### Love Is All You Need ? 2016 IsAllYouNeed % 3 F % 282016 % 29 Drama Briana Evigan , Tyler Blackburn , Kyla Kenedy , Jacob Rodier Director Kim Rocco ShieldsIMDb rating # movieguidestars # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9734 # 9734 8 . 210 55 votes Based on the award winning critically acclaimed short film , Love is All You Need ? is the theatrical feature length version that explores bullying , racism , and prejudice in a way never done before on the big screen . As you read this , a preteen or teen , in the United States has committed suicide . Teen suicide in the LGBT community has gained immense popularity on a larger social scale then ever before . While the interest in this social dilemma is thrust into the spotlight none have ever before addressed this social issue in such a manner as Kim Rocco Shields newest film . Love Is All You Need ? thrusts its audience into another thought of existence that does more than just acknowledge there is a serious social problem affecting the gay community and does more than just talk about the issue . In Love Is All You Need ? its audience lives the issue . Different people and their individual , unique lives intertwine and collide in a world confronted with controversy and forbidden love . This world is very much like our own filled with family gatherings at church , kids playing in the yard and college frat parties . Except these families are led by samesex couples , and homosexuality is the expectation . To be heterosexual is to be shunned and ridiculed because it means you are different . In this world , to be GAY is right and to be STRAIGHT is wrong . That ' s the world of Jude Klein , the star quarterback of the Sparta University football team . While celebrating her most recent win at the Phi Beta Lambda fraternity house party , Jude meets sports journalist Ryan Morris . The two quickly form a romantic bond that must be hidden from the rest of the world . The cold and cruel local priest Rachel Duncan discovers this secret affair , inspiring her to fervently organize a hateful campaign against the local hetero . Meanwhile , 11 yearold Emily is often teased at her elementary school and is kicked off her school ' s football team . She finds comfort in her new friendship with Ian Santilli , one of her male classmates . Ashley begins to form a crush on her new playmate , despite how strongly her mother Karen is against being straight . These separate stories connect to each other in unexpected ways as each of them struggle with their own problems in this gay world . When you live in a world that hates the way you love , is really love all you need ? IMDbMore info at IsAllYouNeed % 3 F % 282016 % 29 , Love % 20 Is % 20 All % 20 You % 20 Need % 3 F % 20 % 282016 % 20 film % 29 , . I am a bot . Send me feedback % 2 Fr % 2 FMovieGuidesubjectRe % 3 A % 20 Confidence 1 . 00 . Data sources and other i n f ormationrMovieGuidewabout .