Lovelace tells the lurid tale of notorious porn star Linda Lovelace. After hooking up with adult industry manager Chuck Traynor, Linda is brought into a life of prostitution and pornography, starring in the landmark XXX film Deep Throat. The plot has a rather odd structure; the first half shows an idealized version of Lovelace’s rise to stardom, and then the second half retells the tale from a darker perspective that shows the behind-the-scenes abuse and violence that she suffered. Starring Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Robert Patrick, and Sharon Stone, the film has a solid cast. Seyfried in particular gives an especial versatile performance that shows the many different sides of Lovelace; naive young girl, porn star extraordinaire, and domestic violence survivor. However, as fascinating and provocative as the story is, Lovelace tells it poorly and fails to explore the characters in much depth.
I have mix feelings about this movie. What soocks me it's not the sex or the violence, it's the fact that she asks her mom for help and the mother automatic says: "What did you do wrong?" I know that husbands hitting their wives were "normal" in the 70's and in other decades, but the fact that someone so close could say the mistake is from her own daughter and not the man is so wrong. I also want to see a history of someone in this industry without the fact that they are "broken", why the fact that "everyone" in this industry has daddy issues or mom issues, why? I did some research after watching the movie (because I don't like to judge someone just by one thing) and her life, his like so much more that what was in this movie. she did sex with dogs before this movie. she did other things. she dates someone after chuck (not her final husband) another man. why there so little information in this movie.
Her story is great but the movie felt like a clumsy adaptation even with great portrayals by the actors. Balances out to a 7/10
Wow I thought her mother was Sharon Stone. Sure loved all the small cameos.
This tells the story of Linda Lovelace a porn actress of the 70's that became known because of her performance in the film Deep Throat. She was abused by her husband in many ways and he was the one that forced her to enter in the industry.
The 70's were well portrayed and the first half of the film is similar to Boogie Nights, showing how the porn industry was at the time.
Amanda Seyfried gave a good performance as Lovelace, as Peter Sarsgaard as her husband Chuck Traynor. Sharon Stone is almost unrecognizable as Lovelace's mother!
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I am very sorry for what the real Linda had to suffer under an abusive and violent husband, but I can't tell when she lies or tell the truth. It is known as a fact that she made some abominable short films previous "Deep Throat", things that are not even mentioned in this film. And I meant it, terrible abominable stuff, something so disgusting that you cannot even call porn (and she wasn't the victim).