Love Ranch (2010): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot
Love Ranch is a 2010 drama directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Joe Pesci, Helen Mirren and Sergio Peris-Mencheta. It runs 1 hour 57 minutes and earned $146,149 worldwide on a $25 million budget. Critics gave it 12% on Rotten Tomatoes and 37 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 5.6/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 57m (117 min)
- Director
- Taylor Hackford
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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English - Studio
- E1 Entertainment
- Budget
- $25M
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Love Ranch About?
The premise of Love Ranch without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
In 1964 Reno, Nevada, gangster Charlie and his resourceful wife Grace run the Love Ranch, a brothel struggling to stay afloat. Their situation becomes complicated when they take in Bruza, a charming boxer with a troubled past. As they navigate the criminal underworld and the challenges of running a business, tensions rise, and they must confront difficult truths about themselves and the bonds that hold them together, testing the limits of love and loyalty.
Love Ranch Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- ex convict
- woman wears a bikini
- woman wears lingerie
- blowjob
- blurry vision
- woman uses a cane
- knocked unconscious
- couple
- marriage
- brothel
- fight
- argentine
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- cancer
- nevada
- boxer
- implied nudity
- blue panties
- panties
- female frontal nudity
- kissing while having sex
- reference to anal sex
- blow job gesture
- fellatio
- violence
- reference to muhammad ali
- lingerie slip
- narrated by character
- swimming pool
- bloody face
- prescription bottle
- girl fights a girl
- backhand slap
- sparring
- lincoln continental
- speech
- new year's eve party
- hundred dollar bill
- burning money
- year 1976
- shaved head
- induced coma
- boxing match
- hospital
- reference to frankenstein
- reference to dracula
- slow motion scene
- boxing promoter
- bickering
- press conference
- ice sculpture
Love Ranch Cast
Joe Pesci leads the cast, with Helen Mirren and Sergio Peris-Mencheta. Directed by Taylor Hackford.
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Director Taylor Hackford
More from Taylor Hackford
More films directed by Taylor Hackford, best-rated first: Ray, An Officer and a Gentleman, Dolores Claiborne and The Idolmaker.
Love Ranch Reviews & Ratings
Critics gave Love Ranch 12% on Rotten Tomatoes and 37 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 5.6/10.
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IMDb 5.6 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes 12% Tomatometer
Popcornmeter 28%
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Metacritic 37 Metascore
User score 6.3
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TMDB 54% User score
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Love Ranch Plot Summary
What happens in Love Ranch from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 11 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Charlie ‘Goodtimes’ Bontempo (Joe Pesci) and his wife, Grace (Helen Mirren), operate a legal brothel called the Love Ranch on a sprawling, remote property near Reno, Nevada. Grace’s mother was a prostitute, so she understands the business from the inside, but it is Charlie who persuades her to open a licensed operation in a part of Nevada where the law allows it. The arrangement creates a contained, carefully managed world where privacy, safety, and order are prioritized, and where staff and security work to keep things running smoothly while staying within legal boundaries.
Full summary
The whole story of Love Ranch, scene by scene
Love Ranch Box Office & Budget
Love Ranch grossed $146,149 worldwide on a $25 million budget. $137,885 came from the US and Canada and $8,264 (6%) from the rest of the world.
Worldwide gross
$146.1K
- US & Canada
- $137.9K
- International
- $8.3K
- Budget
- $25M
Love Ranch Trailers & Videos
The trailer of Love Ranch.
How Well Do You Know Love Ranch?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
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- Question 10: not answered
Who plays Grace Bontempo in Love Ranch?
Cars in Love Ranch
32 cars on screen, including the 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am and the 1962 Ford Thunderbird.
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1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Main role -
1962 Ford Thunderbird Important role -
1975 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Important role -
1960 Imperial Minor role
Love Ranch Also Known As
11 alternative titles, including “Love Ranch - Wahrheit und Liebe” and “Hnízdo neřesti”.
- Also known as
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- Love Ranch - Wahrheit und Liebe
- Hnízdo neřesti
- Országúti bordély
- O Rancho do Amor
- Ranczo miłości
- חוות האהבה
- Rancho do Amor
- Ранч љубави
- Любовното ранчо
- 爱情牧场
- 러브 랜치
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Love Ranch FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office, ratings and post-credit scenes of Love Ranch, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Love Ranch?
Love Ranch runs 1 hour 57 minutes (117 minutes).
When was Love Ranch released?
Love Ranch was released on June 30, 2010.
Who directed Love Ranch?
Love Ranch was directed by Taylor Hackford.
More films by Taylor Hackford Who is in the cast of Love Ranch?
Love Ranch stars Joe Pesci, Helen Mirren and Sergio Peris-Mencheta.
How much did Love Ranch make at the box office?
Love Ranch grossed $146,149 worldwide ($137,885 domestic, $8,264 international) on a budget of $25 million.
How is Love Ranch rated?
Love Ranch has 5.6/10 on IMDb, 12% on Rotten Tomatoes, 37 on Metacritic and 54% on TMDB.
Does Love Ranch have a post-credit scene?
No. Love Ranch has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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