When Will I Be Loved (2004)

Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

Director:

James Toback

Writer:

James Toback

Stars:

Neve Campbell, Frederick Weller, Dominic Chianese

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Neve Campbell	...	Vera Barrie
Frederick Weller	...	Ford Welles
Ashley Shelton	...	Ashley
James Toback	...	Professor Hassan Al-Ibrahim Ben Rabinowitz
Alex Feldman	...	Alexei
Brandon Sommers	...	Brandon
Oliver 'Power' Grant	...	Power
Mike Tyson	...	Mike Tyson
James Parris	...	James
Cara Hamill	...	Cara
Christina Rotholz	...	Christina
Bridget Lee Hall	...	Bridget
Thomas Patti	...	Michael
Lori Singer	...	Lori Singer
Jean-Pierre Vertus	...	Jean-Pierre

Storyline

Vera is a femme fatale for the 21st century; a beautiful, capricious young woman living in New York whom begins exploring the limits of her sexual and intellectual power. She picks up men on the street and has sex with them in her apartment. She also videotapes a sexual romp with a female lover, and has sexually frank discussions with her potential employer. As the daughter of wealthy, indulgent parents, Vera seems to be improvising her way through the beginning of her life as an adult. Her boyfriend, Ford, is a fast-talking hustler prepared to do anything to make a buck. Aware of Vera's promiscuity, Ford sees a chance to make big money when he meets an aging Italian media mogul, named Count Tommaso, who is enamored of Vera because of her sexuality, her intelligence, and what he perceives as her naiveté. Ford cooks up an idea to pimp Vera out to the Count for $100,000, easy money, if he can only talk Vera into it. Incredibly, she agrees. Everything appears to be going even better than...

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Plot Keywords:

sex | female masturbation | topless female nudity | female nudity | nudity | 

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Taglines:

Revenge is a dish best served hot.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian French

Release Date:

24 June 2005 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

A szerető

Filming Locations:

Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$29,103, 12 September 2004, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$159,429, 24 October 2004

Company Credits

Production Co:

Little Wing Production, Rotholz Pictures, RCB Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Neve Campbell's first nude scene.

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Goofs

The painting that Vera is painting in her apartment early in the film is immediately a different painting when the camera changes angle, and then a few scenes later the painting reverts to its original form.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ford: [on his cellphone] Yeah, but is it lucrative? Yeah, you gotta consider... You gotta always consider the cost-path ratio. Ask Yuri. Hold on a second... Hello?... Yo, wassup?

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Connections

References Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

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Soundtracks

French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: Allemande
(1724)
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Glenn Gould
Courtesy of Sony Classical
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Bad acting, annoying characters, annoying music

This movie is mostly annoying.

Many scenes are unnecessarily prolonged. I started to skip ahead through the last half, and it became slightly more tolerable.

The dialog is stream of conscience, and mostly failed to contribute to the story. Maybe if I was thirteen it would be more entertaining.

Music plays throughout the entire movie, which comes off as a failed attempt at creativity. I love new filming techniques and what not, but this just didn't work for me. The music makes the entire movie feel like an intro or intermission scene. Maybe it is an attempt to disguise the bad acting.

To its credit, this would be a pretty good plot for a porno film.