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Loverboy (2005) 5.5
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Metascore: 45/100
Reviews: 30 user | 30 critic | 13 from Metacritic.com A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much. Director:Kevin Bacon |
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Cast
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Jeanette Rawley
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Emily tells her son Paul, now six years old, the story of his life - how she sought motherhood, to be a mom without a husband, to raise a perfect, exceptional child, whom she calls Loverboy. In flashbacks told around a pretend car trip they take - so he can practice driving - we see Paul's infancy, their fun together (sometimes with a manic edge), and his growing desire to go to school and be with other kids. We also flash back to Emily's childhood, with parents so bound up with each other that she's virtually ignored. Is Emily going to be able to let Paul be with others? Or, can she, as in the David Bowie song she sings at a school talent show, construct a life on Mars? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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EnglishRelease Date:
28 April 2005 (Portugal) See more »Also Known As:
A Educação de Paul See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$13,285 (USA) (16 June 2006)Gross:
$29,690 (USA) (23 June 2006)Company Credits
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Co-producer Kevin Bacon directs his wife Kyra Sedgwick, daughter Sosie Bacon, son Travis Bacon, brother-in-law Robert Sedgwick, and Kevin's brother Michael Bacon provides the original score. See more »Quotes
Emily: Fitting in with the outside world, respectability, suitability, conformity, were never high on my priority list; neither was normalcy. I admit: I cultivated arrogance. The world would be our school; I wanted to learn it and teach it to you.See more »
I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I first started watching this, as it seems to launch into a sort of twisted edgy comedy at first, but as this film progresses, this story and the situations become very serious, compelling . . . and sad.
The ending is particularly gripping, certainly not what would be expected from the beginning of this film. Everyone does a very fine job of professional acting at its best, but in this work, Kyra Sedgwick really shines.
I don't think there is any other actress that I could think of who could possibly have delivered the embodiment of the Emily character more perfectly . . . she really shines in this role.
The story itself can be a bit hard to go along with if you have had a parental / family experience with certain neurotic or other difficult psychological challenges. I have, and in some ways could really identify with various aspects of this story and its characters.
This is not a light hearted film, despite its somewhat comedic beginning, but it is very well done.
I liked it, as a fine example of the craft of acting, and for a truly unique story worthy of note.