Lovelace
RADiUS-TWC | Release Date: August 9, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
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24
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
ObserverDrew GrantAug 6, 2013
Lovelace may be a movie about a porn star, but it’s not pornographic. At least, not sexually. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAug 8, 2013
While “Lovelace” falters a bit, it remains a memorable, unflinching indictment. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAug 9, 2013
Even if a quarter of what Boreman claimed was true, she had a lot more coming to her than a sympathetic hearing and much prettier actress playing her onscreen. She practically deserved an apology from the male sex, and that, in a way, is what this movie is. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 9, 2013
Perfectly capturing the tenor of the times and the grimy underworld of the porn industry, Lovelace is the kind of movie you’ll appreciate and respect but never enjoy. Read full review
70
The DissolveNathan RabinAug 8, 2013
Lovelace finds a fresh take on familiar material, but the film is also distinguished by its focus and intensity. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyApr 23, 2013
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. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 12, 2013
The actors can't be faulted for any of Lovelace's missteps. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsAug 8, 2013
Cameo appearances by everyone from James Franco (as Hugh Hefner, putting the moves on Lovelace at her own premiere) to Hank Azaria (as a film "investor") dot the grimy landscape. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreAug 6, 2013
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. Read full review
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