Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Taylor Hackford’s Love Ranch

Hackford’s film has been on the radar for a while now, but it has more to do with the proposed tandem of Mirren and Pesci and the site specific backdrop than my interest in the filmmaker.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 14, 2010

#52. Love Ranch

Director: Taylor Hackford
Writer(s): Mark Jacobson (wrote story for The Believer)
Producers: David Bergstein, Lou DiBella, Marty Katz and Hackford
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: Grace (Helen Mirren) is married to Charlie (Joe Pesci), a violent gangster constantly trying to hit the big time in Reno, Nevada. Throughout their marriage she has always been the brains to his brawn and together they are a force to be reckoned with… But when Charlie dreams up yet another money making enterprise and brings Bruza, a world class boxer into their realm everything will change. There is something different about Bruza – his passion, his past, his mane of hair – and despite the danger, Grace is unable to stay away from him…(more)

Cast: Joe Pesci, Helen Mirren, Scout Taylor-Compton and Gina Gershon.

Why is it on the list?: Hackford’s film has been on the radar for a while now, but it has more to do with the proposed tandem of Mirren and Pesci and the site specific backdrop than my interest in the filmmaker.

Release Date/Status?: Capitol Films’ financial woes has put the eventual release in limbo.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).