This movie caught my eye while I was searching Netflix for something interesting to watch on a Saturday night.People who have never seen one second of a porno movie know the name Linda Lovelace. Before watching this movie I'd never seen "Deep Throat" (still haven't) and yet even though I didn't really know what the real Linda actually looked like, when I recognized Amanda Seyfried as the lead/title actress, I went huh?As so many other reviewers have stated, Amanda is way too pretty and innocent looking for the role. For this reason, possibly the story focuses more on the emotional aspects of the trauma Linda Lovelace faced through her relationship with Chuck Traynor and dealing with the realities of becoming so famous for something as dubious as appearing in "Deep Throat." Had they used a different actress with harder edges, like Lindsay Lohan, the movie may have veered toward the grittier aspects of the 70s porn industry, but with Amanda Seyfried in the role the producers managed to make even a scene showing the filming of one of the "Deep Throat" scenes seem sanitized, in other words, "Lifetimed- up." Sharon Stone appears, unrecognize-ably as a brunette in the role of Linda's mother. Some of the movies best scenes occur between the mother and daughter, before and after her life-changing career choice. Hank Azaria also stands out as one of the producers of Linda Lovelace's most famous movie as he projects the right amount of tacky, '70s style smarmy charm. In the hands of a different director, like Quentin Tarantino, this would have been a way-different movie and would have had an NC-17 rating and would have showcased at least one scene of Linda Lovelace showing her signature talent. As it is, "Lovelace" is a movie that's almost tame enough to be shown on broadcast television. It still manages to be interesting though.

I came across this flick while searching for James Franco. So I came across About Cherry (2012) a flick about a young girl falling into the traps of the porn industry but sadly About Cherry misses it's aim. Lovelace came a year later and again Franco is just in it for a few minutes but that didn't bother me because being grown up in the seventies I still can remember those 'dirty theatres' at my hometown. It was full bloom porn that people were attending without bothering who could see you walk in, can't figure that one out nowadays. The seventies were the heydays of porn and the most notorious flick must have been Deep Throat (1972). The main star was Linda Lovelace. Sadly people not interested in flicks doesn't know what happened with here and had other things going on in their mind watching her but her life was one piece of sh*t.This is exactly what this flick shows from being a girl next door girl to be found by Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard). he was a nice guy but once shown how to have sex Linda became a victim of the brutality of Chuck. She was raised to obey your husband and that was what she did falling into the porn industry. Only appeared in 8 flicks she the most famous porn star of her time. Strangely this flick also gave some controversy as did Deep Throath due the fact that Amanda Seyfried was going to play Lovelace. She's not known for taking on that part of roles but she did fine and I was surprised that she even went naked. Some do say that the story shown isn't correct but it do shows how the industry worked and how some girls were threatened. I did like it to see the story behind Linda how becoming famous and how she ended her career moving on for 20 years against the porn industry and violence at home. Towards the end you will see the real Lovelace who died in 2002 due injuries at a car crash. Well acted and good story as simple as that.Gore 0/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 0/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

If BOOGIE NIGHTS was a fun, whirlwind tour of the 1970s porn scene, LOVELACE shows the gritty realism and 'truth' of the situation: a world in which women were routinely used and abused by men, and in which the porn industry attracted the sleaziest members of society.Amanda Seyfried was an unexpected choice to play famous porn starlet Linda Lovelace, but I think she makes a good job of the role; certainly memories of her being all sweet and angelic in MAMMA MIA! and the like are long dispersed. The script of LOVELACE is in two parts, the first half feeling a little like BOOGIE NIGHTS in its celebration of fame and fortune, while the second half ventures down some very dark alleyways to explore the seedier side of the situation.Although the subject of the matter isn't exactly something I'm interested in, at least the producers gather together a good supporting cast. Sharon Stone and Robert Patrick are both unrecognisably aged as Lovelace's puritanical parents, while James Franco contributes a memorable cameo as Hugh Hefner of all people. Eric Roberts and Wes Bentley both have cameos (the latter typecast as a photographer again) while BOARDWALK EMPIRE's Bobby Cannavale plays a scuzzy director. Peter Sarsgaard, as Lovelace's husband, is one of the most detestable characters in the history of cinema. LOVELACE is a film that pulls no punches and offers a strong indictment against those who commit violence against women.

I don't know exactly how faithful to the true story of Linda Boreman this film is, all I know is I was riveted by this heightened recreation of the unfortunate, sad life of adult film actress Boreman, whose screen name was Linda Lovelace. It brings to mind the even darker story of Dorothy Stratten, a similarily mistreated sex symbol documented in the film Star 80. Eric Roberts was a star in that one, and makes a brief appearance here, almost like a nod of the head to that story. Amanda Seyfried is achingly good as Linda, displaying a fragility and striking resilience in her excellent performance. At a young age, she's manipulated into certain things, namely appearing adult films including the infamous 'Deep Throat', by her abusive dirtbag boyfriend Chuck. Peter Sarsgaard is a slimy wonder as the ultimate trashy prick, putting her through some truly hellish times that take a long time to recover from. Sharon Stone is unrecognizable as Linda's uber conservative mother, and Robert Patrick gives buckets of emotion in his few scenes as her sympathetic father. Rounding out the all star cast are Bobby Cannavle, Adam Brody, Hank Azaria, Debi Mazar, Chloe Sevigny, Chris Noth and Juno Temple as various people orbiting Linda's sordid story, some helpful, some sleazy, all interesting. The one misstep in casting is James Franco as a baby faced Hugh Hefner, which brings you right out of the film. The core of the piece lies with Seyfried's assured, confident performance, and amongst all the glitz, scum, bells and whistles the filmmakers conjure up to try and pad the story, she always blessedly reigns it in to the singular plight of one woman in trouble. That takes talent.