Lovelace

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UK Release Date: August 23rd 2013

The story of Linda Lovelace (Seyfried), who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband (Sarsgaard), before taking control of her life. (www.imdb.com)

Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Robert Patrick, Juno Temple, Bobby Cannavale, James Franco

Amanda Seyfriend manages to pull off transforming from a young and innocent girl to a popular porn star in less than an hour and a half. Lovelace is an informative biopic of Linda Lovelace's life prior to, and after her first porn film Deepthroat. It was a sensation in the 70's, making Lovelace one of the biggest stars of the industry. This film focuses on Linda's life rather than the porn. Directors Epstein and Friedman pan away from those blushing moments and provides us instead with a broken relationship that's difficult to watch. Linda's husband Chuck, played by the stellar Peter Sarsgaard, is torn between fear and bullying. He owes people a lot of money, so he uses Linda to pay off his debts and live a comfortable life. The story delves deeper into Linda's troubles, supplying us with knowledge we probably never knew. The supporting cast dip in and out, but the round of applause should go to Seyfried for her most riveting and complex performance yet, and Sarsgaard for his density. Sharon Stone is hardly recognisable as Linda's very religious mother, and James Franco is Hew Hefner. Enough said. 

3/5