Loverboy (2004)
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18% of critics liked it
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31% of users liked it
(21,659 ratings)
A mother once neglected as child but possessed of a heart overflowing with love grows increasingly despondent as her beloved child begins to claim his independence in director Kevin Bacon's adaptation of Victoria Redel's best-selling novel. If loving too much were a crime, well-meaning but… More A mother once neglected as child but possessed of a heart overflowing with love grows increasingly despondent as her beloved child begins to claim his independence in director Kevin Bacon's adaptation of Victoria Redel's best-selling novel. If loving too much were a crime, well-meaning but overbearing mother Emily (Kyra Sedgwick) would be spending life behind bars with no hope of parole. When Emily was a child, her parents were deeply in love with one another but tragically indifferent to their affection-starved daughter. Now a grown adult with a deep-rooted desire to bear a child, Emily goes to desperate lengths to conceive before eventually giving birth to an exceptionally gifted boy whom she names Paul. Emily's devotion to Paul burns brighter than a thousand suns as she creates a wondrous world of books, music, art, and games to share with her growing child, but her ever more desperate attempts to preserve the purity of their relationship reach a frantic fever pitch as a kindhearted local man opens his life to the pair and Paul prepares for his first year of school. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Kevin Bacon
- Written By
- Victoria Redel, Hannah Shakespeare
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jun 16, 2006 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 26, 2006
- Studio
- ThinkFilm
Critic Reviews
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Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Long before the 86-minute film runs its course, you'll want to bolt from your seat and call Child Protective Services.
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Rex Reed, New York Observer
Even though Loverboy is only 86 minutes long, as it wore on, I wore out.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
There is a lot of skill on display here and a great performance but I can't recommend it either because this woman is so clearly and obviously abusive and insane.
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Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Emily is a complicated woman, all right, but she's a difficult person to spend an entire movie with.
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Kyle Smith, New York Post
First-time director Kevin Bacon (Mr. Sedgwick) cleverly maintains a balance of discomfiting and familiar by jumping nimbly around Emily's life.
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Cast
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Kyra Sedgwick
as Emily
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Kevin Bacon
as Marty Stoll
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Blair Brown
as Jeanette
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Matt Dillon
as Mark
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Oliver Platt
as Mr. Pomeroy
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Campbell Scott
as Paul's Father
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Marisa Tomei
as Sybil Stoll
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Dominic Scott Kay
as Paul
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Sosie Bacon
as Child Emily
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Jessica D. Stone
as Anita Biddle
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John La Fayette
as Allen Rawley
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Melissa Errico
as Miss Silken
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Nancy Giles
as Principal
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Sandra Bullock
as Mrs. Harker
- John Lafayette
- Spencer Treat Clark
