Loser Love (1999)

A brilliant ensemble cast tests the limits of love, malice and madness in this gripping psychological thriller about getting even with a vengeance! Emotionally scarred by years of her tyrannical father's (Burt Young) mental cruelty and her ineffectual mother's (Lauren Hutton) weakness, Lily (Laurel Holloman) seems destined to relive old patterns of abuse when she falls passionately in love with Tim (Andy Davoli), a seductive schemer who misses no opportunity to humiliate her. Even her best friend Kilo (Rachel Robinson) is powerless to help Lily see Tim for the scumbag he is. But one night, when her boyfriend's brutality goes too far, Lily's brittle facade of "love" is shattered, and she vows to exact the ultimate revenge against the two men who have made her life a living hell.

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It sounded interesting. A women seeks revenge on an abusive boyfriend. But I only liked the last 20 or 30 minutes when she was giving him and her mean father their just dues. Why? Because the plot was weak and the acting wasn't very good. Thankfully, it wasn't too long.
July 28, 2006

Good Therapy...

The first time I saw this DVD, I saw myself in it. It has helped me to recognize myself in the Loser Love situation. I could have written the story myself. I would recommend this for sexually abused women in any relationship. It was shocking, but woke me up to the knowdledge that I wasn't the only gullible
person out there. My 13 year marriage was like that. Trying to please every way and still end up divorcing. Should have done it 2 weeks after I married him.
The reason that I give it a 3 is because of the acting, though good, was not super. It did get the point across. January 23, 2004

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