The Love Witch (2016)
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Duration: 120 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Anna Biller
Stars: Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise and Stephen Wozniak
IMDb score:
6,2 (23.706)
Releasedate: 11 November 2016
The Love Witch plot
"She loved men... to death"
Things end badly for the men witch Elaine (Samantha Robinson) manages to enchant. She lures them in with her voluptuous body and manages to make them drink a mysterious brew. Then they suddenly fall in love with her. The lovers lose their masculinity and become fragile emotional beings. In her search for a real man, that's exactly what Elaine doesn't want.
Actors and actresses
Elaine
Griff
Trish
Wayne
Gahan
Richard
Barbara
Steve
Professor King
Miss Curtis
Reviews & comments
UmbraVitae
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- 4370 messages
- 4078 votes
I had this on my list because it was a horror movie with a 3+ rating here on MM and a 6+ on IMDb. But I was completely blown away, because I couldn't get through it. Oh, such nonsense, and then it just drags along at such a slow pace. What do people like about this? 
>>Fast Forward>>
Edit: phew...by my half, under 3*
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Shadowed
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- 11421 messages
- 6719 votes
Dull.
The Love Witch clearly pays homage to the '60s and '70s. Not just by simply placing references, but by making the entire setting feel as if it were actually filmed in 1968. This might work for some fans; I actually preferred a more modern approach, but I didn't get that.
Robinson delivers a rather half-hearted performance. She fits perfectly into the film, but it doesn't feel like the role she plays is particularly difficult. It's not anyone's, in fact. All the dialogue feels spoken. Just like back then, Biller must have thought. It's nice for the extras, of course, but I actually find it a shame. Because, just like with those films, it prevents me from connecting with the story at all.
Sometimes beautiful color palettes, but ultimately a rather dull affair. Fortunately, a few scenes do hit the mark. I did appreciate the "female gaze" trick. It's clear the film also has some underlying messages. I appreciate that, but the film also comes across as rather nonsensical at times. Stretching it out to two hours is simply too much.
After an hour, I was done with the film, but then another one follows. Ultimately, the film simply loses its charm, and I can't really relate to it anymore. By making the second half partly composed of more imaginative scenes, it doesn't really help matters. Biller takes too long for a story that never becomes all that captivating, and the message doesn't need to be so long either.
Fun once, but not again. For fans, there are plenty of Fulci references here. Those zoom-ins are unmissable.
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FlorisV
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- 1859 messages
- 798 votes
Beautifully filmed in vibrant Technicolor. Unfortunately, the lead actress's acting is very forced. Every emotion she expresses seems completely fake. You could dismiss it as intentional, but it didn't work for me. The male actors, however, are good.
It's not really a comedy, nor is it a horror. Never funny and never scary. It seems more like a fairy tale in which the age-old theme of love is examined in a rather satirical way, combined with equally ancient "pagan" customs that have faded into the background since the rise of Christianity: Wicca, witchcraft, tarot cards, Midsummer's Eve.
And what's the message, really? That it's never enough for women? That when they finally get what they think they want, a man who loves them more than ever, they'll despise and reject them? Even let them die without a trace of sorrow? Or is it the men who can't handle love and everything is their fault, as the witch defends herself—the man-hating feminist angle?
But both of those things seem rather exaggerated anyway. And then I can't really relate to a film like this. The witch also seems incapable of feeling any love, only the longing for it and the temptation. It remains an empty shell, no matter how beautifully decorated.
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