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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   1,260 votes
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Director:

Peter Sehr

Writers:

Shuo Wang (novel)
Peter Sehr (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

27 March 2003 (Germany) more

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Romance more

Plot:

The story of a petty thief who meets an innocent young woman and brings her into his world of crime while she teaches him the lessons of enjoying life and being loved. | full synopsis

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Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination more

User Comments:

Love Hurts more (38 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Adrien Brody ... Jack Grace

Charlotte Ayanna ... Claire Harrison

Jon Seda ... Charlie
August Diehl ... Jeff

Pam Grier ... Det. Linda Fox
Liza Jessie Peterson ... Pam

Elizabeth Regen ... Sue

Katherine Moennig ... Debbie

Joey Kern ... Fitzgerald
Jonathan Hadary ... Boris
Michael G. Chin ... Asian Businessman #1
Ben Wang ... Asian Businessman #2
Huan Wang ... Asian Businessman #3
Ned Stresen-Reuter ... Brian

Michaela Conlin ... Cara, Jack's Lover
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Love the hard Way - Atemlos in New York (Germany)
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MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, language and violence.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Debbie: I'm talking about Jack, he's the one that's going to hell.
Claire: Well maybe I want him to take me with him.
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References Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) more

Soundtrack:

Cold Onez more


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A NOTE ABOUT SPOILERS
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Love Hurts, 8 August 2005
8/10
Author: styx0r from United States

This movie is not a high dollar production. It doesn't need to be. This movie is emotional, intellectual, heart-wrenching and sadly beautiful. I experienced a similar overall feeling from watching "Gia" - a movie about supermodels and the pitfalls of modeling (That happens to be Angelina Jolie's best film - unlike her others, and worth watching.) What Love the Hard Way has, that other films don't, are characters who you really connect with. Not because you share things in common with them, but because they are multi-faceted beings with enough background story to deeply invest the viewer in their fate.

This review/comment isn't going like I had planned. I think the IMDb rating of this film is far too low, and I think those people who gave it a low score were either not paying attention, or not allowing themselves to do so.

Which isn't surprising, because this film is hard to watch at times. Not because it's dull or poorly constructed, but because you don't want to feel the pain.

Watch it. The Ying and Yang are in full blossom here.

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