I just watched this movie for the first time today and while many people have complained about the style of this movie, I absolutely love it.
You first see the story from the point of view that everyone else back in the 70s did. Then the scenes are replayed, but with the curtain drawn back. Not only did this movie show the abuse that this woman experienced, but also conveyed how trapped she felt very effectively.
This is a movie that so many people would benefit from watching. The stigma around rape culture and domestic abuse has only just started to be lifted and all of these reviews from 2003 and 2004 prove it. So many people focused on the style of the movie instead of the point. Linda Boreman (aka Lovelace) was a real woman. She actually went through all of this, but yet when her story is finally brought to light again, it is met with disdain and ignorant people complaining that the movie did not contain enough sex.
Amanda Seyfried is absolutely amazing in this movie as well. She does such an amazing job of making you forget who she is and brings all of the attention to a woman who was abused and ridiculed.
You first see the story from the point of view that everyone else back in the 70s did. Then the scenes are replayed, but with the curtain drawn back. Not only did this movie show the abuse that this woman experienced, but also conveyed how trapped she felt very effectively.
This is a movie that so many people would benefit from watching. The stigma around rape culture and domestic abuse has only just started to be lifted and all of these reviews from 2003 and 2004 prove it. So many people focused on the style of the movie instead of the point. Linda Boreman (aka Lovelace) was a real woman. She actually went through all of this, but yet when her story is finally brought to light again, it is met with disdain and ignorant people complaining that the movie did not contain enough sex.
Amanda Seyfried is absolutely amazing in this movie as well. She does such an amazing job of making you forget who she is and brings all of the attention to a woman who was abused and ridiculed.