{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Hotel de Love | image = Hotel de Love.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Craig Rosenberg | producer = {{ubl|Peter Heller|Greg Coote|Graham Burke|Michael Lake|David Parker|Alex Waislitz|Heloise Waislitz}} | screenplay = Craig Rosenberg | based_on = | narrator = | starring = {{Plainlist| * Aden Young * Saffron Burrows * Simon Bossell * Pippa Grandison * Ray Barrett * Julia Blake}} | music = Brett Rosenberg | cinematography = Stephen F. Windon | editing = Bill Murphy | studio = {{ubl|Pratt Films|Village Roadshow Pictures}} | distributor = {{ubl|Live Entertainment|Roadshow Entertainment}} | released = {{Film date|1996|09|12|T.I.F.F.|1996|12|19|Australia|df=y}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = Australia | language = English | budget = | gross = $111,106 (USA)<ref>{{Mojo title|hoteldelove}}</ref> <br>AU $943,903 (Australia)<ref>[http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", ''Film Victoria''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209075310/http://film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |date=9 February 2014 }} Retrieved 24 October 2012</ref> }} '''''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.
==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== {{cast listing| * 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: <blockquote>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.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130222111418/http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Craig+Rosenberg&bl "Interview with Craig Rosenberg", ''Signet'', 25 November 1996]. Retrieved 20 November 2012</ref></blockquote>
==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | name = Hotel de Love | type = soundtrack | artist = Various | cover = | caption = | alt = | released = 28 January 1997 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Soundtrack | length = 44:02 | label = Milan Records | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=hotel-de-love-mw0000089462 |title=Hotel de Love - Original Soundtrack |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref> | noprose = yes }} 1. Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band<br> 2. Sooner or Later - The Grass Roots<br> 3. I'm Not in Love - 10cc<br> 4. In a Minor Key - Tim Finn<br> 5. Reminiscing - Little River Band<br> 6. Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) - Cowboy Junkies<br> 7. Sway - Hotel de Love Band<br> 8. Lost in Love - Air Supply<br> 9. In Love With It All - Tim Finn<br> 10. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John<br> 11. I Hope I Never - Split Enz<br> 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: {{cquote|''Hotel de Love'' is a pleasant and sometimes funny film, without being completely satisfying.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19970207/REVIEWS/702070303/1023 |title=Hotel De Love :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews |publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com |date= 7 February 1997|accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref>}}
Stephen Holden of ''The New York Times'' called it an "enjoyably ditsy romantic comedy" and "an enlightened 1990's version of a French farce."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=Hotel de Love |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/hotel-film-review.html |access-date=2 June 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=7 February 1997}}</ref>
==See also== *Cinema of Australia ==Notes== *{{cite magazine|magazine=Cinema Papers|url=https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/cinemapaper1996decno113|access-date=3 September 2024|first=Fincina|last=Hopgood|page=28-33|title=The story and the script|date=December 1996}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0116565}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|hotel_de_love}} *[https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/hotel-de-love ''Hotel De Love''] at Oz Movies
Category:1996 films Category:1996 romantic comedy films Category:Australian romantic comedy films Category:Films set in hotels Category:Films shot in Melbourne Category:Village Roadshow Pictures films Category:1996 English-language films Category:English-language romantic comedy films Category:1996 Australian films