The Girlfriend Experience

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Theatrical Release Date:

05/22/2009

DVD Release Date:

09/29/2009

Run Time:

77min.

Starring:

Sasha Grey , Chris Santos , Philip Eytan , Timothy Davis , David Levien

Director(s):

Steven Soderbergh

Distributor(s):

Magnolia

MPAA Rating:

R for sexual content, nudity and language.

Genre(s):

Comedy

Plot: The Girlfriend Experience stars adult film actress Sasha Grey as Chelsea, a high-priced escort who offers her wealthy clientele the eponymous service. In other words, on their long, often overnight "dates," she assumes the role of a temporary ... Read More

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I ************ âThe Girlfriend Experienceâ, my first venture into âpay for viewâ on TV. What an interesting film. So permeated with the angst of modern life. Recent history with its referen... ces to the recent election and the financial melt down. You know both are taking place somewhere off screen but you, the viewer are caught up in the lives of Christine and her boyfriend, both for hire to decorate the lives of the wealthy needy. Christine has a hard little face that she can soften with her youth, at will. Close ups reveal more that is distasteful, a square jaw, a deep crease in one corner of her mouth, a scar on her nose. Your mind jumps ahead. Where is this life going? What will she look like in five years, ten? Both characters are trying to maximize their earning power. âWork for the night is coming.â To wheel and deal, they have to step out of the chameleon mode and reveal themselves, which is distasteful to the people who are casting them in the image that serves their needs. The whole mood changes as you accompany them on these forays into the domain of another level of exploitation. There is the Gym owner who wants the boyfriend, personal trainer, to give up his individuality and wear the packaging of the Gym. There is the Pimp who wants to take Christine to Dubai. These folks are the real scary ones. You can tell they have seen Christine and her Boyfriend before and used them well before tossing them aside. There is a wealth of thought and comment in this film. Are we really this far of track in modern life? Is this what we have exchanged for the life of a Farmer? Factory worker? Do we live this much in the mom Full Review

June 11, 2009

heysessa

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If this had been called a documentary, I might have enjoyed it, but as a motion picture, it was a bust. (Not meant as a pun). It was a real snorer and most people around me were watching with thei... r eyes closed. I give this a "no star rating" Full Review

June 10, 2009

Garroann

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Technically beautiful, this movie is full of beautiful but souless people for whom advancing their own agenda seems to be the only point. The time frame is the very recent past, with economic collapse... looming; all of the characters seem to be scurrying to gain a foothold. I could have easily sympathized with this if any of them had been less than despicable. The action (or non-action) was agonizing slow. I hadn't expected a movie about sex and money to be so boring. I get the message. I just didn't find it entertaining on any level. I kind of wish we'd gone to see "Drag me to Hell", like my friend wanted to. Full Review

May 31, 2009

Kadogear

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The Girlfriend Experience sounds like it could be interesting but isn't. The storyline never goes anywhere and the acting is poor by most of the actors in the movie. Also the ending is bad, nothi happ... ened. This movie never makes up its mind about weather it wants to be a scripted documentary or a movie. Don't waste your time on this Full Review

May 30, 2009

EngelhardtEMT

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The movie is boring, slow, and based on a sickening subject

May 24, 2009

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