{"id":516,"date":"2014-07-24T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=516"},"modified":"2026-10-10T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T15:19:14","slug":"lovelace-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"Lovelace-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lovelace-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directors Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Amanda Seyfried<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #133<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed July 24, 2014\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lovelace (2013) is an account of famous 1970s porn star, Linda Lovelace, and her rise to stardom and inevitable fall from the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Her difficult family life, abusive relationships, and her attempt to escape the porn world for good are explored.<\/p>\n

The film tells the story from Lovelace’s point of view, based on her tell-all autobiography, and portrays her in a very sympathetic way.<\/p>\n

Whether all of the abuse and struggles that Lovelace claimed are to be believed is up to the viewer.<\/p>\n

Lovelace, the film, comes across as similar to Boogie Nights (1997)- even the 1970s soundtrack is eerily alike, but inferior to that masterpiece.<\/p>\n

The only character whose past is fully explored is Linda Lovelace, the sole focal point; the others are simply extensions of her character.<\/p>\n

One major issue I found with the film is Amanda Seyfried’s casting as Linda Lovelace.<\/p>\n

Seyfried does not have the plain-Jane or girl-next-door characteristics that the real Lovelace had. She comes across as soft and gentle, much too much for this particular role.<\/p>\n

Conversely, the casting of Sharon Stone and Peter Sarsgaard is excellent, as each is dynamic in their respective roles. Stone should have received much more acclaim for her role.<\/p>\n

As Lovelace’s mother, she is gritty, steely, and unsympathetic.<\/p>\n

The film contains a who’s who of Hollywood names involved in small roles.<\/p>\n

Another issue is that the film seems like a made-for-television movie, and considering the subject matter is the porn industry, it seems awfully watered down and not harsh enough.<\/p>\n

Lovelace (2013) is entertaining enough to keep one’s interest but is not riveting or in-depth enough to be a major success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lovelace-2013 Directors Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Starring Amanda Seyfried Scott’s Review #133 Reviewed July 24, 2014\u00a0 Grade: B Lovelace (2013) is an account of famous 1970s porn star, Linda Lovelace, and her rise to stardom and inevitable fall from the spotlight. Her difficult family life, abusive relationships, and her attempt to escape the porn world … Continue reading Lovelace-2013<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,158,192,41,211],"tags":[7046,3307,2534,2103,4011,12856,6553,4013,4012,2498,3158,2502,3265,2104,3157,2018,4010,2580],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-bios","category-dramas","category-indiefilms","category-indie-dramas","tag-adam-brody","tag-amanda-seyfried","tag-bobby-cannavale","tag-chloe-sevigny","tag-chris-noth","tag-cory-hardrict","tag-debi-mazar","tag-eric-roberts","tag-hank-azaria","tag-james-franco","tag-jeffrey-friedman","tag-juno-temple","tag-lisa-gay-hamilton","tag-peter-sarsgaard","tag-rob-epstein","tag-robert-patrick","tag-sharon-stone","tag-wes-bentley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24760,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions\/24760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}