When Will I Be Loved

Critics Consensus

Neve Campbell bares all in this seemingly misogynistic trifle.

32%

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Average Rating: 2.6/5

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Directed by James Toback, the erotic drama When Will I Be Loved? revolves around Vera, the debutante girlfriend (Neve Campbell) of a fast-talking hustler (Frederick Weller) who is on the verge of making millions through a big-money gambling venture. Feeling undervalued, Vera explores her sexuality through whatever means she can think of, including explicit discussions with a potential employer, picking up random men, and videotaping steamy trysts with her female lover. When Ford (Weller) proposes that Vera spend the night with Italian media mogul Count Tommaso (Dominic Chianese), who is willing to put up 100,000 dollars for the occasion, Vera concocts a scheme to show both men what her true worth really is.
  • Rating:
    R (adult situations/language, nudity, sex)
  • Genre:
    Drama
  • Directed By:
    James Toback
  • Written By:
    James Toback
  • In Theaters:
     wide
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  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    IFC Films

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Cast

Neve Campbell
as Vera
Frederick Weller
as Ford
Dominic Chianese
as Count Tommaso
Keith Weller
Karen Allen
as Alexandra
Barry Primus
as Victor
Richard Turley
as Richard Turley
James Toback
as Professor Hassan Al-Ibrahim Ben Rabinowitz
Michael Mailer
as Michael Mailer
Jason Pendergraft
as Homicide Detective
Joelle Carter
as Joelle
Megan Pepin
as Girl in Park No. 1
Damon Dash
as Damon Dash
Oli "Power" Grant
Alex Feldman
as Young Russian Mobster
Erin Omar
as Girl in Park No. 2
Saif Tahsir
as Banker
Jean-Pierre Vertus
as Black Gay Guy
Victor Colletti
as Musician
Meredith Ostrom
as Planetarium Lady
Jamison Ernest
as Planetarium Man
Thomas Patti
as Michael
Cara Hamill
as Columbia Woman No. 1
Bridget Lee Hall
as Columbia Woman No. 2
Brandon Sommers
as Columbia Man No. 2
Oliver Grant
as Columbia Man No. 3
James Parris
as Columbia Man No. 4
Christina Rotholz
as Columbia Student
Mike Tyson
as Mike Tyson
Lori Singer
as Lori Singer
Robert Covelman
as 2nd Homicide Detective
Ashley Shelton
as Ford's Ex-Girlfriend
Michele Marie
as Girl on Dock
Luca Mosca
as Man on Dock
Emily Coker
as Girl in Park No. 3
Allessandra Stewart
as Allessandra
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Audience Reviews for When Will I Be Loved

½

Neve Campbell plays a sexy woman in the city who tried of being neglected by her boyfriend (Frederick Weller from Plain Sight). He's always scheming on new ways to make money. He's also a cheating low life. Campbell's character cheats too but I didn't really blame her and I had no idea why she was even with him. The movie spends the first half of the movie showing that they live two totally different lives. Classical music is played when she is shown and rap is played when he is shown. It does work at first but then it switches back and forth between them for a whole half hour of rap and classical music being switched back and forth..... So, that was a bit annoying. We get it, they live two totally different lives. While Fred Weller was just annoying which made me glad she wanted to double cross his character. He deserved it, he was a jerk. I don't know why Roger Ebert gave the movie for stars but he was the only person. I guess he was thinking with his hormones since Campbell is shown nude in the shower for the first 3 minutes. She is sexy and should be in more movies but she is way above this movie. She is at least the only good thing about it. No, not because they show her naked, well not only anyway lol. She also gives a good performance.

Jim Woehr
Jim Woehr

Super Reviewer

½

Interesting film, Neve Campbell puts on a great performance in this enigmatic independent film.

Chosen 718
Chosen 718

Super Reviewer

Compelling and pretensious, but Neve Campbell gives one of her best performances.

Edward Boxler
Edward Boxler

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[font=Century Gothic]In "When Will I Be Loved", Ford(Frederick Weller) is a two-bit hustler who sees a chance to make it into the big time by using his upper class girlfriend, Vera(Neve Campbell), as bait. Count Tommaso Lupo(Dominic Chianese), a billionaire communications mogul, is infatuated with Vera and by introducing the count to her, Ford hopes that he will make a gift to her of about $100,000.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]With "When Will I Be Loved", James Toback again makes a movie about his pet obsessions - sex, Mike Tyson, more sex, relations between blacks and whites, group sex in Central Park, classical music and lesbian sex.(None of which is bad in itself but Toback could definitely be helped by taking courses in screenwriting and feminist theory.) Here, he spends half the movie introducing two-dimensional characters before doing a possible knockoff of "Indecent Proposal".(Have not seen it. Do not want to see it.) But through all of that, there is a very good performance by Dominic Chianese and one pure moment of insight that sheds much needed light onto one character's motivations.[/font]

Walter M.
Walter M.

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