Allure

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Allure

Released Mar 16, 2018

1h 45m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Although Laura works as a house cleaner for her father's company, her personal life is not so pristine. Rough around the edges, looking for love in all the wrong places, her behavior points to hardships of the past. One day Laura meets Eva, a quiet teenager who is unhappy with her disciplined life. In Eva, Laura rediscovers an innocent tenderness. In Laura, Eva finds a thrilling rebel who can bring her into unknown territories. Their mutual attraction soon morphs into obsession.

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Critics Consensus

Allure has visual style and an intriguing Evan Rachel Wood on its side, but a clumsily told story leaves this sexually charged thriller less than the sum of its parts.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Excavates sexual trauma to darkly fascinating and meaningful effect.

Rated: 4/5

May 18, 2018

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

Despite its stellar performances, this feels like a psychological drama without much basis in actual human psychology.

Rated: 2/5

May 18, 2018

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

Teeters on the brink of pretension, but is rescued by an incendiary turn from the always interesting Evan Rachel Wood.

Rated: 3/5

May 18, 2018

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

A minor chord score underlines the overwrought drama, offering no relief from the deeply unpleasant story.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 4, 2021

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Andrew Murray

The Upcoming

Beautiful yet unflinching in its depiction of abuse, Allure is a strange but provocative movie that grips viewers by the throat and pulls them straight into it

Rated: 4/5

Feb 6, 2021

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Matthew St. Clair

Cinema Sentries

Despite Allure not living up to its title, it still features exemplary performances by its leading actresses and colorful cinematography that elevate the mishandled screenplay.

Oct 9, 2020

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don't watch this movie unless you want your face to be scrunched like a raisin from cringing. just another fake deep movie that doesn't really make any real sense. or any sense at all. it was really bad.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Evan Rachel Wood is convincing as a perpetrator....a difficult movie to watch, however many good movies are.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/21/20

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Audience Member

This movie is not everyone's cup of tea but no movie is. I enjoy movies that explore the darker side of humanity and Evan Rachel Wood portrayed this impeccably. I wish we had known more about main character's background. I left with the feeling of wanting to know more about the main character.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

not even erw's brilliant performance can save this.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Like watching a housecat playing to rough with a captuted mouse, your mortal concern for the creature ebs and flows during the entite movie, at times finding yoir screem "get away" when Eva, played Julia Sarah Stone finds herself considering what feel like a very dangerous devision in Allure. The dark wet landsvapes, never waiver and the entire fim and it weighs heavy and sad on anything found on the screen. Laura, Evan Rachel Wood is wonderful in this film. Wounded and angry she paws and pulls on the tiny and birdlike Eva, who often finds herself fearful and batterd, licking her wounds under the watchful eye of her lover. Lauras pathology explodes on the screens and Eva finds her stuck and the realization of ecerything that is wrong with her situations comes during an internal awaking for Eva...a sunden understanding of how serious things really are.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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The screenplay doesn't rise to the level of the behind-the-camera craftmanship or the acting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Carlos Sanchez

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Jason Sanchez

Director

Evan Rachel Wood

Laura Drake

Julia Sarah Stone

Eva

Denis O'Hare

William

Maxim Roy

Nancy

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Synopsis

Although Laura works as a house cleaner for her father's company, her personal life is not so pristine. Rough around the edges, looking for love in all the wrong places, her behavior points to hardships of the past. One day Laura meets Eva, a quiet teenager who is unhappy with her disciplined life. In Eva, Laura rediscovers an innocent tenderness. In Laura, Eva finds a thrilling rebel who can bring her into unknown territories. Their mutual attraction soon morphs into obsession.

Director: Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez
Producer: Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
Screenwriter: Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: micro_scope
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 16, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 16, 2018
Runtime: 1h 45m

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