The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.
An entertaining, provocative biopic with good performances and many strong scenes — but it still doesn’t feel like the full Lovelace story.
Frustratingly softcore.
Seyfried is excellent, morphing from naive good-time girl to abused victim to, ultimately, empowered wife and mother.
In the end, one worries that it was only made because, as before, Lovelace's name and image make for an attention-grabbing poster.
Lovelace may be a little contrived and unoriginal as drama, but it's a useful exercise in de-sentimentalisation.
A very strong performance from Amanda Seyfried anchors this biopic.
It still seems as if there are a lot of holes in this particular story, even if the quality of the acting (Sharon Stone is particularly good as her domineering mother) helps distract from the lack of verifiable facts.
This dubious, dislikable film starring Amanda Seyfried as Lovelace has it both ways by telling her story as a raunchy Rashomon.
It’s just that taking a sensational swoop from one extreme to another is an approach that doesn’t tell us much about a very complicated case of coercion and collusion, pleasure and profit, sex and politics.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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