The Love Hypothesis

About The Love Hypothesis

Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot professor and well-known tyrant, enter into a fake relationship, seeing each of their carefully calculated theories on love get thrown into chaos.

The Love Hypothesis (2026) is a comedy romance film directed by Claire Scanlon. Lili Reinhart appears as Olive Smith, Tom Bateman as Dr. Adam Carlsen, Rachel Marsh as Anh Pham, and Jaboukie Young-White as Malcolm Browne.

It runs 110 minutes and was released in September 2026. Written by Sarah Rothschild. Production companies include Amazon MGM Studios and MRC. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under pretend relationship, love, and romcom. It scores 7.9 out of 10 from 725 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Love in the Afternoon, Ready Player One, and Me Before You make useful companions to The Love Hypothesis.