Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, Debbie.
Groovy period soundtrack aside, "The Look of Love" has almost nothing to say of any interest, importance or humor.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
18 Jul 2013
fresh:
Double-billing comic and tragic tones, the biopic "The Look of Love" follows a father and a daughter over three decades in London's swinging Soho.
– Bill Stamets,
Chicago Sun-Times,
12 Jul 2013
rotten:
Director Michael Winterbottom and screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh provide the essential outline of Raymond's story, but they're a little too preoccupied with its glitzy aspects.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
11 Jul 2013
rotten:
A puzzlingly misconceived biopic: a tasteful, subdued movie about a man who was as tasteless and unsubdued as they come.