Love Object (2004)

Touches You

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Acting was okay, story was a little slow overall but the ending made up for it to some degree. If you want to find out for yourself stop reading and watch the movie. I've seen far worse in the horror genre.Otherwise this was a story about a lonely asocial guy becomes obsessed with his sex doll and can't play well with others so he goes on a crazy delusional rampage to turn his live GF into a sex doll and things go haywire in his favor. Funny how life can turn out.

Sex dolls. Who doesn't like them. They're funny looking and you can have sex with them. Well I wouldn't but Bud Bundy and Kenneth Winslow would. Kenneth is your average, lonely worker drone. Due to a little prank a fellow work buddy pulls on him, he completely switches gears from lonely, nerd worker to sex-crazed doll humper. With a swipe of the old credit card and a deduction of 10,000 bucks, Ken is now living it up with one hot piece of plass-tic. Everything's going great with his new girl "Nikki". They have a sex-filled life and that void in Kenneth finally seems to be filled. But things fall apart when Ken realizes co-worker pal Lisa (who he made Nikki look like) is showing him some interest. He's now focusing more on Lisa than Nikki. And this is not sitting well at the Winslow household. People are going nuts, dolls are strangling people, tattoos on boobs....Ken needs to take control of the situation or things might get a little complicated. Find out what happens to Kenneth's girls, Rip Torn and Udo Kier in Love Object.Well, this is a movie that I heard is supposed to be pretty good, a sleeper if you will, since it's not very known. And I wouldn't be surprised if it does begin to become well known, I can see this little flick having a nice little following. Personally, I enjoyed Love Object more than I thought I would. It has some nice acting, and a neat little story that feels like a fresh breath of air. Even though the movie has probably been done before in some fashion. One thing that kept jumping out at me is the way Love Object was shot, it felt like it's a made for TV movie. Obviously it can't be since there's sex, nudity, violence and swears, but it felt like I was watching a Network movie.....if that makes any sense. Well anyways, Love Object was a pretty neat movie that is definitely worth checking out and it without a doubt falls into the realm of sleeper hits that became cult hits like May or Ginger Snaps. 7.5 outta 10

In Los Angeles, the loneliness and efficient technical writer Kenneth Winslow (Desmond Harrington) is challenged to write three long technical manuals in a very short period. His boss Novak (Rip Torn) assigns the temporary typist Lisa Bellmer (Melissa Sagemiller) to help him in the task. In the office, Kenneth's colleagues show him an expensive rubber sex doll called "Nikki" in Internet, and Kenneth decides to buy it. When Nikki is delivered, the snoopy manager of his building becomes curious with the huge package. Kenneth reads Nikki's manual and uses the image of Lisa to give a sort of "personality" to the doll and he starts practicing kink sex and becomes obsessed with Nikki. Meanwhile, Lisa feels out of place in the office, Kenneth helps her and they get close to each other, having a love affair and the disturbed Kenneth gets rid off the doll. When Lisa finds Nikki's brochure in the volume one of the manual, the world of the twisted Kenneth falls apart and Kenneth becomes completely deranged with tragic consequences."Love Object" is an excellent weird tale of loneliness, obsession and horror, with a great screenplay and direction and a potential cult-movie. The dark story has a touch of David Lynch inclusive with some bizarre characters, like Kenneth and the owner of the sex shop. Desmond Harrington has a stunning performance developing perfectly his deranged and scary character. The extremely gorgeous Melissa Sagemiller is also great in the role of the insecure temporary employee that feels uncomfortable in the company with her colleagues. The surprising conclusion is a plus in this highly recommended movie. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Olhos da Morte" ("Eyes of the Death")

LOVE OBJECT is a very cool, original film. Basic premise: Kenneth works at a company that writes owners manuals for products. He's the best in the biz but he has a big project coming up and his boss (played by the legendary Rip Torn) gets him an assistant. Kenneth doesn't want an assistant but the boss-man insists, and it turns out the assistant is kinda hot, so after a while, Kenneth doesn't mind quite so much. In fact, Kenneth starts to date the assistant, but Kenneth isn't all-together in the head. He buys a "real-life" sex doll to act out his fantasies on, and eventually the doll starts taking over his life, including talking to and stalking him. It just gets weirder from there, building to LOVE OBJECT's pretty cool climax. This is a strange little film that hasn't really gotten enough credit. It's well acted, kinda creepy, and very original. There's no real gore to speak of, so those looking for ultra-violence can pass this one up. But for something different, give this one a shot. This film kinda reminds me of the film MAY, in the fact that they're both small, strange films that most people either really like or really don't, with not much middle-ground. Personally, I like both and recommend taking a look at LOVE OBJECT 8/10