Love Object (2004)

Love Object follows Kenneth, a socially awkward technical writer who decides to purchase an anatomically accurate sex doll made out of the highest medical grade parts named "Nikki" who just happens to look very similar to his new co worker Lisa. After many romantic nights with his fake girl he starts to form enough knowledge about relationships and perhaps even love that he manages to start a real relationship with Lisa.

Soon Kenneth starts to believe that the doll "Nikki" is jealous and is trying to destroy what he has with Lisa, causing one of the strangest love triangles you will ever witness.

Robert Parigi's Love Object is a very interesting film to say the least and it does a stupendous job at making sure you stick around to see the end sucking you into the strange life of technical writer and social misfit Kenneth.

The story is so well written I was shocked I had not heard of this movie beforehand especially with a cast featuring the likes of Udo Kier, Rip Torn, and Desmond Harrington. I knew early into the movie I was in store for a real treat and by the end I was so impressed with this film I had to recommend it do a friend of mine before the credits even finished rolling down my screen.

The editing in this movie is wonderfully creepy at times the scenes involving his hallucinations involving the doll will leave you covered in chill bumps every time you picture it in your head for years to come. The acting was solid I thought that Melissa Sagemiller did a great job at portraying Lisa. Overall this movie looked and played out beautifully and I enjoyed the entire ride.

Although there is not a large amount of violent actions in his film the few encounters that do occur showcase some realistic and believable special effects adding to the films already creep factor that is so deeply established thanks to the fact this could really happen in real life and most likely has somewhere.

I highly recommend giving this one a chance its storyline is more than compelling enough to deserve at least one watch through after viewing "Love Object" I give it a score of 7 out of 10

7 / 10

- Ritualistic