervasive self-consciousness on display that veers from delightful to forced depending on the goals of each scene. Sometimes the cast and the production design embrace the artifice strongly enough to make it look and sound organic. Other times, it just appears… artificial. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
It's a film awash in scrupulously researched vintage production design, costumes and above all music, all rendered in a Technicolor palette that will send grandparents and fans of Golden Age cinema swooning with nostalgia. - 67
The Film Stage
Plotting and pacing asides, Sylvie’s Love is a rich and graceful picture in passages.
