Loverboy
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Movie Reviews of Loverboy
Movie Review: Good movie, not a movie for everyone though
Summary: 5 Stars
Fine performances from everyone... 'specially Kyra and Dominic.
Dominic - this litle boy has a bright future ahead of him if he stays with acting... splendid job. His character was mature but innocent and smart enough to know that his mother calling him "loverboy" isn't exactly normal.
Kyra - I was glued to the screen, I couldn't take my eyes off her. She nailed her character... neglected by her own parents and vowing to be the only person that matters to her son. The clashing between them of her wanting to keep him close and Paul wanting to have a "normal" life were done.
The scene in the school with Paul's teacher and principal... you know what's going to happen after but when the ending comes it's still a bit of a shock.
Despite all Emily's faults, Paul still honors her at the end. You can tell that he still loved his mom despite her crazy antics...
Kevin and Marisa were hilarious as Emily's parents. .. they had good chemistry together.
It is a little hard to feel sympathy for Emily.. she's a complex woman, maybe with therapy she might not have turned out that way *shrugs* Who knows?
The only downside to the film was the music... sometimes it drowned out the actors words. Maybe if they re-package this one day, they can edit the soundtrack better.
Anyways, Some people may find this movie disturbing but I thought it was a good film.
Movie Review: "Has a mother ever loved her son more?"
Summary: 5 Stars
I rented this movie on a whim because I remembered the trailer being pretty interesting. Let me just say that I was not disappointed. Kyra Sedgwick was brilliant as Emily, and I was really able to identify with her. As a mother of a two-year-old boy, I found the first three-fourths of this movie to be oddly inspiring. Possibly due to my young age of 21, I've never wanted to be the typical soccer-mom so I found Emily's eclectic style of parenting to be rather appealing. For example, the splatter-painting Paul's room, camping out in the backyard, the 'roam abouts', etc. One of my absolute favorite scenes is where Emily plays an invisible flute in the rain as Paul conducts (if anyone knows the name of the song, please let me know). On the other hand, Emily's obsession went off the deep end towards the end of the movie and you can actually see her just going over the edge as Paul pushes for more independence. All of that being said, I think that it's much easier for a mother to sympathize with Emily rather than condemn her in the end. This has definitely become my favorite movie just because it is so different, and so sadly beautiful. I also picked up the book a few weeks ago, and it was wonderful as well.
Movie Review: Lets not put lipstick on the pig .. its a psychopath movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
Actually I don't really like psychopath movies and I'm a little bugged out that the 'previews' pushed the concept of 'an overy obsessive mother' wanting to have the perfect child. Trust me that is not the case with the kind of ending this movie dumped on my lap .....
OK the good thing about the movie and it's time warp meandering meant that I didn't know how it was going to end, but, of course even though it had all the elements that our heroine would any minute fall on the right track, way down deep, I knew it wasn't going to end well.....
To make matters worse I'm not a big fan of Kyra Sedgewick and her TV series but she certainly was stupendous in this movie and with that smoking hot body .... well nuff said ......
Movie Review: A Creepy Little Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
"Loverboy" is a creepy, little-seen drama that marks the directorial debut of Kevin Bacon and stars Kyra Sedgwick. I wanted to see the movie because I like Kevin Bacon and it's always interesting to see actors trying to direct, I knew little about the synopsis, and whether you love or hate this movie...I doubt you'll forget it afterwards. This is a creepy movie, that could be creepier in different hands but Bacon takes a film that has echoes of movies like "The Virgin Suicides" and every other "mother who loves son way too much" movie and saves it from becoming a soap opera. Sedgwick gives a dynamite performance as Emily, a woman who desperately wants to have a child. Being neglected as a child by her Romeo & Juliet-like parents (played by Bacon and Marisa Tomei), she wants to have a perfect child whom she can be with for the rest of her life. When she finally conceives a baby with a man (Campbell Scott) during a one night stand, she moves as far away from other people as she can and begins to raise her son Paul whom she dubs "Loverboy." As Paul gets older, he begins to want to go to school. But the outside world overwhelms Emily and she desperately tries to keep her and her son together. A movie with incestual overtones and one of the more haunting endings I've seen out of a film from 2006, "Loverboy" is not a film that will appeal to the masses. The film is not perfect, but it is good and Bacon is a good director who worked with a great cinematographer on the film. The movie has a lot of atmosphere to it and features some beautiful cinematography and art direction. The script is very well written, because it does come very close to going over-the-top. This material is difficult to handle without it becoming a farce and it's handled really well (after all the screenwriter's last name is Shakespeare, so it better be good right?). As for Sedgwick, she gives an incredible performance that didn't gain a lot of notice. She narrates the entire film and as a person who is not incredibly fond of voice-over, I was surprised to find how creepy it is. Sedgwick doesn't just act in this film, she gives a PERFORMANCE. She really gets into the soul of the character and doesn't make her unbelievable for one second. I'm not sure what message the film is trying to send, if it is trying to send, but it hits home during the ending. The movie has a lot of famous (and good) actors in it including Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, and Oliver Platt to name a few. As I said, not a lot of people will like this movie. But IT IS well done and worth the watch. I guarantee you'll be thinking about the ending days later.
GRADE: B+
Movie Review: A Beautifully Acted, Disturbing Story About Obsessive Mothering
Summary: 4 Stars
Kevin Bacon directs this bizarre story adapted by Hannah Shakespeare from
Victoria Redel's novel about maternal obsession providing his wife Kyra Sedgwick with a role to spotlight just how fine an actress she truly is. The story is disturbing but vitally interesting. There are problems with the film, the most annoying one being that the dialogue is practically inaudible due to the miking and, more so, due to the musical score which covers all the lines to the point of making the movie seem like a silent movie with music from the pit! Such a shame, because it SEEMS like this is a good script with a lot to say.
Emily (Kyra Sedgwick) is damaged goods, a woman neglected as a child who is determined to have a baby and raise it on her own, lavishing the child with all the affection and attention she desperately missed. After numerous attempts to get pregnant from any available man, she finally succeeds impregnation with Campbell Scott and gives birth to Paul (Dominic Scott Kay) who becomes her entire reason for living. She sequesters Paul form the world, gives him everything a child could want - except association with peers. Her obsession grows to the point of mental illness and the results are devastating. Along the way Emily and Paul encounter people who seek to intervene in their lives: these people are played with great style by cameo roles of Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt, Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei, Matt Dillon, Blair Brown and even some of the Bacon's own children! It is a star cast obviously committed to Kevin Bacon's vision of this star vehicle for Sedgwick.
The pacing, cinematography, and acting are all first rate. If only the ugly and senseless music hadn't submerged the dialogue (oddly enough the score was written by Michael Bacon!), this would be an Oscar contender. Grady Harp, September 06