Love of Your Life: parents' guide
Best for ages 16 and up. Rated R for some sexuality and brief nudity.
A grown-up grief romance for older teens and adults, more emotional than explicit but with several sex scenes. A Boston nurse loses her husband to COVID-19 early in the pandemic, saying goodbye over a video call, and spends the next years drinking heavily and sleeping with strangers abroad before slowly finding her way back. Expect passionate sex with topless and rear nudity, an implied oral-sex moment, a handful of s-words and no f-words, plus a character's mention that his brother died by suicide. We suggest 16 for the sexual content and the portrayal of alcohol as a way to numb grief.
What's in it
Violence
MildNo fighting or attacks. A man burns his hand putting out a small fire and the wound is treated; hospital scenes show patients suffering and dying of COVID-19, covered under frightening below.
Language
ModerateLimited for an R: one count found six s-words, plus 'a--hole,' 'hell,' 'crap,' 'pisses you off' and four uses of 'oh my God.' None of the three guides we read reported any f-words.
Sex and nudity
ModerateSeveral sex scenes, some lingering and passionate, including one oral-sex scene just off camera. Nudity includes bare breasts and the heroine's bare backside while showering and swimming. After the death she has implied one-night stands with several men.
Drinking, drugs and smoking
ModerateHeavy drinking throughout (beer, wine, cocktails); the heroine gets drunk enough to stagger and vomit and later admits she has been abusing alcohol to cope. A friend says he has quit drinking. She smokes cigarettes.
Scary or intense scenes
ModerateNo scares, but heavy emotion: COVID-19 wards packed with sick and dying patients, a main character's death with a goodbye over video call, a grieving mother blaming the heroine, and a mention that a character's brother took his own life.
Sensitive topics
- Addiction
Worth talking about
Maya numbs her grief with drinking and casual sex and pushes away people who loved her husband too. Talk about healthier ways to get through a loss, and why grieving people sometimes shut others out.
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Checked October 24th, 2026 against Plugged In, Common Sense Media, movieguide.org, the-numbers.com, Wikipedia, wherever-i-look.com. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.