Each time Love Lies Bleeding breaks its own realism is delightful ... retreating into femininity implicitly exists (in the form of Daisy, who’s presented as overbearingly feminine), the idea ...

Love Lies Bleeding stars Stewart as Lou Langston, O’Brian as Jackie Cleaver, Jena Malone as Beth Langston, Ed Harris as Lou Langston Sr., Dave Franco as J.J., and Anna Baryshnikov as Daisy.