Excellent but underrated film

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

As a young girl, Linda meets Chuck, a charming and gentle man, with whom she moves in and eventually marries. Her life seemed great but it all suddenly changes, as she is forced to work in the pornographic industry, forced to be a prostitute and suffer great physical abuse by the man who was supposed to give her everything. She faces a true ordeal but she's determined to get a true, normal life, eventually.This movie presents the most important events Linda Lovelace had lived in her "adventure" with Chuck and some that follow after it. Although I've never heard of her in real life, and thus I didn't know her story, this movie was very predictable most of the time, leaving much too little to the unexpected. It was also quite boring at some times, the overall sensation being not very pleasant. As a biography, it presented, with enough detail, the known events of Linda's life, but those weren't enough to create a great movie. It feels like a documentary, a bad one sometimes, not being able to send enough emotion towards the female protagonist, even when she was in deep pain.It's good if you want a graphic representation of Linda Lovelace's life and career, but as a movie, it's a bit of a letdown, for me at least, although I enjoyed Amanda's performance.

The story reveals the nature of the real life figure n such a nice way, depicting three separate perspectives of how people around her see her life; how people see the fun and glamor and sex, how they see the harsh domestic violence and forced submissions, and how they see the struggle Linda made to be rid of Chuck. The first part goes on as many other similar movies although with less sharp screenplay to expose more on it. The second part feels just right although the movie feels a little less confident about using the variation in camera angles. The last part unfortunately doesn't really get to be dramatized as much as the first two parts. This would be nice to hold the authenticity, but it's impact gets reduced compared to the first two parts. The acting in general is a decent work in overall. Amanda Seyfried did quite well on her part and confident about her body. Peter Sarsgaard repeats the charm he played in An Education, changing only his accent and his facial hair in doing so. Having great talents like James Franco, Sharon Stone, Juno Temple and Bobby Cannavale sure does increase the movie's acting parts, even if the actors only have less significant parts.

Interesting, but not overly compelling, biopic. The true story of Linda Lovelace, who starred in the famous (infamous?) Deep Throat and a few other porn movies in the early-to-mid 1970s. Shows how her husband mistreated her and how she managed to escape him and the porn industry and turn her life around.Inspiring in how she fights back and changes her life. Also highlights domestic violence as its most brutal and stifling. However, not overly compelling. Story feels jumbled at times, due to the director jumping back-and-forth in time. Also feels a bit superficial at times in its examination of Lovelace's plight.Superb performance by Amanda Seyfried in the lead role. Truly captures the spirit and look of the times, and of her character. Decent support by Peter Sarsgaard as her abusive husband.Sharon Stone gives a powerful performance, and almost steals the show, as Lovelace's over-controlling, domineering, stiflingly conservative, evil mother. Stone is almost unrecognisable in the role, she is that in-character and convincing.Hank Azaria is great in a minor role. Rest of the supporting cast are so-so. You always know James Franco is going to be unconvincing (and here he is playing Hugh Hefner...).Interesting from an historical perspective and as a commentary on domestic violence, but not a must-see.

'Lovelace' is about the 'first' scripted pornography film, aka 'Deep Throat,' which was made in 1972 and follows the story of the star Linda 'Lovelace.' It's actually more based on her book, 'Ordeal,' the title of which tells you more what this movie is about.If you watched 'Boogie Nights' and enjoyed the light-hearted look at the 'adult entertainment' industry and are hoping for something similar, then you may be in for a shock.Linda falls for a charming guy who, at first, is her knight in shining armour. However, it isn't long before he reveals his true colours and leads her down a path of everything sleazy.Amanda Seyfried is cast in the titular role and pretty much is tasked with carrying the film by herself, which, I'm pleased to say, she does pretty well. A lot of the scenes are fairly uncomfortable to watch, so you may need a strong stomach for this. Also, Amanda is surrounded by a decent cast of supporting actors who all add to the film's flavour.What you end up with is a very decent biopic picture of one of recent history's partially tragic characters. I thought it told the story well, although I'm not too sure how much I'd want to watch this film again - the sort of film that gives you more for your money if you rent it, rather than buy.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/