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Lovelace

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After the release of "Deep Throat" in 1972, porn star Linda Lovelace (Amanda Seyfried) becomes an international sensation and spokeswoman for sexual freedom and hedonism; six years later, she presents a darker side to her story.
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Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgaard do their best with the material, but Lovelace lacks enough depth and conviction to truly do its fascinating subject justice.

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Courtney Duckworth Film Comment Magazine 11/04/2013
By aiming for the audience's sympathy, Lovelace tidies and ultimately silences the star it tries to redeem. Go to Full Review
Thelma Adams Yahoo! Movies 10/31/2013
Co-directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman corralled a stellar cast that piles on great performances. Go to Full Review
David Denby The New Yorker 09/02/2013
Seyfried, with her huge features crowding her small face, looks like Alice in a very strange Wonderland. But whatever possibilities she may have as an actress are eradicated by the filmmakers ... Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 20
2/5
Painting a protagonist of this background as the sympathetic type, even with her eventual redemption, likely sugarcoats the not-so-savory truth of what really happened behind the scenes. Go to Full Review
JD Duran InSession Film 08/16/2024
B
By the end of the film, the pieces came together well for the most part in terms of the direction, leaving you mostly satisfied. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 08/22/2019
[Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's] approach feels a tad static this time round and, perhaps in effort to be tasteful, almost too sterile. Go to Full Review
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Rich S Feb 28 Linda Lovelace deserved a better telling of her story. Despite an exceptional cast, it's no surprise about the path the film took considering one of the co-directors was named Epstein. See more Imthe W 09/15/2024 Vraiment moins mauvais que ce qu'on en a dit. Ce biopic démarre sur une version bien proprette et standard pour finalement bifurquer vers ce qui s'est vraiment passé . J'ai crains de revoir le meme film 2x parce que bon l'histoire premiere semblait bien crédible mais la Version de la victime l'est d'autant plus. Amanda Seyfried donne une performance tout a son honneur ainsi que l'enssemble du casting. Le plus important de tout: On ne s'ennuit et la fin du film on y réfléchie et on se pose des questions. Ce qui est toujours bon signe. Bien mieux que ce que j'attendais . See more Lúcio Leonardo P 09/04/2024 At first it seemed to me like an empty film, wanting to show a porn fairy tale, with some gaps not filled, then, the story is being completed and there is nothing fairy tale about it. It can't be easy being a porn actor or actress, no matter how "hot" a night for two or even the solitude of a Friday night may be, the underground world of the porn industry is far from glamorous. And Linda Lovelace's trajectory could not be different. And whoever is thinking that there will be "putzzaria à la vontê", can take the horse out of the rain, as the entire plot is shown in a light way, but without losing the heavy tone that was Lovelace's life. See more Gareth v 06/20/2023 A solid biopic, that could of easily gone down the pornographic path given the subject matter but refrained. See more Daniel D 04/05/2022 This is not a terrible movie, but it's not a good one either. As others have observed, the script was so weak that the actors never had a chance to make it good. But they tried. Amanda Seyfried gave a damn fine performance -- such that the movie was bad in spite of her, not because of her. Still, she should be more selective about the scripts she chooses. This one was just uninspired and unoriginal. See more dave s 08/16/2021 The first half of Lovelace plays itself out in a linear, paint-by-numbers manner as it details the life of Deep Throat actress Linda Lovelace (Amanda Seyfried) from the time she was living under the oppressive rule of her parents until the time she left home with adult entertainment hustler Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard). Just when it appears that the film is going to stick to the standard biopic formula, events start to pinball around in time, creating a confusion that was probably similar to Lovelace's turbulent life. While the whole thing is a bit of a mixed bag, it is ultimately saved by Seyfried's performance, a raw and gritty portrayal of a strangely iconic performer, a tragic figure whose life was, sadly, defined by a single performance. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis After the release of "Deep Throat" in 1972, porn star Linda Lovelace (Amanda Seyfried) becomes an international sensation and spokeswoman for sexual freedom and hedonism; six years later, she presents a darker side to her story.
Director
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Producer
Jason Weinberg, Jim Young, Heidi Jo Markel, Laura Rister
Screenwriter
Andy Bellin
Distributor
Radius TWC
Production Co
Animus Films, Telling Pictures, Eclectic Pictures, Millennium Films, Untitled Entertainment
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Nudity|Some Domestic Violence|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Biography, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 9, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$354.8K
Runtime
1h 33m
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