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- 2003
- R
- Kino International
- 1 h 44 m
- 2003
- R
- Kino International
- 1 h 44 m
Summary The story of the unlikely romance that develops between a con man, Jack (Brody), and a Columbia biology grad student, Claire (Ayanna).
Directed By: Peter Sehr
Written By: Shuo Wang, Marie Noëlle, Peter Sehr
- 2003
- R
- Kino International
- 1 h 44 m
- 2003
- R
- Kino International
- 1 h 44 m
Love the Hard Way
42
3.8
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Summary The story of the unlikely romance that develops between a con man, Jack (Brody), and a Columbia biology grad student, Claire (Ayanna).
Directed By: Peter Sehr
Written By: Shuo Wang, Marie Noëlle, Peter Sehr
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
42
20% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
60% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
20% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
42
20% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
60% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
20% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Not perfect; a vice cop played by Pam Grier is oddly conceived and unlikely in action, and the movie doesn't seem to know how to end. But 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.
Writer-director Peter Sehr displays obvious directing talent, especially in his use of nonlinear love scenes. He shows the coupling, the approach and release all at once, out of order, mixing the entire seduction ritual into one fluid montage.
Low-budget, oddly cast and strictly indie all the way.
Brody doesn’t deserve this movie.
Although Love the Hard Way is saturated with a doomed romanticism that feels more fictitious than real, the actors lend the movie a potency that it would not have had otherwise.
Brody does have a mesmerizing presence and is the only reason to see a film that likely would have gone straight to video if he hadn't won that Oscar for "The Pianist."
To shine in a turd like this shows Brody has the stuff that -- damn the Oscar jinx -- makes an actor last.
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
3.8
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Awards
Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Bavarian Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
