The story of "Deep Throat" is an interesting tale because of the impact it had on pop culture and the journey of its star Linda Lovelace.
It's no surprise that a bio-pic was made about her but I was surprised by the way the film just plain skips over certain facts about Lovelace's life. Like her few other porn works she did, her well-documented issues with drugs and the fact she went from writing about how porn is good to suddenly flip-flopping to saying porn is the devil's work.
The performances in this film is great and, if the film was only a fictional drama, the movie would be great but since it's a bio-pic, it tends to get heavy-handed as it tries to paint the picture that Lovelace was a saint who was victimized by brutal men. Granted, her story is a tragic one where she is used, abused and spit out when her usefulness runs its course but the film is quite obviously trying to show that she was without flaw and everything bad that happened to her was because of one man.
A more honest approach to her story would have made Lovelace a more sympathetic character and would have made for a more enthralling story but, overall, the film isn't that terrible. It just could have been better.
It's no surprise that a bio-pic was made about her but I was surprised by the way the film just plain skips over certain facts about Lovelace's life. Like her few other porn works she did, her well-documented issues with drugs and the fact she went from writing about how porn is good to suddenly flip-flopping to saying porn is the devil's work.
The performances in this film is great and, if the film was only a fictional drama, the movie would be great but since it's a bio-pic, it tends to get heavy-handed as it tries to paint the picture that Lovelace was a saint who was victimized by brutal men. Granted, her story is a tragic one where she is used, abused and spit out when her usefulness runs its course but the film is quite obviously trying to show that she was without flaw and everything bad that happened to her was because of one man.
A more honest approach to her story would have made Lovelace a more sympathetic character and would have made for a more enthralling story but, overall, the film isn't that terrible. It just could have been better.