Love Lies Bleeding
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
- Released:
- Runtime: 104 minutes
- Genre: Crime, Romance, Thrillers
- Stars: Katy O'Brian, Kristen Stewart, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, Jena Malone, Keith Jardine, Jerry G. Angelo, Orion Carrington, Matthew Blood-Smyth, Hilary Fleming, David DeLao, Catherine Haun, Crystal Mayes, Ed Harris, Jamie Javier Guerreo, Lontrell Anderson, Mikandrew, Tait Fletcher, Roger Ivens, Kim S. Monti
- Director: Rose Glass
Comments
- watsonroberts-94512 - 30 June 2024
Not terrible
The film is a slow burn, and doesn't entirely work at that pace. There's not enough going on to sustain it. The characters aren't very interesting, there's no real tension or suspense, the situations aren't compelling, and the acting is fairly uninteresting. Kristen Stewart has generally done a great job getting past the poor performance she gave in the Twilight series, but here, she seems to fall back on some bad habits. Easily the worst post-Twilight performance I've seen from her.
One of its biggest mistakes is reveling in the disgusting. From the first moments, we are shown very disgusting images on a regular basis - clogged toilets, bruised injection sites, and things that would be spoiler-y to say. A gross-out comedy would've played these for laughs; something like The Paperboy would use these to create an overall aesthetic... this movie just throws them out there and does nothing with them.
That said, most of the film is... okay. It's certainly not bad. Not until the ending, anyway. The last five or so minutes take a genre turn that not only doesn't fit the story, but is completely unnecessary in terms of what's happening. It would be like watching a Will Ferrell movie only to find that the last five minutes turn into torture porn. This could work if it added to the experience or to the story; but instead it takes away from both.
A great ending could've elevated the movie; a standard ending would've been about a 5/10. The terrible ending brings it down to 3/10. Not a complete waste of time, but not really worth the time either. - BoBo_Goal32 - 2 June 2024
Is sure knows how to bleed well
Didn't know anything about Rose Glass. This is her second full movie and what a movie it is. Full with twists and turns, great directing and camera work and top notch editing and visualization, that was so unique for the style of this movie.
This movie's first sequence, in the gym was promising and the cast even promised more. Kristen Stewart, Ed Harris and even a short, but very important characters of Dave Franco and Jenna Malone. Sounds like a lot of fun and it is.
The main issue with this movie is that it takes a lot of "Thelma and Louise" vibes and pay them with the proper respect, but steps in its own bloody road. It's a plot that got several twists and they are all so well made and so intriguing.
The other vibe - well, related also, almost to the time when "Thelma and Louise" came out, is that it is a story that is being told in the eighties and all what it means for the movie and for the characters.
It has so much impressive authenticity, that you are sucked right in, from the beginning, into the era and into the journey that Glass is taking you. She is taking such a good care in each and every bloody angle of the movie and does it properly.
It is a love story and a crime-thriller. It is not Sexy-arousing and distracting as it could have been, so the viewers can actually be focused on the plot and on the talent that is shown for all of its hour and forty minutes.
Kristen Stewart is just awesome in her role. She is so good in this movie and such a diverse actress. Ed Harris is becoming the ultimate villain and his hair...what a choice...Franco Junior punches in and Malone is good also.
Katy O'Brian is shining, after a lot of small parts (as in "The Mandalorian") and probably her career will take off from this point, as in Rose Glass's Career. She is someone to check out on, for her next project.
