Lovelace

 
photo for Lovelace Who would have thought that a movie about a porn star — a movie about sex, drugs and the adult film industry — would be boring. Well, that’s just the case with “Lovelace,” a bio-drama about unlikely porn star Linda Lovelace and “Deep Throat,” the first scripted adult theatrical feature film (in 1972) that was a phenomenal success and pretty much legitimized adult films for the American middle class. Linda Susan Boreman (Amanda Seyfried) escaped a strict religious family and discovered freedom and the high-life when she fell for and married charismatic hustler Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard), who coerced her into the biz as the “girl-next-door” with an impressive capacity for fellatio, then fell prey to his abuse, eventually leaving “Hollywood” for a mid-West, suburban life, where she fought violence against women. It’s really not much of a story; aside from the few sexual hijinks highlighted in the film, both Lovelace, Traynor and their friends and entourage are pretty uninteresting — which just goes to show that show biz can be just as dull as any other biz. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. Vitals: Director: Bob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Wes Bentley , Adam Brody, Bobby Cannavale, James Franco, Debi Mazar, Chris Noth, Robert Patrick, Eric Roberts, Chloe Sevigny, Sharon Stone, Juno Temple. 2013, CC, MPAA rating: R, 93 min., Drama, Box office gross: $.354 million, RADiUS-TWC/Anchor Bay. 2 stars

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