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I always make sure to check out this little low-budget thriller films any time I get a chance. Sometimes I'll be disappointed, sometimes really pleased. This was a time I was pleased.

The pace and sheer quality and depth of this movie I really enjoyed. It is suspenseful, and it can even have quite terrifying moments. However, It also took its time. This is the kind of movie you can see twice and it gets better the second time. Really great cast, some serious performances. Just a good little thriller. Great story too, Julianne Michelle made the story really believable and I was enthralled by her in every frame.

I enjoyed this film overall. I actually didn't know Linda Lovelace's full story and I am happy that I do now. Amanda Seyfried really surprised me with her performance. I always had thought she was a talented actress, but she was really able to distinguish herself with this movie. Really stand apart I thought. The film itself has some cracks and flaws.

Just the overall mood and pace of the film is too much. I mean, I felt for her pain and was able to understand what she was going through and how she was continuously abused. It was very hard to watch at times and very painful. That could have just been her life, but the way the directors had shown it just made it kind of dull after a while. I feel that these types of biopic dramas are old news. I feel that this is an old style of making films that I don't particularly love but that's just me. But worth the experience

I really loved the ambition of this film. The ambition Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling to, in the current cinematic climate, try to attempt a film like this I personally think is just brilliant.

It's obvious to everyone what kind of films are being made today. What trends "work" and are popular and what trends do not. Overall, serious violence, is not something that is very common in mainstream film. At least not like it used to be. But the violence is not what sets this film apart. What set this film apart was the Bangkok that they created. Sure there are some style elements from Drive, but that's just because its the same director. Overall, the subjective, almost hallucinatory style they used was so engrossing. I loved the complicated, contrasting, and contorting emotions this film gave me. Really took me to a strange place. the "wanna fight" scene is just pure genius without a doubt. That made the film for me

Everyone is well aware that Rom-coms can be garbage. Any film can be garbage for that matter. People argue that Rom-coms can be cheesy and just plain silly. Was this film a little cheesy at times: yes. Was it silly? Sure but thats OK. I hate the term a feel-good movie, but it is that. Its funny, its really sweet and cute, and the cast really is fantastic.

Definitely worth seeing with a significant other. Definitely worth seeing multiple times. I felt it was one of the best movies of the year when it came out. Really sweet and good.

Overall a good movie

I get that this was the director's attempt at a dream-like film. His attempt at subjectivity. But it is pretty sub-par at that. The character are emotionless and lifeless and could have been played by anyone. Literally any person. The gratuitous sex just got irritating after awhile.

I've seen the film described as a "youth culture" film and it doesn't even deserve that title. I get that this is supposed to be empowering towards gay culture as well and I'm all for that. Have two gay lead characters is great and refreshing. But having them just have sex the entire movie is not a movie. Its a soft core porno.

Overall, I don't recommend this film to anyone. I was expecting a trippy, experimental dream- like film, and I got something completely different.