'While the film's tough to watch, it's also impossible to look away from.'
Comment
06/13/03
Rate this Movie 
Love the Hard Way (2003)
28
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work
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]
Get This Movie
Reviews for Love the Hard Way
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
Top CriticIt'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
Click to read the article
06/05/03
Heartfelt but fatally overwrought romantic melodrama.
07/11/03
Click to read the article
07/16/05
Click to read the article
08/02/03
Sehr accurately captures new love -- at its mildest distracting, at its harshest destructive.
04/10/03
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
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
The film's premise -- that the savvy student played by Charlotte Ayanna would get involved with this creep -- is a stretch at best.
06/06/03
Such 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
Any woman who wants to change her man will find out how.
05/29/03
There must be some reason to worry over the fate of these people, but it's not in the movie.
07/25/03
Feels like it was crafted by an outsider, with the cliche-filled dialogue reading like a rough translation.
09/20/03
This is Love the Dull Way.
06/05/03
[W]orth seeing mainly for Brody’s electric performance ...
06/09/03
Top CriticNo review available.
10/16/05
I figure Brody chose his own hip-jutting, fashion-runway postures, little realizing at the time that he was about to punch a big-time ticket out of this indie palookaville.
06/04/03
Top CriticRT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
Wes Anderson on Fox 
The director talks about puppetry perfection and his film, Fantastic Mr. Fox
The New Cult Canon
AV Club looks at a beloved cult classic, Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness.
New Moon Portraits
TIME offers us a closer look at the characters from the latest Twilight film.
Unsexiest Men Alive
Moviefone lists their choices for the least attractive men in Hollywood.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds