Love the Hard Way

Name: Love the Hard Way
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Released: June 6, 2003
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 42

2003

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Kino International | Release Date: June 6, 2003 | R

Summary: The story of the unlikely romance that develops between a con man, Jack (Brody), and a Columbia biology grad student, Claire (Ayanna).

Director: Peter Sehr

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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Roger Ebert

Not perfect; a vice cop played by Pam Grier is oddly conceived and unlikely in action, and the movie doesn't seem to know how to end. But as character studies of Jack and Claire, it is daring and inventive, and worthy of comparison with the films of a French master of criminal psychology like Jean-Pierre Melville. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Brody's Oscar victory and newfound star power might have secured Love The Hard Way its theatrical release, but his depth and charisma are what make the film haunting and surprisingly resonant. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

It's too little Grier too late, but it's also fairly satisfying to watch. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Loses tension (and ultimately credibility) as it wanders through three possible endings before grinding to a halt. Read full review

Laura Sinagra

If this adaptation of Chinese punk-lit writer Wang Shuo's fiction doesn't survive its Bronx trick-out, you can't really blame Brody, whose luminous autodidact seems caught between camp and coolsville. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Although Love the Hard Way is saturated with a doomed romanticism that feels more fictitious than real, the actors lend the movie a potency that it would not have had otherwise. Read full review

David Sterritt

Brody has offbeat charisma, but it's no match for the corny dialogue he's given here, not to mention the "Wild at Heart" snakeskin jacket he wears. Read full review

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jamies

Apr 8, 2008

i loved this movie.i'm sick to death of the average love story.i couldnt stop watching it i even bought it.brody is great,this is the first time ive seen himand i want more.

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