is a 2010 German historical drama film directed by Philipp Stölzl and starring Alexander Fehling, Miriam Stein, and Moritz Bleibtreu.

It is a fictionalized version of the early years of the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the events forming the basis of his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther.

In jail, Goethe turns these events into a story he calls The Sorrows of Young Werther and sends the manuscript to Lotte as a farewell gift.

Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor gave the film one and a half star out of five, writing "Turns one of the greatest geniuses of German literature into a love-struck rapscallion".

[7] Writing for The New York Times A. O. Scott commented "Mr. Fehling, tumbling from puppy dog eagerness into weepy, inky self-pity, never quite rises to the requirements of the role, which may be hopelessly incoherent in any case".

[9] NPR's Jeannette Catsoulis also responded with positive criticism, she wrote "Charming in a way that American romantic comedies have all but forgotten, Young Goethe in Love is by turns cute, campy and endearingly cliched".

[10] According to John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter, "Highbrow pedigree is mostly window dressing for a commercial period romance about Germany's literary giant".