Honestly, the best things about this movie was Suda's hair and the undeniable chemistry him and Nana have. This was written and directed by the same person that did that travesty Netflix film Hot Gimmick. It has the similar weird artsy fartsy style of Hot Gimmick sprinkled with cut and paste dialogue and scenes that make little sense. It reeks of trying too hard. However, the immaturity found in adolescent relationships is the one thing done right in this movie, where characters make grand gestures and absolutes of loving someone forever or dying together in the process.

Drowning Love is pretentious (geez, even the title is) yet has a beauty to it. The cinematography and tone will take your breath away. Very dreamy and atmospheric. If a teen girl's Pinterest board could be captured on film this would be it, with a hodge podge of moody dreamscape palletes to feast the eyes on. Suda and Nana have never looked better than they do here, equal parts alluring and mysterious. I'd say Drowning Love is the more palpable version of Hot Gimmick. It's a hot mess and trash but beautiful trash.