"Hey guys, the movie's about to start."
"What movie?"
"The greatest Christmas movie of all time."
Nina Dobrev and Jimmy O. Yang light up the screen in the delightful holiday comedy "Love
Hard."
Dobrev stars as Natalie, a Los Angeles-based writer who just can't seem to find that special
someone.
At least, until she meets Josh on a dating app.
Josh is handsome, adventurous, and honest -- a perfect personality match.
"Wow."
After really connecting with Josh over multiple late-night calls, Natalie decides to surprise
him by flying to the East Coast to spend Christmas with him in person...and gets a shocking surprise
of her own.
"Surprise!"
"Natalie?
What are you doing here?"
Turns out Josh wasn't so honest after all -- he'd been using his estranged friend Tag's
photos to convince Natalie he was a hunk.
"Not the baby Jesus, no, no, no, no, no."
"What kind of psychopath creates a fake profile and then starts a fake relationship online?"
Natalie is understandably infuriated, but she also came all this way for a chance at
love, and she still wants to know the real Tag.
So, instead of rushing back home, she strikes up a deal with Josh to help her date Tag in
exchange for pretending to be Josh's girlfriend in front of his family.
What could go wrong?
It's not exactly love at first sight when Tag and Natalie finally meet, but she manages
to snag a date with him.
The trouble is, she's just signed herself up to spend a day rock climbing.
"I once broke my toe climbing out of bed.
How am I going to climb a wall?"
"I can teach you right here.
I mean, how bad could you possibly be?"
Despite a few last-minute climbing lessons with Josh, Natalie is completely unprepared
on the day of the date -- which gives her and Josh an unexpected chance to connect.
Nina Dobrev and Jimmy O. Yang are absolutely adorable as screen partners throughout their
many misadventures in "Love Hard," but the scene at the climbing gym in particular makes
us love these actors even more.
"So is the wall that we're climbing like the one that we climbed at your store?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
When Josh sees just how nervous Natalie is at the climbing gym, he discreetly gets to
work calming her down, all while showing that he knows more about her than she realizes.
"I can't do this."
"Yes you can."
"Get this off me."
"No, no, no.
Don't, don't do that.
Come on."
"Off, off, off, off, off."
"Stop."
"No.
No."
"Stop.
You got this.
Okay?
Here, look.
Put these in."
"What?
Why?"
"It'll help you relax.
That is your favorite song."
"Help me relax... gonna help me relax.
Yeah, it's gonna help me--"
But, as they experienced before in his family's
shop, getting up the mountain is only half the battle.
Once she reaches the top, Natalie's fear comes rushing back.
While the object of her affection, Tag, stands at the bottom and yells up at her, Josh doesn't
hesitate to climb up and join her side.
"Hey, what are you doing?
The hard part is over.
Just rappel down."
"Nuh-uh."
"But you already got to the top part.
It's nothing."
"I'm going to die.
This is it.
This is it."
"Okay, okay, okay.
I think I actually know a trick to get you down.
But you got to trust me."
"Trust the guy who catfished me?"
"No, trust the guy who got you up here in the first place.
Look, I know you're scared but you've got this. And I've got you. Okay? I promise. Come on. Breathe."
"That was so awesome. You got all the way up here by yourself. Good. Okay. Stand up. Okay, great."
"Oh my God!"
"It's okay, it's okay.
Don't look backwards."
"Okay."
"I can't do this, Josh.
I can't do this."
"Yes you can.
Just slowly walk backwards towards the edge of the wall."
"What?
No."
"Come on, you're doing great."
"No, Josh, I don't like this, I don't like this, I don't like…"
"It's okay.
It's okay.
Now close your eyes.
Take a deep breath.
And release."
Both Dobrev and Yang keep the scene light and humorous while showing just the right
amount of their characters unsaid emotional connection.
It's a scene that hints at all the charming moments to come in "Love Hard" as these two
learn that love really can triumph over reality.
"I can work with that."
Thanks for watching.
Click the links in our video to watch more from Netflix Film Club.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get the latest exclusive videos.
Plus hit the bell so you don’t miss a single one.