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06/24/06
Love the Hard Way (2003)
28 %
Reviews Counted: 43 Fresh: 12 Rotten:31 Average Rating: 4.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Synopsis: Underneath a classic good-girl and street-wise Don Juan romance, LOVE THE HARD WAY reveals itself to be a keen examination of love and emotional dependency amidst the social divergences and congruent rhythms of New York City. LOVE THE HARD WAY begins when Claire (Charlotte Ayanna), a... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Adrien Brody, Charlotte Ayanna, Jon Seda, Pam Grier, August Diehl
Reviews
Top Critic
To say the love story was hard to believe, is putting it mildly--it was impossible to fathom.
08/15/04
Feels like it was crafted by an outsider, with the cliche-filled dialogue reading like a rough translation.
09/20/03
One of those films where great acting and occasionally brilliant dialogue attempt to overcome an unbelievable plot and a cowardly Hollywood ending.
09/12/03
The biggest flaw in Love the Hard Way is its total inability to coherently convey the passage of time.
08/06/03
Brody pulls the juggling act off -- bringing to mind some riveting cinematic misfits before him, from Brando to McQueen to Pacino.
08/01/03
There must be some reason to worry over the fate of these people, but it's not in the movie.
07/25/03
Though the lanky, dreamy-eyed Brody shows range, he's got a dorky quality that's hard to dismiss -- his strutting his stuff sends eyes rolling.
07/10/03
Brody has offbeat charisma, but it's no match for the corny dialogue he's given here, not to mention the Wild at Heart snakeskin jacket he wears.
07/10/03
"Love the Hard Way" looks low budget and any box office will be made from those interested in seeing Brody in his post “Pianist” role...
07/09/03
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.
06/27/03
Top Critic
so damn weird in refusing to go where one expects that it maintains interest - too bad it missed a chance at last minute redemption with a satisfying conclusion
06/26/03
Brody creates exactly the taunting demi-monster who could inveigle Claire.
06/25/03
It's a mostly clichéd 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?
06/22/03
Annoying as it is in some ways, is worth seeing for Brody's performance alone.
06/21/03
Brody's performance as Jack is about as good as that which won him the Oscar for The Pianist.
06/20/03
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