The movie is of the sort that relies exclusively on charm and charisma. Love the Hard Way has neither.
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06/05/03
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Love the Hard Way (2003)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:12
Rotten:31
Average Rating:4.8/10
Theatrical Release:Jun 6, 2003 Limited
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... [More]
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Reviews for Love the Hard Way
Top CriticSuch a volatile presence needs control, and director Peter Sehr doesn't fine-tune either the character or the performance enough to keep it from burning out and self-destructing.
06/20/03
Blame the script, which fails to fill out exactly how conflicted these characters are.
06/11/03
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
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
Top CriticHeartfelt but fatally overwrought romantic melodrama.
07/11/03
Top Criticso 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
"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
Packed with characters wallowing in self-conscious cool that's as tedious as their anomie.
06/12/03
Top CriticThe pair have little chemistry: Ayanna is a lovely girl with a sweet smile and a fine pout, but she simply can’t match the soul shining from Brody's big brown windows.
06/12/03
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 CriticA dark, uneven character study.
06/27/03
Top CriticSehr accurately captures new love -- at its mildest distracting, at its harshest destructive.
04/10/03
Brody's performance as Jack is about as good as that which won him the Oscar for The Pianist.
06/20/03
Balancing the darkly comic with the tragically lurid is a tough trick; on a good day Jim Thompson could get the balance right, but Sehr simply seems to be cross-cutting between two entirely different movies.
06/05/03
Loses tension (and ultimately credibility) as it wanders through three possible endings before grinding to a halt.
06/05/03
Top CriticAny woman who wants to change her man will find out how.
05/29/03
Brody creates exactly the taunting demi-monster who could inveigle Claire.
06/25/03
Top Critic[Brody] can be proud of his work here, and the movie is better than just a pre-stardom curiosity.
06/20/03
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