Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Amanda SeyfriedLinda Lovelace
- Sharon StoneDorothy Boreman
- Peter SarsgaardChuck Traynor
- Hank AzariaJerry Damiano
- Wes BentleyThomas - Photographer
- Adam BrodyHarry Reems
- Bobby CannavaleButchie Peraino
- James FrancoHugh Hefner
- Juno TemplePatsy
- Chloë SevignyFeminist Journalist
Recommendations
- 88
Observer
Lovelace may be a movie about a porn star, but it’s not pornographic. At least, not sexually. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Given all the ways a project like this could have gone wrong, 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. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
It’s too short to do justice to its subject, but in an era when young women build careers and get rich off “secret” sex tapes that somehow make their way onto the Internet, maybe that’s all this subject deserves. Lovelace was but an aberration, an amusing, then quaintly grim footnote on our way to a Paris Hilton/Kim Kardashian future. - 60
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. - 58
Tampa Bay Times
The pleasures of Lovelace are in its casting choices, allowing a brio trio like Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria and Bobby Cannavale to sleaze up a pivotal scene, and an unrecognizable Sharon Stone to go full Jessica Lange as Linda's shamed mother. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Lovelace is a respectable job, but it never goes deep. - 40
Time Out
Don’t look to this skin-deep biopic to offer any insights beyond the head-slappingly superficial. - 38
Slant Magazine
Lost in the music, mustaches, and furniture of the early '70s, this docudrama of a porn star's exploitation isn't nearly painful enough.
