There were parts of this movie that was difficult to watch because we know this was based on true events and real people, because the performances from Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgaard were so good, and because the cruelty of Sarsgaard's character was simply shocking.
Seyfried's performance as a young and impressionable girl was so good that your heart really goes out to her. And Sarsgaard's performance as a bully and abuser was also as good, if not better; and by the middle of the movie he was the clear antagonist.
I had no idea who Linda Lovelace was before this movie so I didn't know what to expect. But by the middle of it, I could not believe how much abuse she had gone through in her life that I thought she would have taken her own life. The only solace I found was that at least she went on to have some sort of normalcy, even though it was all too brief.
The problem with this movie was that it did not come with a better script or director. The movie skipped six years ahead a couple of times, jumping over too big of a gap each time to really follow what happened in her life. And better dialogue would really have helped punched up the drama more. But we were left with a snapshot of her life in each particular period.
Sometimes the movie skipped in its timeline and it was so unnecessary. Also we were introduced to Hank Azaria, Bobby Canavale, Adam Brody, and James Franco as Hugh Hefner; but they were dropped quite sudden as well without much of an explanation. Even the best friend played by Juno Temple played no part in Linda's latter years.
It was quite a pity that the movie wasn't any better, but the fact that just from her story alone I was hooked. With a better writer and director this could have had more success.
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