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When Will I Be Loved

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When Will I Be Loved (2004)

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Reviews Counted:70

Fresh:23

Rotten:47

Average Rating:4.7/10

Consensus: Neve Campbell bares all in this seemingly misogynistic trifle.

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: "When Will I Be Loved" is a hip, scintillating, post-feminist film that takes a classic Hollywood form . that of leading lady as black widow -- and brings it edgy new life. James Toback, a... "When Will I Be Loved" is a hip, scintillating, post-feminist film that takes a classic Hollywood form . that of leading lady as black widow -- and brings it edgy new life. James Toback, a writer and director known for provocative explorations of race and gender relations in films such as "Black and White," "Two Guys and a Girl" and "The Pick-Up Artist," has created a femme fatale for the 21st century. His leading lady is Vera -- played by Neve Campbell -- a beautiful young woman who is exploring the limits of her vast sexual and intellectual power. We see Vera picking up men on the street, videotaping her romps with a female lover, and having sexually frank discussions with her potential employer. The daughter of wealthy and supportive parents, she is seemingly improvising her way through the beginning of her life as an adult . but how much of her behavior is spontaneous and how much is cunningly calculated? Vera is dating a young hustler named Ford, played by Fredrick Weller. Ford --verbally nimble, shameless and shamelessly manipulative -- seems compelled to use women to make himself rich and famous, from straight loans to a (unintentionally) comical effort to entice hip-hop impresario Damon Dash. Ford sees his chance to make serious money when he meets an aging Italian media mogul, Count Tommaso Lupo, played by Dominic Chianese. The Count has developed an obsession with Vera and Ford concocts a plan to pimp Vera out to Lupo for $100,000. To Ford.s naïve surprise, Vera agrees leading Ford into the delusion that his powers as a psychologically gifted fast talker are unsurpassed. The Count is a self-made billionaire aesthete, who in the course of what he thinks is a skillful manipulation; ends up being manipulated himself into providing Vera with 1 million dollars instead of the intended $100,000. Vera is a natural improviser and each of her faithful decisions (faithful to both Ford and the Count) is a spontaneous response to circumstances as they arise. As a result, "When Will I Be Loved" has a feel of freshness and surprise. -- © IFC Films [More]

Starring: Neve Campbell, Fred Weller, Dominic Chianese, Karen Allen

Starring: Neve Campbell, Fred Weller, Dominic Chianese, Karen Allen, Barry Primus, Joelle Carter, Michael Mailer, James Toback

Director: James Toback

Director: James Toback
Screenwriter: James Toback
Producer: Ron Rotholz
Studio: IFC Films

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Tries hard to be endearingly eccentric but crashes in a web of its own convolution.

Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
09/26/05
Joe Utichi
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus

Campbell is clearly having a great time with such a duplicitous, multi-layered character and as a result, it's her sexiest performance to date.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
09/24/05
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

If you're looking for something hip, brisk and sexy, then this is a pretty decent proposal.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
09/20/05
Matthew Leyland
Matthew Leyland
BBC
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Despite the fact that the central character is a very strong woman, the film is essentially a male fantasy.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
09/18/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

The slapdash plot, paper-thin characters, misogynist undertones, and mechanical crosscutting are all soft-core standbys.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
02/12/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

Not in the foreseeable future, that's when, assuming your name is James Toback and you insist on making phonily provocative movies.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
08/16/07
Joshua Rothkopf
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York

Many viewers will be turned off by this depraved look inside the darkest corners of one filmmaker's psyche, but I found it refreshing and quite daring.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Too pointless to be artsy and too decorous to be sexy.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Christopher Zinsli
Christopher Zinsli
Film Threat

[Don't] mistake it for anything new.

Full Review Source: Nation | comment Comment
03/03/05
Stuart Klawans
Stuart Klawans
Nation

The most disturbing aspect is that Vera’s selfish introversion doesn’t require dramatic exaggeration; the extent of her greed is common enough to almost pass unnoticed.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
03/01/05
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

As desnecessárias participações especiais irritam um pouco, mas as fascinantes conversas entre Vera e seus admiradores salvam o filme.

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12/08/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

The story behind this deeply explicit drama often falls short -- in fact, it's arguable if there even is a story -- but the quality of its words keeps it fresh and compelling.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
10/28/04
Phoebe Flowers
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Careening and indulgent... a triple-loose oration on gender, power, wealth and age that asserts its points without ever owning them.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
10/05/04
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

Mr. Weller's Ford Welles attains a new extreme of self-loathing on Mr. Toback's part: This compulsive chain-talker has even less charm, substance, dignity or wit than any of his self-hating predecessors.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
10/01/04
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer

The opening and closing nude scenes serve no purpose in the story except to sell tickets - Neve, you've been pimped.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
09/26/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Another art film that's more pretentious than it needs to be.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/24/04
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle

This is an old and familiar tune in fiction, but, like the modern musicians he admires, Toback has sampled, rearranged and given new life to the song.

Full Review Source: Contra Costa Times | comment Comment
09/24/04
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
Contra Costa Times

Most atrocious movies build into their badness, as lacks of talent, ideas, self-confidence, or a total hatred of an audience, are revealed. This one gets it out of the way up front and never looks back.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
09/24/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

Collapses under the weight of its own pretension, a victim of misogyny trying to pass itself off as female sexual empowerment.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/24/04
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
 
 
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