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Love the Hard Way
Directed by
Peter Sehr
R
2003
1h 44m
Drama
,
Romance
,
and more
6.3
28%
66%
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The story of a petty thief who meets an innocent young woman and brings her into his world of crime while she teaches him the lessons of enjoying life and being loved.
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Cast of Love the Hard Way
Adrien Brody
Jack Grace
Charlotte Ayanna
Claire Harrison
August Diehl
Jeff
Jon Seda
Charlie
Pam Grier
Linda Fox
Liza Jessie Peterson
Pam
Elizabeth Regen
Sue
Katherine Moennig
Debbie
José Rabelo
Cook
Joey Kern
Fitzgerald
Michael G. Chin
Asian Businessman #1
Ben Wang
Asian Businessman #2
Huan Wang
Asian Businessman #3
Ned Stresen-Reuter
Brian
Michaela Conlin
Cara, Jack's Lover
Lee Sellars
Dennis
Sylvia Kauders
Mrs. Rosenberg
Dave Simonds
Librarian
Jeffrey M. Marchetti
Biggest Guy
John Elsen
Interrogating Detective
Miguel Sierra
Car Mechanic
Andy Duppin
Precision Driver #1
Jonathan Hadary
Boris
Bobby J. Brown
Man in Video Arcade
Steven Goldstein
The John in Street
Cheyenne Casebier
Laura
Sara Klingebiel
Jill
Francisco Lorite
Barry
Kris Eivers
Tunnel Bartender
Eric Kornfeld
Claire's Trick
Keisher McLeod
Hooker #1
Rue DeBona
Hooker #2
Amber Gross
Hooker #3
Gregor Manns
Large Man #1
Kevin Merrill-Wilson
Large Man #2
James Saito
Akiri
Robert G. McKay
Louis
Chazz Menendez
Prisoner #1
Charles Santy
Prisoner #2
Mick O'Rourke
Prisoner #3
Mitchell Washington
Prisoner #4
Deborah Braun
Lab Assistant
Tod Engle
Lucky Guy
Grace Garland
Female Port Authority Officer
Amy Laughlin
Vendor at Hotel Dior
Slava Schoot
Russian Guy #2
Jack Lotz
The John in Bedroom
Ernestine Johnson
Jack's Neighbour
Charles Duval
Waiter
Peter McRobbie
Prison Doctor
Love the Hard Way Ratings & Reviews
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Heartfelt but fatally overwrought romantic melodrama.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
[Brody] can be proud of his work here, and the movie is better than just a pre-stardom curiosity.
Denver Post
Michael Booth
There must be some reason to worry over the fate of these people, but it's not in the movie.
San Jose Mercury News
Bruce Newman
[The story] is often overly simplistic when it is trying hardest for emotional complexity.
Seattle Times
Misha Berson
Brody pulls the juggling act off -- bringing to mind some riveting cinematic misfits before him, from Brando to McQueen to Pacino.
Detroit Free Press
John Monaghan
Feels like it was crafted by an outsider, with the cliche-filled dialogue reading like a rough translation.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
As character studies of Jack and Claire, it is daring and inventive, and worthy of comparison with the films of a French master of criminal psychology like Jean-Pierre Melville.
Arizona Republic
Richard Nilsen
One of those films where great acting and occasionally brilliant dialogue attempt to overcome an unbelievable plot and a cowardly Hollywood ending.
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
A dark, uneven character study.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Wildly uneven romantic drama.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Desperately overblown 2001 melodrama.
Los Angeles Times
Manohla Dargis
Packed with characters wallowing in self-conscious cool that's as tedious as their anomie.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Loses tension (and ultimately credibility) as it wanders through three possible endings before grinding to a halt.
Newsday
John Anderson
The movie is of the sort that relies exclusively on charm and charisma. Love the Hard Way has neither.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
It's a mostly clichd story about a good girl who falls for a bad boy and believes that their love is strong enough to make him change his ways. When has that ever worked -- in real life or the movies?
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Brody creates exactly the taunting demi-monster who could inveigle Claire.
Observer
Rex Reed
The cool, detached German director lacks the kind of warmth needed to bring such characters to life.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
[W]orth seeing mainly for Brody's electric performance ...
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
This 2001 drama never grows roots deep enough to feel completely authentic.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It's a posturing, pandering tale of sexual obsession in thrall to its own overweening self-importance.
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