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Loverboy (2005)
Rate:
1
Viewed:
8/07
8/07:
Loverboy is painful to watch, cheesy enough to be compared with a lot of bad films, and is so poorly directed that
Kevin Bacon should stick with what he's good at: acting.
The film is a cross between Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? It fails
to explain anything about protagonist before she's judged to be legally cuckoo. Worse, I can see everything
coming a mile ahead before it happens.
The plot makes no sense, either. Oddly enough, the writer of the screenplay is...hold your laughter, please...Hannah
Shakespeare. Is that her real name? The amount of cheesiness she pours on is high. I've had the damnedest
time believing that Kyra Sedgwick plays a young adult. When the film was made, she was 40. Regardless, Kyra
Sedgwick, a weak Julia Roberts clone, has never been a good actress to begin with.
As for the cast, there are many from Kevin Bacon's circle of friends as evidenced in other films such as
Singles,
Flatliners, Gun Shy, and
Wild Things: Kyra Sedgwick, Matt Dillon, Oliver Platt, Campbell Scott, and
Sandra Bullock. Anything for Kev, eh?
All in all, I highly doubt that Kevin Bacon will direct a feature film again.