Lovelace
Amanda Seyfried (Les Misérables) is Linda Lovelace in this biopic of the '70s porn star who became a household name thanks to Deep Throat - the film that opened the middle-class' eyes to pornography. Co-stars Juno Temple, Sharon Stone and Peter Sarsgaard (Jarhead).
In 1972, Deep Throat was a phenomenon: the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature film, featuring a story, some jokes, and an unknown and unlikely star in Lovelace. Escaping a strict religious family, she discovered the high-life when she fell for and married charismatic hustler Chuck Traynor (Sarsgaard). She became an international sensation - less centerfold fantasy than a charming girl-next-door with an impressive capacity for fellatio. Fully inhabiting her new identity, Lovelace became an enthusiastic spokesperson for sexual freedom and uninhibited hedonism. Six years later she presented another, utterly contradictory, narrative as the survivor of a darker story.
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressReducing an immensely disturbing, politically byzantine tale to a series of cartoonish vignettes, this celeb-studded biopic squanders a gutsy performance by Amanda Seyfried.
Total Film
pressSeyfried and Sarsgaard excel in a biopic that focuses on the hard times rather than the hardcore, and leaves you feeling that there's a lot more to say.
Time Out
pressDon't look to this skin-deep biopic to offer any insights beyond the head-slappingly superficial.
The New York Times
pressThere's a lot in this story about victimization and agency that Mr. Epstein and Mr. Friedman never satisfactorily address.
The Guardian
pressMay be a little contrived and unoriginal as drama, but it's a useful exercise in de-sentimentalisation.
Hollywood Reporter
pressSmartly done account of the trials and tribulations of the first porn star.
Empire Magazine
pressAn entertaining, provocative biopic with good performances and many strong scenes - but it still doesn't feel like the full Lovelace story.
Variety
pressReducing an immensely disturbing, politically byzantine tale to a series of cartoonish vignettes, this celeb-studded biopic squanders a gutsy performance by Amanda Seyfried.
Total Film
pressSeyfried and Sarsgaard excel in a biopic that focuses on the hard times rather than the hardcore, and leaves you feeling that there's a lot more to say.
Time Out
pressDon't look to this skin-deep biopic to offer any insights beyond the head-slappingly superficial.
The New York Times
pressThere's a lot in this story about victimization and agency that Mr. Epstein and Mr. Friedman never satisfactorily address.
The Guardian
pressMay be a little contrived and unoriginal as drama, but it's a useful exercise in de-sentimentalisation.
Hollywood Reporter
pressSmartly done account of the trials and tribulations of the first porn star.
Empire Magazine
pressAn entertaining, provocative biopic with good performances and many strong scenes - but it still doesn't feel like the full Lovelace story.
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