Loving Adults (2022)

Loving Adults is the kind of chilly, grown-up thriller that takes a familiar marital nightmare and tightens it into a vise, not with cheap shocks but with a steady, confident escalation that keeps you leaning forward. Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg shoots it with a sleek, controlled elegance that makes the betrayals feel sharper and the silences louder, while Dar Salim and Sonja Richter turn their characters into something dangerously human—two people whose love has curdled into strategy. The vibe is glossy, tense, and deliciously twisted, the sort of film that keeps changing the power dynamic just when you think you’ve got it figured out. It isn’t for viewers who shy away from sexual content or bursts of graphic violence, but if you want an unpredictable battle of wills where every choice feels like it has teeth, this one delivers.

Loving Adults wants to be a sleek Scandinavian marital thriller about how quickly devotion curdles into something poisonous, and it does have a nasty, tense premise with committed performances. The problem is it often plays like a checklist of affair-and-revenge beats rather than a story with real psychological bite, so the twists can feel more convenient than inevitable. It also leans into explicit sex and some grim, graphic violence, which can come off as shock seasoning instead of earned intensity if you’re not already on its wavelength. If you like glossy, pulpy domestic thrillers you may get a decent one-night watch, but if you’re hoping for a standout, razor-sharp thriller with a strong “backbone,” this may feel pretty middling and forgettable.