Loverboy Reviews

Honestly, I had never heard of this movie but since there was a nice cast, I thought I should check it out. Apparently, Kevin Bacon, like many other actors before him, felt the urge to direct his own movie (his first and last one so far). Contrary to some of his colleagues, his movie was barely noticed when released but, personally, I don't think it was bad at all. Like I said, there was a very interesting cast (Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Oliver Platt, Campbell Scott, Marisa Tomei, Sandra Bullock) and they all delivered some solid performances, especially Kyra Sedgwick who happens to be Kevin Bacon's wife in real life. Until I watched this flick, I don't think I had seen anything with her but she was pretty good here, definitely. Furthermore, the story was really intriguing, even if it was not really amazing whatsoever. The main flaw was that Kevin Bacon made a difficult gamble by choosing a pretty twisted and, frankly, rather unlikeable woman as a main character. As a result, even though the drama displayed was striking, it was also somewhat unpleasant since you never really care for this woman and her shenanigans. Still, for a directing debut, it was not bad at all and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Kevin Bacon.