Lili Reinhart plays Olive Smith and Tom Bateman plays Dr. Adam Carlsen in The Love Hypothesis movie. Rachel Marsh plays Anh Pham, Nicholas Duvernay plays Jeremy Langley, Jaboukie Young-White plays Malcolm Browne, and Arty Froushan plays Dr.
Thomas Tom Benton. The Love Hypothesis is a Stanford实验室 romance built around fake dating. The film adapts Ali Hazelwood's 2021 debut novel and premiered worldwide as a Prime Video streaming exclusive on September 23, 2026, according to the TV Insider/Swooon adaptation guide.
Table of Contents
- What drives Olive and Adam together?
- Who surrounds Olive at Stanford?
- How does Tom Benton change the story?
- Where can you watch it?
What drives Olive and Adam together?
Olive Smith is a Stanford biology Ph.D. candidate. An impulsive kiss to fool her friend pulls her into a fake-dating experiment, according to TV Insider/Swooon cast updates. Reinhart carries Olive's mix of ambition, nerves, and quick scientific logic.
Dr. Adam Carlsen is the department's intimidating Stanford professor. He agrees to fake-date Olive to bolster his own standing, according to the CBR report. Bateman plays him as strict in the lab and steadier in private.
Who surrounds Olive at Stanford?
Olive's closest circle includes her best friend, her former crush, and her roommate. Their loyalties shape the early ruse and the later fallout.
Each one gives Olive a different reason to keep or end the act. Anh and Malcolm share lab pressure and apartment life with Olive. Jeremy sits at the edge of that group, tied to both Olive's past crush and Anh's future.
- Rachel Marsh — Anh Pham, Olive's best friend whose love life motivates the first fake-dating ruse
- Nicholas Duvernay — Jeremy Langley, Olive's former crush and Anh's love interest
- Jaboukie Young-White — Malcolm Browne, Olive's friend, roommate, and fellow graduate student
How does Tom Benton change the story?
Dr. Thomas Tom Benton is Adam's longtime friend and Harvard colleague. Froushan plays him as charming, confident, and interested in Olive.
That interest turns a private arrangement into a public test. Tom's pursuit forces Olive to weigh ambition against trust. It also exposes cracks between Adam's reputation and his motives. The third-act conflict centers on whose version of events Olive believes.
Where can you watch it?
Claire Scanlon directed the movie from Sarah Rothschild's screenplay for Amazon MGM Studios and MRC. It was built for streaming rather than a wide theatrical run.
That choice keeps the focus on close dialogue and campus settings. You need Prime Video access in one of more than 240 territories. Check local Prime Video listings before planning a watch party.