Sci-Fi Romance "Fingernails" Examining Love through Painful Test Available on Apple TV+

"Sci-Fi Romance 'Fingernails' Challenges Concepts of Love through a Peculiar Compatibility Test, Stars Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed in a stark alternate reality now streaming on Apple TV+."

The film 'Fingernails' presents an alternate reality where love is detected as a medical condition through keratin in fingernails, which are pulled out and analyzed at the Love Institute.
Main characters Anna (Jessie Buckley) and Amir (Riz Ahmed) work at The Love Institute, helping prepare couples to take the compatibility test, and a mutual attraction develops between them despite Anna's successful compatibility test with her boyfriend Ryan.
The film has been noted for its innovative and low-tech approach to a future concept, challenging societal conventions of love without relying heavily on intricate devices or inventions.
Critics have praised both the mesmerizing performances from the lead actors and the film's examination on love's upheaval of order, suggesting that understanding might be the wrong way to approach love.
Despite some criticisms about its lack of clear stance and urgency, 'Fingernails' has been acknowledged for its exploration of the conflict between logic and emotion in love, as well as the question of whether compatibility can be scientifically tested or not.