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Lovelace

2013

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Juno Temple ...

5.4

1,795

Drama Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

	Media	Author	Review
		Rob Nelson Variety	"Reducing an immensely disturbing, politically byzantine tale to a series of cartoonish vignettes, this celeb-studded biopic squanders a gutsy performance by Amanda Seyfried"
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"The result is surprisingly good on several fronts, beginning with a shrewd structure that fosters an intelligent dual perspective on the public and private aspects of the Deep Throat phenomenon"
		Keith Uhlich Time Out	"Don’t look to this skin-deep biopic to offer any insights beyond the head-slappingly superficial (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Damon Wise The Guardian	"Though Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's handsomely mounted period piece evokes the era with impressive detail, Lovelace's journey remains difficult to tell (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"'Lovelace' never garners the energy to construct a fully involving melodrama, rarely rising above Lifetime movie standards. Given the material, the irony here is that the filmmakers play it too safe"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"The re-creations of the era are artful, and the acting's strong (...) But 'Lovelace' is a coldly compelling look at the surface of a woman, with little interest in the contradictions under the skin (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"There’s a lot in this story about victimization and agency that Mr. Epstein and Mr. Friedman never satisfactorily address"
		Lou Lumenick New York Post	"The superficial script doesn’t go nearly deep enough to begin explaining 'Lovelace' (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"We pity Linda, but it's no substitute for understanding her (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

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