Maintenance Required vs The Love Hypothesis
The Love Hypothesis has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.2/10 for Maintenance Required). Maintenance Required is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 52m. Maintenance Required is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maintenance Required
The Love Hypothesis| Maintenance Required | The Love Hypothesis | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.2/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance | Comedy, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Lacey Uhlemeyer | Claire Scanlon |
| Main cast | Madelaine Petsch, Madison Bailey, Lorena Andrea, Katy O'Brian, Jacob Scipio | Lili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas Duvernay |
Synopsis
Maintenance Required
Charlie, the fiercely independent owner of an all-female mechanic shop, is forced to reevaluate her future when a flashy corporate competitor moves in across the street. Seeking comfort, she turns to an anonymous online confidant - unaware she's confiding in Beau, the very rival threatening her business. As sparks fly both online and off, the truth threatens to blow everything apart.
The Love Hypothesis
Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot professor and well-known tyrant, enter into a fake relationship, seeing each of their carefully calculated theories on love get thrown into chaos.
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