Anmelderene diskuterede skuespillet. Peter Gicas fra ''[[E! News]]'' noterede sig at Fox og Monaghan portrættere "en let ophidselig adfærd som sangen er fast besluttet på at beskrive".<ref name="enews">{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/video_face-off_eminem_vs_kanye_west/194080|first=Peter|last=Gicas|title=Video Face-Off: Eminem vs. Kanye West|work=[[E! News]]|publisher=[[E!]]|date=6. august 2010|access-date=15. oktober 2011|archive-date=25. august 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6AB9o37QJ?url=http://www.eonline.com/news/194080/video-face-off-eminem-vs-kanye-west|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''-anmelderen Jozen Cummings skrev at involveringen af filmstjerner gjorde videoen mere egnet "til det store lærred frem for tv-skærmen".<ref name="wsj" /> ''New York Posts'' Jarett Wieselman skrev at de spiller deres roller perfekt og det hjalp til at gøre videoen mere kraftfuld.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/megan_fox_is_best_seen_and_not_heard_QqNNwZWbanqrQZmDhbvi2N|first=Jarett|last=Wieselman|title=Megan Fox is best seen and not heard|work=New York Post|publisher=News Corporation|date=6. august 2010|access-date=14. august 2011|archive-date=28. august 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6AFnL0bE9?url=http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/megan_fox_is_best_seen_and_not_heard_QqNNwZWbanqrQZmDhbvi2N|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Entertainment Weeklys'' Whitney Pastorek syntes at det voldelige skuespil var seksuelt tiltrækkende,,<ref name="Whitney">{{cite web|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/08/06/eminem-love-the-way-you-lie-video/|first=Whitney|last=Pastorek|title=Eminem's 'Love the Way You Lie' video: Is this depiction of domestic violence too much?|work=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc|date=6. august 2010|access-date=27. juli 2011|archive-date=28. august 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6AFnPworW?url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/08/06/eminem-love-the-way-you-lie-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> mens Willa Paskin fra ''[[New York (magasin)|New York]]'' sagde at skuespillernes fremtoning "hypnotiserer" seerne.<ref name=nycmag/> Paskin noterede sig også brugen af [[sepiatoning]] i scenerne med det brændende hus.<ref name=nycmag>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2010/08/eminems_love_the_way_you_lie_v.html|first=Willa|last=Paskin|title=Eminem's 'Love the Way You Lie' Video Is Not Rihanna's Domestic-Abuse Video|work=[[New York (magasin)|New York]]|publisher=New York Media|date=6. august 2010|access-date=15. oktober 2011|archive-date=28. august 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6AFnUbDGD?url=http://www.vulture.com/2010/08/eminems_love_the_way_you_lie_v.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Matthew Wilkening fra AOL Radio sagde at videoen efterlader seerne med beslutning "om det er en god eller dårlig ting, at parret altid ender med at forsones."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/08/06/megan-fox-stars-in-eminems-new-love-the-way-you-lie-video/|first=Matthew|last=Wilkening|title=Megan Fox Stars in Eminem's New 'Love the Way You Lie Video'|work={{noitalic|AOL Radio}}|publisher=AOL|date=6. august 2010|access-date=26. august 2011|archive-date=28. august 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6AFnck89H?url=http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/08/06/megan-fox-stars-in-eminems-new-love-the-way-you-lie-video/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mikey Fresh fra ''Vibe'' sagde at Foxs naturlige reaktion da Monaghan slår gennem væggen og næsten rammer hende, er en "ufatteligt handling af sårbarhed".<ref name="vibe" /> ''L Magazines'' Benjamin Sutton kunne godt lide scenen hvor personerne brænder til [[Chris Bradley]], som Monaghan portrætterede i 2009 i filmen ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2010/08/06/thank-goodness-the-eminem-rihanna-megan-fox-video-for-love-the-way-you-lie-is-better-than-power|first=Benjamin|last=Sutton|title=Thank Goodness the Eminem-Rihanna-Megan Fox Video for 'Love The Way You Lie' Is Better Than 'Power'|work=[[L Magazine]]|publisher=Nick Burry|date=6. august 2010|access-date=15. oktober 2011|archive-date=28. august 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6AFnhMFeQ?url=http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2010/08/06/thank-goodness-the-eminem-rihanna-megan-fox-video-for-love-the-way-you-lie-is-better-than-power|url-status=live}}</ref>
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