Love Object
Vitagraph Films | Release Date: February 13, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
12
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatEric Campos
This is a great little thriller with some genuinely creepy moments. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Violence Hitch would have found way beyond what's necessary. Horror fans will find effective shivers, though. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
While some pedestrian camerawork and spotty acting from supporting players deflate Love Object, it has enough juice - and a surprising twist - to keep fans of the slow-burn horror genre enthralled. Read full review
60
VarietyDavid Rooney
While the premise has possibilities for some creepy, pulpy fun, writer-director Robert Parigi brings too little style or humor, instead going a more obvious, overwrought route. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Of course, no creepy movie worth its salt would be complete without an appearance by Udo Kier, and Parigi doesn't disappoint: Kier appears as Kenneth's louche, hookah-smoking next-door neighbor and, as always, is a disturbing delight. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
The modestly assembled Love Object... is only periodically derailed by its tone; Mr. Parigi sometimes overplays the humor in the midst of all the deadpan. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Love Object's plot is reminiscent of Guy Colwell's underground comic-book series "Doll," only Colwell dealt more with sex toys as emblematic of the systematic objectification of women, while Parigi just uses the concept for a bunch of weird shocks, dark laughs, and a fairly repellent twist ending. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesManohla Dargis
Parigi -- who's clearly made a close study of Alfred Hitchcock's obsessions and has watched a fair share of intelligent horror perched between cheekiness and Grand Guignol (think "Re-Animator") -- succeeds nicely. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJoshua Land
Utilizes horror movie jolts to plumb male control-freakishness. Read full review
50
SalonCharles Taylor
By the end of Love Object a dorky loner who wants a rubber sex doll at his beck and call seems a lot less objectionable than a director who wants a talented flesh-and-blood actress at his. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Unfortunately, the patina of witty satire eventually gives way to a gratuitous sadism that makes this sordid story feel like a fraud. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie turns cruel and ugly, and hasn't paid the dues to earn its last scenes. Parigi had me there for a while, but when he lost me, it was big time. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Unfortunately, Love Object, which uncomfortably totters from psychological suspense to black comedy to pull-out-the-stops horror, never quite lives up to its bizarre premise, and despite its audacious subject matter, it will even have difficulty attaining future cult status. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Sicko horror flick. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
What's missing is any sense of why such a handsome man is afraid of women. That makes the premise hard to swallow, especially since Harrington is too commanding to be a believable dweeb. The actor does achieve moments of pathos, only to be undone by a silly script. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Horror-movie vets Harrington ("Wrong Turn") and Sagemiller ("Soul Survivors") struggle unsuccessfully with characters who are frequently more plastic than Nikki. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Feels so depressingly vacant that it registers less as a film than as a pointed lesson in what not to do in the wacky world of non-traditional dating. Hasn't anyone in this film heard of Friendster? Read full review
20
Washington PostMark Jenkins
The sort of clumsy undertaking that trips up everyone and everything in it. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
Misbegotten mess. Read full review
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