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A bodybuilder is thrust into the dangerous plot of a violent crime family when she falls into a steamy romance with her trainer (Kristen Stewart).
- rg9400July 8, 2026Love Lies Bleeding blends various elements together into a surprising, sometimes effective, sometimes ineffective sapphic thriller. For me, the movie is at its best when dealing with the crime portion of the story where the bursts of violence ratchet up the tension, and Rose Glass' direction builds a sense of unease with these shots bathed in red and darkness set to an ominous soundtrack. It is in these sections that Kristen Stewart's acting is at its height as well, where her nervousness and frustration bleed through the screen. Katy O'Brian and Ed Harris do a good job as well, and their characters inhabit this drama well. However, the problem is that this movie also has a romantic element to it. And unfortunately, this part fell flat to me. I felt it was rushed, and the way it impacts and informs events throughout the movie to be unearned. Also, I just didn't feel like Stewart and O'Brian had as much chemistry together, even though they were excellent individually. Finally, this movie has a scattering of surrealism mixed in. Though I wasn't a fan of it overall because of how random it felt, I thought it was generally helping to build the atmosphere -- even if the thematic focus for these parts was not really synergizing with the rest of the movie. However, near the end, one of these sequences sort of took me completely out of the movie. For a movie that is mostly grounded, just having this random sequence at the end felt almost like a betrayal, and I also struggled to see its purpose. Because of this, the ending fell flat to me, and it allowed my more negative feelings to overtake some of the more positive aspects of the movie.
- scoott69erJune 30, 2026I'm not so into the fever dream that some drug movies get into... parts of this have a similar vibe to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Terrible people doing terrible things being driven by terrible circumstances.,. yet somehow there is no breaking the love affair between the two main characters. Not my vibe, but I didn't regret watching it.
- vangh1January 13, 2025Stories about absolutely psychopathic people who love each other despite how utterly insane they each are, are almost always a lot of fun, and this one is definitely a lot of fun. Really vibrant depiction of the time and place of the universe of the movie. Really vibrant (literally) style on the flashback sequences (which felt a bit much at first, but was totally worth it just for the red glare off the Coke machine visually representing Lou's past and present facing up to each other). The movie did an excellent job of having fun with it's concept and conceits, while also taking itself seriously in the right way at the right times.
- neuroparadoxJuly 29, 2025Yeah, this was awesome. How come nothing good ever happens in Vegas, Hollywood?! 🤣 I haven't seen such a visceral portrayls of addiction since Requiem for a Dream. Everyone's hair in this movie is a choice...and I know it's set in the 80's (or, the late twentieth century as I recently heard a young person say and it made me "old man yells at cloud" angry), but the hairstyles weren't that bad lol...I mean, they were, but they didn't all happened at once! 🤣 Excellent formalist/surrealist moments. I'm sure it's going to make a lot of people uncomfortable, maybe for multiple reasons (that's a good thing), but it's very accessible. Check it out! 👍
- Kevin WardJuly 1, 2025Awesome flick. Romance, crime thriller that stars Kristen Stewart as Lou, a small town gymn manager that falls for Jackie, a competitive body builder that’s passing through town and headed to Vegas to fulfill her magazine dreams. Jackie, played by Katy O’Brian, is warm and tender with Lou, but you wouldn’t like her when she’s angry. And when the consequences of Jackie’s rage get mixed up with Lou’s father’s criminal enterprise, Lou and Jackie’s love gets put to the test. Absolutely loved this. Stewart and O’Brian are both stellar and chemistry flies off the charts. But it’s not all steamy love scenes that impressed. Insecurities, fear, anger and rage permeate both performances. There’s a load of understated humorous moments as well, which all played well to the packed theater. Highly recommend seeing in a packed theater, if possible, for that reason. Crowd reactions also tended to heighten the experience when the narrative veers into genre film territory.
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Love Lies Bleeding was released on March 8, 2024.
Love Lies Bleeding was directed by Rose Glass.
Love Lies Bleeding has a runtime of 1h 43m.
Love Lies Bleeding was produced by Oliver Kassman, Andrea Cornwell.
A bodybuilder is thrust into the dangerous plot of a violent crime family when she falls into a steamy romance with her trainer (Kristen Stewart).
The key characters in Love Lies Bleeding are Lou (Kristen Stewart), Jackie (Katy O'Brian), Lou Sr. (Ed Harris).
Love Lies Bleeding is rated R.
Love Lies Bleeding is a Drama, Crime, Mystery film.
Love Lies Bleeding has an audience rating of 8.1 out of 10.
Love Lies Bleeding had a budget of $10M.
Love Lies Bleeding has made $12.8M at the box office.