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The Hating Game
Directed by Peter Hutchings
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him. From TMDB
40 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon) · newest Aug 24, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works
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The Hating Game is a 2021 drama comedy romance film, directed by Peter Hutchings, starring Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell and Corbin Bernsen.
- 36 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon
- posts span Jul 16, 2023 to Aug 24, 2026
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40 of 40 · most liked first#NW The Hating Game (2021) My favorite “enemies to lovers” film 😍
positive · AI labelView post →So today's movie was The Hating Game (2021). I was genuinely pleased! The third act twist was insane tho. Not doing my usual shtick cause it wasn't a horror movie, but I spent all day at a Gal Pal-entine's Day party, lol. Austin Stowell is hot tho, in a sociopath kinda way.
positive · AI labelView post →The Hating Game (2021) is my favorite enemies-to-lovers romcom AND this is one of the rare instances in which I enjoy the film more than the book! 🎬 #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →+1 as a person of "watched the first twenty minutes of The Hating Game movie after loving the book" experience
neutral · AI labelView post →Enemies-to-lovers? Office pranks? Sticky notes galore?! Our next episode dives into The Hating Game, and it drops tomorrow! Have you read the book? Did you watch the movie??? 💙📚🎬🎥📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay #reylo fans, quick book & movie recommendation. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne features enemies to lovers, size difference and an elevator scene we all needed 🥵
neutral · AI labelView post →The Hating Game is silly fun AND a Christmas movie BUT Lucy, a Victorian Studies MA graduate, comes up with a genuinely chilling book marketing concept based on the 19thC periodical press with added torture for authors via a readership community that they are expected to be IN *and* respond to 😱
neutral · AI labelView post →Revisiting @basedonabook.bsky.social The Hating Game episode, where enemies become lovers, tempers flare, and we debate if the movie captured the chemistry or just coasted on charm. Let the games begin…again!! 💼💘 #booksky💙📚 #thehatinggame Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7fKV...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ever since The Hating Game & that newest Persuasion adaptation, I have zero hopes for film adaptations anymore. Not even sure what’s going on with that Wuthering Heights one. Sometimes I can still enjoy the film but other times - nah, let me have the book & my imagination.
negative · AI labelView post →We’re throwing it back to our episode on The Hating Game—where we broke down the book, the movie, and all that delicious tension between Lucy and Josh. 😍💙📚
neutral · AI labelView post →watching The Hating Game (enjoyed the book) - tonight’s “trying to forget the horrors” movie
neutral · AI labelView post →#letterboxd #firstwatch #thehatinggame the Lucy Hale film, she's amazing and adorable ❤️ (3.5/5) boxd.it/mhiE
positive · AI labelView post →Is teaching a romance adaptation the same as teaching a romance novel? How do non-lit students engage with popular fiction in the classroom? Dr. Diana Filar is back to discuss teaching "The Hating Game" by Sally Thorne. #romancebks #romancelandia podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
neutral · AI labelView post →My alltime fave movie is Goodfellas. Some of my fave horror are Saw, Sinister, and When Evil Lurks. For romance, I love The Hating Game, Pride & Prejudice (05), and The Longest Ride.
positive · AI labelView post →I’m adding The Hating Game movie to my watch list, even though I’ve seen it already. While it’s not a Christmas book, it IS – somewhat inexplicably – a Christmas movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Wondering what Lucy Hutton from The Hating Game felt about the Smurf movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Give up the link and nobody gets hurt 🫵🏽 (I hated 50 Shades, but I have to know more) Did you know The Mortal Instruments was HP fanfic? Also the Hating Game (book + movie) was Twilight FF too. I think there are more of those adaptations than any other properties.
neutral · AI labelView post →Exactly. I had high hopes for The Hating Game & then the movie came out. I still refuse to watch it. Sometimes it’s perfectly fine to just enjoy the book & let others have the film adaptation.
negative · AI labelView post →What do you get when you mix a grumpy movie star's son, a mischievous heroine, and a revenge plot? #ThePaybackPlan by Amy Andrews! 💕 Perfect for fans of The Hating Game—Grab your copy now: mybook.to/ThePaybackPlan ✨🧁⭐
neutral · AI labelView post →Good god, I forgot how much I grudgingly love The Hating Game movie (the book is also fantastic). But the movie. My god. Arguably some of the best casting possible in Josh. RomComs will save humanity, I'm convinced.
positive · AI labelView post →The Hating Game on Netflix really is just a repurposed Hallmark movie and not in a good way.
negative · AI labelView post →The Hating Game was bad. I really knew better and watched anyway. Romance or not most book to movie adaptations are just not good. Yes, there are exceptions, few and far between. With that said most classic adaptations are quite good.
negative · AI labelView post →The Hating Game by Sally Thorne is a fun enemies to lovers workplace romance. Very voicey POV. Funny. Avoid the Netflix movie. https://www.sallythorneauthor.com/the-hating-game
negative · AI labelView post →Bought The Hating Game on Prime because the cowards at Disney/Hulu took it off their platform. God I love this movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Personal Movie/Show Rankings, Month of May 2026: 1. The Hating Game (2021) 2. Mortal Kombat II (2026) 3. Until Dawn (2025) 4. Off Campus (2026) S01E01-E06 5. Deep Water (2026) 6. Being the Ricardos (2021) 7. Tuner (2026) (1/2)
positive · AI labelView post →Lucy Hale Reteams with 'The Hating Game' Director for New Romantic Fantasy! www.beautifulballad.org/2026/05/04/l...
neutral · AI labelView post →Lucy Hale is set to star in fantasy film 'VISION BOARD' as a struggling fashion designer who creates a vision board and wakes up in dream life. It marks her third collaboration with director Peter Hutchings after 'THE HATING GAME' and 'WHICH BRINGS ME TO YOU'. #VisionBoard #LucyHale
neutral · AI labelView post →I remembered randomly that they made a film of the silly but enjoyable book The Hating Game so I watched that in instalments today, and it was silly but I had fun, and dammit, now I’m gonna have to reread the stupid book
positive · AI labelView post →I liked The Hating Game movie more than I expected to. Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell are great together, it has just the right amount of enemies-to-lovers, and gotta love the office romance, but I did love the book more.
positive · AI labelView post →Goddamn I love The Hating Game (the movie; I cannot stand the book)! Sexy, funny, cringe, romance, great lines. Great soundtrack too!
positive · AI labelView post →Watching the movie The Hating Game. They really made this dude who went to Harvard and got an MBA look like a deadbeat whimsical type bc his parents are all doctors and oddly judges about his life choices... it's upside down world
negative · AI labelView post →I really do love The Hating Game movie.
positive · AI labelView post →💖 The Hating Game is a fun workplace romance. I never saw the movie, but this book is a fun gem.
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) The Hating Game is available today on (Amazon Prime Video) for $4.99 Cast: Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Nicholas Baroudi, Gina Torres, Corbin Bernsen, Sakina Jaffrey Trailer & Reviews : rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hating...
neutral · AI labelView post →perhaps its cheesy but I watch The Hating Game movie more than I’m willing to admit.
positive · AI labelView post →The Hating Game is a Christmas movie!
neutral · AI labelView post →Throwback to the delightful blend of office romance and rivalry that is #TheHatingGame. Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell are very charming in this enemies-to-lovers story. #MovieReview #SallyThorne #LucyHale #AustinStowell #ThrowbackThursday http://wornoutspines.com/2024/02/22/the-hating-game-movie-review/
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Valentine’s Day to all 😁 Does anyone know a good movie to watch on a night like this? … for someone who likes: Julie & Julia Red Notice A Simple Favor The Hating Game
neutral · AI labelView post →For about five minutes there's an amusing degree of toxicity between rivals "Lucy" (Lucy Hale) and "Josh" (Austin Stowell) who are both vying for the new job as managing director at their firm. They share an office and a very thinly veiled attraction to each other and after a few snide comments the smart-mouthery goes the way of the dodo and off we go on a predictable rom-com that surprisingly enough manages to string itself out for almost one hundred whole minutes of precisely no jeopardy,…
neutral · AI labelView post →I instructed ChatGPT to write an article about the movie The Hating Game. What happened next likely won't shock you. https://www.unscripted.us/the-hating-game-review-by-chatgpt/
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