It's probably very fair to question why I chose to watch this movie - if I'm perfectly honest there just be might be a chance I chose this because I might get to see Amanda Seyfried's boobies. I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I don't find Ms. Seyfried very cute and honestly if I do get a chance to see her boobies it won't be their first time, the reason I did choose this though honestly was because I was interested in the story of Linda Lovelace.
While I've never seen Deep Throat - I as a film fan are of course familiar with it, in all it's fame, infamy and impact - I did see (and like) the documentary Inside Deep Throat and have read up on the film and Lovelace in a book I read a long time ago that I can't quite remember the title of (it could be Jonathan Ross' Incredinly Strange Film Book but don't quote me on that).
And even though Seyfried doesn't look much like Lovelace (Seyfried in my opinion is prettier) she carries the film admirably - it's just the film around her isn't completely up to the task. I might as well compare it to Boogie Nights (being that was a thinly veiled retelling of the John Holmes story) because it does remind me of the what that film did (and better) - it was able to show the massive highs and the massive lows in the porn industry at that time but I just don't think the film fits together that good.
I just don't think it really captures enough how big of a film Deep Throat was. It also felt like the second half of the film grabbed you less. Lovelace's husband played by Peter Sarsgaard does things like pimp her out and beat her (there are signs of this earlier) but I wish it showed a more slow decline for Lovelace rather then just automatically going from glamour to shitsville (and missing key years).
And yes Seyfried does show her boobs - nice ones at that - a couple of times they are good but in other times in less then erotic circumstances to put if nicely. As for the cast you can't fault Seyfried or Sarsgaard who makes his character work just well enough despite almost being on the verge of being a 2D villain. Also in the cast is Sharon Stone's as Lovelace's mother and is virtually unrecognizable (seriously it was about her fourth scene before the penny dropped), there is also a bunch of cameos that range from fun (James Franco as Hugh Hefner) to pointless (Chloé Sevigny with what two lines).
Overall, I just wished for more from this film, the story of Lovelace to make was capable of being a brilliant film, but this just feels far from it and honestly if they wanted to make a second go of I wouldn't object to Seyfried getting a second go. To be fair the movie as decent moments but it just doesn't keep my interest like it should.
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