Love Lies Bleeding
Directed by Rose GlassReclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou's criminal family.
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Love Lies Bleeding Ratings & Reviews
- rg9400November 1, 2024Love Lies Bleeding blends various elements together into a surprising, sometimes effective, sometimes ineffective sapphic thriller. For me, the movie is at its best when dealing with the crime portion of the story where the bursts of violence ratchet up the tension, and Rose Glass' direction builds a sense of unease with these shots bathed in red and darkness set to an ominous soundtrack. It is in these sections that Kristen Stewart's acting is at its height as well, where her nervousness and frustration bleed through the screen. Katy O'Brian and Ed Harris do a good job as well, and their characters inhabit this drama well. However, the problem is that this movie also has a romantic element to it. And unfortunately, this part fell flat to me. I felt it was rushed, and the way it impacts and informs events throughout the movie to be unearned. Also, I just didn't feel like Stewart and O'Brian had as much chemistry together, even though they were excellent individually. Finally, this movie has a scattering of surrealism mixed in. Though I wasn't a fan of it overall because of how random it felt, I thought it was generally helping to build the atmosphere -- even if the thematic focus for these parts was not really synergizing with the rest of the movie. However, near the end, one of these sequences sort of took me completely out of the movie. For a movie that is mostly grounded, just having this random sequence at the end felt almost like a betrayal, and I also struggled to see its purpose. Because of this, the ending fell flat to me, and it allowed my more negative feelings to overtake some of the more positive aspects of the movie.
- neuroparadox6d agoYeah, this was awesome. How come nothing good ever happens in Vegas, Hollywood?! 🤣 I haven't seen such a visceral portrayls of addiction since Requiem for a Dream. Everyone's hair in this movie is a choice...and I know it's set in the 80's (or, the late twentieth century as I recently heard a young person say and it made me "old man yells at cloud" angry), but the hairstyles weren't that bad lol...I mean, they were, but they didn't all happened at once! 🤣 Excellent formalist/surrealist moments. I'm sure it's going to make a lot of people uncomfortable, maybe for multiple reasons (that's a good thing), but it's very accessible. Check it out! 👍
- Kevin WardJuly 2, 2025Awesome flick. Romance, crime thriller that stars Kristen Stewart as Lou, a small town gymn manager that falls for Jackie, a competitive body builder that’s passing through town and headed to Vegas to fulfill her magazine dreams. Jackie, played by Katy O’Brian, is warm and tender with Lou, but you wouldn’t like her when she’s angry. And when the consequences of Jackie’s rage get mixed up with Lou’s father’s criminal enterprise, Lou and Jackie’s love gets put to the test. Absolutely loved this. Stewart and O’Brian are both stellar and chemistry flies off the charts. But it’s not all steamy love scenes that impressed. Insecurities, fear, anger and rage permeate both performances. There’s a load of understated humorous moments as well, which all played well to the packed theater. Highly recommend seeing in a packed theater, if possible, for that reason. Crowd reactions also tended to heighten the experience when the narrative veers into genre film territory.
- sopulaMay 29, 2025I liked it Very original blend of genres and themes and great technical execution It is weird, slightly horrific and lesbian sexful but it is fun (compared to something like titane which I couldn’t watch as it was too gross)
- The Gutter MonkeyMarch 22, 2025Started off interesting, then got weird. And not cool Lynch/Cronenberg weird. Rather, pretentious try-too-hard weird.
- RickFebruary 12, 2025Bumped this from 4 to 4.5 stars because of all the badass mullets.
- vangh1January 13, 2025Stories about absolutely psychopathic people who love each other despite how utterly insane they each are, are almost always a lot of fun, and this one is definitely a lot of fun. Really vibrant depiction of the time and place of the universe of the movie. Really vibrant (literally) style on the flashback sequences (which felt a bit much at first, but was totally worth it just for the red glare off the Coke machine visually representing Lou's past and present facing up to each other). The movie did an excellent job of having fun with it's concept and conceits, while also taking itself seriously in the right way at the right times.
- RyezooFebruary 4, 2025I loved the atmosphere of this movie. It feels dirty in every regard. The violence is shocking and that kept me on the edge of my seat. Kristen Stewart has come an extremely long way with her acting abilities. Thought she was fantastic as Lou. The rest of the cast are also great. The score was noticeable and makes me want to give it a relisten. My holdup and only problem with the movie is the ending. I didn’t really like the stylistic choices that were made here and this isn’t a movie that gives a lot of closure. I am going to see when it comes out digitally that on a second viewing the movie will jive better with me.
- VarunOctober 19, 2024Alright I was really digging every single second of this movie except for the last 3 minutes that ruined my mood but we’ll get there. Firstly, the performances from Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian were absolutely magnetic. At first Lou seems like an avoidant introvert, but there’s so many layers underneath that Stewart masterfully and effortlessly peals open for us in each scene. Jackie is this sincere, motivated, uplifting character that provides a sense of fresh air in this stagnant town and she steals every scene in the first 30 minutes. But man when the movie takes a turn, the pacing is riveting and Jackie turns into a ticking time bomb that you cannot stop being anxious about. It reminded me of how Homelander makes me feel in The Boys. Stewart really shines in the second half of the movie. Ed Harris is also so good in this, it’s difficult to play a calm cool character that also comes off as menacing. The soundtrack and song choice was great. The aesthetics were really good. The romantic relationship at the start was depicted fantastically. The tension was handled really well. One scene I thought was a bit of a stretch is when the FBI entered Lou’s home. But the visual gag at the end really disappointed me. I enjoyed the visuals throughout, especially the bodybuilder competition scene, but making her a literal giant was extremely silly. Completely took me out of the film. Like that’s the way you chose to show Jackie defeating the villain, by giving her Ant-man like superpowers? It was cheesy af and it does come out of nowhere because the earlier visuals serve to portray how the drugs are affecting her body and mind and how the effects spill over into real life are totally believable but the ending took it too far. They could’ve come up with a far more interesting takedown with better dialogue. All I could think of during that scene was “What the fuck, now I can’t recommend this movie anymore.” And that’s a sucky thing to experience at the conclusion. But yeah it seems like most people didn’t find it as egregious as I did so I still think this movie is worth checking out especially for the performances and its unique plot. The movie is a solid 9 for the most part but I’m going to have to bump it down to a 7 for the few unrealistic scenes.
