Summary
Love Lies Bleedingstarring Kristen Stewart has become a streaming hit. Directed by Rose Glass,Love Lies Bleedingwas releasedin theaters earlier this year, following Stewart’s Lou, a gym manager, as she falls for female bodybuilder Jackie (Katy O’Brian), with the pair then finding themselves wrapped up in organized crime. The action thriller was met with a positive response from critics, and the film currently enjoys a strong 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. After its theatrical run, the movie became available on streaming for the first time on July 19.
New data fromReelgoodnow reveals thatLove Lies Bleedingranks as the seventh most popular movie on streaming in the U.S. for the week of July 18 – 24. The film, which is available to watch on Max, beats the likes ofThe Beekeeper,Find Me Falling, andMy Spy the Eternal City. Check out the full top 10 list below:
Love Lies Bleeding’s 6 Biggest WTF Moments
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How Was Love Lies Bleeding Received?
The Kristen Stewart Film Was A Critical Success
Love Lies Bleedingwas widely praised for the lead performances by Stewart and O’Brian, and the rest of the cast includes talented actors like Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Jena Malone, and Anna Baryshnikov. The movie features a unique, Coen-esque tone, blending violent crime thriller elements with romance, and theLove Lies Bleedingendingis particularly memorable for the big swings it takes. In addition to its impressive 94% critics score, the movie enjoys a respectable 82% audience score.
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WhileLove Lies Bleeding’s reviewswere positive, its box office performance is harder to gauge. Glass’s movie ended its box office run with $12.5 million worldwide, but it’s not clear how this compares to the film’s budget, as figures haven’t been made available. ThoughLove Lies Bleedingprobably wasn’t a particularly expensive movie to make, it’s possible that $12.5 million wasn’t enough to bring the movie to its break even point.
That being said,Love Lies Bleedingdoes seem like the type of film that will enjoy a strong second life on home viewing platforms, and the most recent streaming data supports this. Though it may not have been a box office hit, VOD and streaming performance could see the film emerge as a success in the long run as more viewers discover it. The strong critical response toLove Lies Bleedingcould see it retain a prominent position on Reelgood’s charts in the weeks ahead.
Love Lies Bleeding Cements Rose Glass As A Filmmaker To Watch
Saint Maud Marked Glass’s Debut Feature
Love Lies Bleedingmarks only Glass’s second feature film. Though she directed short films likeThe Silken Strand,Room 55, andBath Time, the filmmaker was previously best known for writing and directing 2019’sSaint Maud. This unsettling horror film, which stars Morfydd Clark, follows a devout nurse who becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of one of her terminally ill patients.
Clark is now best known for her starring role as Galadriel in thecast ofThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Saint Maudwas similarly well-received critically, and currently boasts a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, just shy ofLove Lies Bleeding’s score. The 2019 film didn’t fare quite as well with general audiences and has only a 67% score, butSaint Maudreviewspraised the film for its unique premise and chilling atmosphere. The film features elements of body horror, but also plays like a tense psychological thriller, with Maud’s own state of mind becoming increasingly fractured as the plot unfolds.
Saint Maudwas made on an estimated budget of $2.5 million and ended up making only $1.4 million at the box office, making it a disappointment in this respect, but the quality of both that film andLove Lies Bleedingannounces Glass as a truly exciting up-and-coming filmmaker. Even though the films missed the mark for some, Glass clearly has a unique voice and point of view as a writer/director. It’s not clear what she will do next, buther small body of work thus far suggests more exciting movies are on the horizon.
What Kristen Stewart Is Doing After Love Lies Bleeding
The Actor Has Three Interesting Projects In The Works
Though Stewart was best known for a long time for her starring role in theTwilightfranchise, she’s since become a staple of independent, auteur-driven projects. Only months after the release ofLove Lies Bleeding, Stewart appeared inSacremento, a comedy film also starring Michael Cera and Maya Erskine from director Michael Angarano. Though Stewart doesn’t have any immediate releases on the horizon, she’s attached to star in several interesting projects in various stages of development.
As announced in June, Stewart will play real-life figure Sally Ride inThe Challenger, a TV miniseries about the investigation into the Challenger space shuttle disaster. She is also set to appear inRoshbushpruning, a dark satire, alongside Elle Fanning and Josh O’Connor. Finally,Stewart will star opposite Oscar IsaacinFlesh of the Gods, a 1980s-set vampire thriller from Panos Cosmatos, the director ofMandy. Stewart’s interest in unique smaller-scale projects, then, clearly isn’t waning afterLove Lies Bleeding.
Love Lies Bleeding
Cast
Love Lies Bleeding is an action crime film from A24. Directed by Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding centers on a gym employee, played by Kristen Stewart, and a bisexual bodybuilder (Katy O’Brian) as they discover how difficult the world of competitive bodybuilding is. The film also stars Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, and Ed Harris.
