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Loverboy
Directed by
Kevin Bacon
2005
84m
R
Drama
,
Romance
5.3
18%
36%
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A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.
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Cast of Loverboy
Kyra Sedgwick
Emily
Dominic Scott Kay
Paul dit 'Loverboy'
Matt Dillon
Mark
Kevin Bacon
Marty
Blair Brown
Jeanette Rawley
Sandra Bullock
Mme Harker
Oliver Platt
M. Pomeroy
Marisa Tomei
Sybil
Campbell Scott
Paul's Father
Sosie Bacon
Emily (10 years old)
Travis Bacon
Lenny
John Lafayette
Allen Rawley
Jessica Stone
Anita Biddle
Melissa Errico
Miss Silken
Carolyn McCormick
Ruth
Valyn Hall
Allison (16 years old)
Naelee Rae
Allison (6 years old)
Spencer Treat Clark
Paul (16 years old)
John Legend
Memphis Parking Lot Donor
Steven Hinkle
School Kid #1 (uncredited)
Robert Sedgwick
Emily`s 3rd Grade Teacher
Loverboy Reviews
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
In this dismal drama directed by Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick plays Emily, a single mother who is fiercely overprotective of her young son.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Loverboy, the shaky second feature directed by Kevin Bacon, stars Kyra Sedgwick as a single mother whose possessive instinct runs amok.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
First-time director Kevin Bacon (Mr. Sedgwick) cleverly maintains a balance of discomfiting and familiar by jumping nimbly around Emily's life.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The real trouble is at its core, with an over-the-top performance from Sedgwick that borders on Baby Jane campiness.
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
A grim little story, but it's leavened unexpectedly with humor and energy.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
Kevin Bacon has been within zero degrees of separation from so many great filmmakers that it's remarkable how virtually every decision he makes as director of Loverboy is completely misguided.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
I never really bought Loverboy, and unconvincing delusional cruelty is not what you would call a memorable night out.
Greenwich Village Gazette
Eric Lurio
Except for the kid, what we have are a bunch of ageing ingénues grateful for the work and doing their best.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Working with Atom Egoyan has not done Kevin Bacon any favors.
Boxoffice Magazine
Tim Cogshell
Freud might have found something interesting here, but for most of us it's just a crazy mom movie, whatever contrivances the filmmakers use to make it all seem more profound.
Observer
Rex Reed
Even though Loverboy is only 86 minutes long, as it wore on, I wore out.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
There is a lot of skill on display here and a great performance but I can't recommend it either because this woman is so clearly and obviously abusive and insane.
Hollywood Reporter
James Greenberg
Loverboy may have been better suited to the page where it could have the subtlety and resonance missing on screen. As a film it works on only one level -- crazy love.
Village Voice
Luke Y. Thompson
initially plays as a deranged sex comedy
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Too many visual gimmicks and a cast overburdened with big names in small roles soften Victoria Redel's acclaimed debut novel.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
It all adds up to an unfortunate misfire: a film at odds with both its source material and itself.
Philadelphia Daily News
Gary Thompson
Almost everything is annotated, or explained by incessant voice-over. This is its own form of suffocation, and the ideas and themes feel like they've been mothered too much.
Los Angeles Daily News
Bob Strauss
It makes for a deeply uncomfortable moviegoing experience -- but unfortunately not one with enough behavioral insight to justify the pain.
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
The film runs out of steam by revealing too much, too soon.
E! Online
E! Staff
Sedgwick does her best with the material, but the script is enamored with cloying dialogue and irritating voiceover, and Bacon's direction relies on shtick and gimmicks. We got no love for Loverboy.
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