Lovelace (2013) (original) (raw)

Biopic based on the life of the eponymous '70s porn star. A year after an unplanned pregnancy forces her to move back into her parents Florida home, 19-year-old Linda Boreman falls under the spell of manipulative local bar owner Chuck Traynor, and ends up marrying him shortly after. Traynor, however, quick to exploit an opportunity, soon produces a private film of Linda performing various sex acts that comes to the attention of porn director Gerry Damiano. Liking what he sees, the director immediately casts her, now under her new stage name of Linda Lovelace, in his latest release, 'Deep ...(more)

Biopic based on the life of the eponymous '70s porn star. A year after an unplanned pregnancy forces her to move back into her parents Florida home, 19-year-old Linda Boreman falls under the spell of manipulative local bar owner Chuck Traynor, and ends up marrying him shortly after. Traynor, however, quick to exploit an opportunity, soon produces a private film of Linda performing various sex acts that comes to the attention of porn director Gerry Damiano. Liking what he sees, the director immediately casts her, now under her new stage name of Linda Lovelace, in his latest release, 'Deep Throat'. But although the film becomes the most successful porn movie in history, Linda soon realises that she has become a pawn in the game, as she begins to suffer increasingly violent abuse and exploitation at the hands of her husband. (less)

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Writer: Andy Bellin
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Robert Patrick, Juno Temple, Chris Noth
Producer: Heidi Jo Markel

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Review by Brian Orndorf, August 8, 2013

5 / 10

�Lovelace� isn�t a bio-pic about the star of �Deep Throat.� The film is merely a slice of her story told from two different perspectives, highlighting the perceived thrill of adult cinema fame and its haunting reality. It�s not an education on the life and times of Linda Lovelace, but a glimpse of her years as a victim, with barely any effort put forward to secure a rounded portrait of a complicated existence. Although it�s nicely shot and agreeably acted by Amanda Seyfried, �Lovelace� is a superficial examination of profound pain and dubious character, keeping the material disappointingly one ...read more...

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