Loved
Loved
| 31 October 1997 (USA)
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After a man is accused of driving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wronged her, is subpoenaed to testify on his abusive behavior during their marriage.

Reviews
GazerRise Fantastic!
Executscan Expected more
Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?
ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
elshikh4 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!! Well .. now we can talk ..Despite my hatred for the shown type of human (Hedda Amerson/Robin Wright Penn) as a tenderhearted girl whom never turns to seek revenge on the man whom she loved even though he drove her to committing suicide (2 times !) as his first wife, and hit his second wife to the extent that he paralyzed her !!, and then hit his third wife till he killed her !!! And our very good-natured girl just can't even hate him a bit !??? Despite my hatred for that, I hated and hated and hated the way that this story had been told by! The movie tried to be as dissimilar as its main character, so the writer/director (Erin Dignam) didn't put this series of confessions (justifications for her absolute love) as a long sequences in the plot of a psychotherapy's movie but made such a drama with a sense of thrill by transporting it to the courtroom instead of the psychiatrist's room. Yet even by that way this very movie had no way to unite us with whatever it wanted to say, or consolidated its case by anything solid to be at the end a delicate yet fragile movie like its hero or should I say its anti-hero ?! Honestly nothing was cohesive ! The shots were too damn long, the rhythm was deadly slow, the important information came like a few parsimonious drops ! And I just doubt that no artiest in the world wants his audience to fall asleep in front of his work as this one successfully did ! Moreover the main character in herself as forgiveness in a human form was really cold provoker or not convincing. You'll find yourself screaming so many times while watching : this is masochism !.. And it's a crime.. you are the victim in it and the criminal.. so when you acquit such a mean killer and make him back to our society by this too soft, too weeping and too emotional witness then he'll do it again and again.. well lady.. this is a fatal man slayer or at least a disturbed sick person who looks like a loving kind of guy (which makes him more dangerous as a killer) but you're just too blinded by love to see that.. so this is not love.. this is an illness which means that this cute girl is needing help very fast just like her brutal sensitive love !Further than that, look at the character of the lawyer (K.D. Dietrickson/William Hurt) who seemed a good person from the start without even one thing which changes a bit in him at the very end, for better or for worse !? But that's nothing compared to the stupid final scene when he told the girl in great emotional condition : "I've learned from you .. a lot .. but I'll tell you about that .. Later" !!!! As for me this is a very weak scene ! and speaking of which let me tell you eagerly about those 2 dull scenes where she was swimming in the pool ! OH MY GOD.. That wasn't only boring but also a truly pedant piece of work like the movie wants to tell us visually that she is as pure & placid as this water !Over and above, you just find those idiots who applaud and glorify the movie as I dare them all to tell me whatever they learned from it or understood, and even if they could (which I doubt so much) let them be that objective once to tell me, or themselves, what are the defects of their beloved movie ?! The big result of the aforementioned was : a character that makes you ailing, a plot and a style which were both whether feeble to a crappy extent, or pedant to alleged extent, which would put you away from its true well-meaning or its noble message.P.S : the intro scene of (Sean Penn) as the pathetic image which we all turning into without the presence of loving affectionate and tolerant persons like (Hedda Amerson) among us.. that fine scene looked really independent away from the whole movie as the only true perfect thing here, making an ugly irony if you compared it to all what's after it.
rustle-rizz 'Loved' is not edge of the seat stuff. It is a grown-up film which examines the nature of love and infatuation. The script is beautifully crafted and provides insight into the machinations of it's individual characters. Robin Wright-Penn and William Hurt undergo a professional relationship which seems to promise something more. The question raised is about commitment and whether that commitment necessitates losing something in oneself. The language of the film is as much in the incidental actions and gestures as in the dialogue. William Hurt stands by the pool, fully clothed, he offers his hand to help R W-P out, she beckons him in. If that is too subtle for you, steer well clear. But, if nothing else, do catch the first five minutes for the brilliant Sean Penn cameo.
Lars-Toralf Storstrand This must be the singular most boring movie that I've ever seen. I can't remember a movie being so slow to reach a punchline that simply never excists. The whole movie should simply never have been made.
yo-3 The first love is the toughest. You'll never forget, sets the standards for all of the relations in the future. Some first love never finish, and they 're carried out throughout life like little secrets that we hide from everybody. That's what 'Loved' is about. I don't think our friend from Milan has ever had a direct experience in the matter.Robin Wright plays the girl who finally seems in peace of mind apart from when it comes to her very first boyfriend. He's still around, victim of love, victim of himself.This well thought court-house love drama is sometimes too etherious, like teen age love. You most relate to appreciate: I did, and I even tried to buy the film for an ancillary but the distributor would't return calls. I recommend it.