Lovelace isn't a catalyst; it's just another unchallenging fantasy.

| May 10, 2016

By aiming for the audience's sympathy, Lovelace tidies and ultimately silences the star it tries to redeem.

| Nov 4, 2013

Co-directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman corralled a stellar cast that piles on great performances.

| Oct 31, 2013

Seyfried, with her huge features crowding her small face, looks like Alice in a very strange Wonderland. But whatever possibilities she may have as an actress are eradicated by the filmmakers ...

Full Review | Sep 2, 2013

This is less a film about Linda Boreman than a film about stuff that happened to Linda Boreman.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 23, 2013

One thing's for sure: this expos ain't deep.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2013

Lovelace packs in a cavalcade of stars, including Juno Temple, James Franco and Sharon Stone, but doesn't exactly know how to use them.

| Original Score: 5.1/10 | Aug 22, 2013

Lovelace tells a difficult story creditably, yet its period detail has the effect of distancing the story, and its heroine remains an enigma ...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2013

Amanda Seyfried and Peter Saarsgard are good as the Beauty and Beast of the 1970s porn industry in Lovelace.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2013

Moralising anti-porn tract rather than ambiguous life story of a true enigma.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 22, 2013

Lovelace may be a little contrived and unoriginal as drama, but it's a useful exercise in de-sentimentalisation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2013

Linda's feelings are rarely revealed: that's left to the gloomy final act, which feels more like a guilt-inducing postscript than a genuine reveal.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 21, 2013

An entertaining, provocative biopic with good performances and many strong scenes - but it still doesn't feel like the full Lovelace story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 19, 2013

"Lovelace" becomes too distracted by industry politics and the cultural context of the film's release to provide more than a snapshot of her life either before or after she stepped in front of a camera.

| Aug 16, 2013

"Lovelace" is superficial and flat and wastes a transformative, gung-ho performance by leading lady Amanda Seyfried.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Aug 9, 2013

This drama from codirectors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman is so respectful of 70s porn sensation Linda Lovelace that instead of humanizing the Deep Throat star, it reduces her to one dimension: victim.

| Aug 9, 2013

Seyfried's Lovelace gets a lot of screen time, but rarely to herself. Instead she's there for things to happen to...What does Lovelace tell us about Linda Lovelace that is not already part of the public domain? Not a lot, really.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 9, 2013

Scattered moments of heat and light just don't add up to a forceful or vital movie about a subject that deserves one.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 9, 2013

Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman settle for a titillating, exploitative snapshot instead of a fully rounded portrait.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Aug 9, 2013

The familiar arc is complete, the grisly elements all ring true. But somehow it all feels too surface, too easy. Why, why, why? There must have been more.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 9, 2013