Love Ranch
E1 Entertainment | Release Date: June 30, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
11
Negative:
10
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60
MovielineMichelle Orange
Mirren tricked out in mid-70's pimp wear -- ahead of her time, she even brandishes a cane -- has a certain charm, but novelty alone can't keep Love Ranch's tiresome tropes and plodding storyline from dragging the film down through the Nevada dust. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
A marvelous thought, credited to Orson Welles: You can handle shit with velvet gloves, but the gloves only get shittier; the shit doesn't get glovier. As wondrous as the regal Helen Mirren can be, it's a sad day when her queenly demeanor gets dunked in doo-doo. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazinePete Hammond
Love Ranch proves to be a provocative, highly entertaining and surprisingly touching peek into a unique world movies don't often explore. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Though based in truth, Mark Jacobson's script is built on age-old clichés. And nobody knows how to end the film, so it just fizzles out. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicKerry Lengel
There's a great film hiding somewhere in the wreckage of "Love Ranch." Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Thanks to the great Helen Mirren as the wife and Spanish actor Sergio Peris-Mencheta as the boxer, the film does create a convincing portrait of a late-flourishing love that takes everyone by surprise. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter Debruge
A tawdry look at the early days of Nevada's legalized brothel business that plays more like Lifetime fodder than the Martin Scorsese pictures that serve as its model. Read full review
50
NPRScott Tobias
Mirren cuts the figure of a bodice-ripping paperback heroine, a withering desert flower who blooms in the arms of a swarthy prizefighter roughly half her age. Mirren embodies the fantasy beautifully -- but Hackford's feature-length valentine to her all but sabotages the rest of the movie. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The script fails to persuade me this story needed to be told. It should have been trashier or more operatic, maybe. I dunno. It exists in that middle space of films that accurately reflect that which has little need to be reflected. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Love Ranch bounces between tongue-in-cheek wackiness and soapy melodrama while rarely hitting a true note. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
So with two great, ideally cast actors and such potentially fascinating subject matter, why does Love Ranch feel like a clumsy TV movie? Read full review
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