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The Look of Love

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United Kingdom · 2013
1h 45m
Director Michael Winterbottom
Starring Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots, Tamsin Egerton
Genre Comedy, Drama

Pornography baron and real estate magnate Paul Raymond was once the wealthiest man in Britain. Starting from his beginnings as a strip club owner, The Look of Love recounts his hedonistic, drug-fueled lifestyle and the multi-million dollar empire he built.

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60

Total Film by

Exuberant when it’s in the ascendence but empty on the way back down, this well-crafted cock and balls story is – for the most part – filthy good fun.

60

Empire by Dan Jolin

A solid, straightforward biopic about a fascinating individual and his destructive relationships, with strong performances and a healthy sense of naffness.

60

The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney

The film is absorbing on a scene-by-scene basis. But it connects the dots of Raymond’s life in a perfunctory way, without locating a fluid through-line or gaining emotional access to its elusive subject.

70

Variety by Dennis Harvey

Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan's fourth feature collaboration is a vivid period whirlwind that impressively showcases the comic thesp's more dramatic side.

60

Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf

Zippy and saturated with soft-core nudity, The Look of Love isn’t hard to watch, especially when statuesque Tamsin Egerton enters the picture as a redheaded dancer who captures Raymond’s heart.

60

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

This is a shallow but watchable movie, and it nicely conveys the world of semi-respectable Soho porn, sadder and tattier than its sleazier end, with its desperate champagne lunches and dreary afternoon hangovers.

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The Playlist by Rodrigo Perez

While stylishly capturing the verve, exotica, and free-spirited mojo of swinging '60s London, uber-prolific English director Michael Winterbottom's portrait of legendary U.K. smut impresario Paul Raymond is otherwise a shallow misfire.

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