The Girlfriend Experience
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Directed by | Steven Soderbergh |
Produced by | Gregory Jacobs Todd Wagner |
Written by | Brian Koppelman David Levien |
Starring | Sasha Grey Chris Santos Glenn Kenny Peter Zizzo |
Cinematography | Peter Andrews |
Edited by | Steven Soderbergh |
Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.700.000 |
Box office | $1,007,962[1] |
The Girlfriend Experience is a 2009 American experimental drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring then-active adult film actress Sasha Grey.[2][3] It was shot in New York City, and a rough cut was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009.[4] The film has also been made available on Amazon Video on Demand as a pre-theatrical rental.[5]
Soderbergh mentioned Michelangelo Antonioni's Red Desert and Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers as influences. The film is also notable because it was produced for $1.3 million and was shot with a relatively inexpensive Red One camera.[citation needed]
Synopsis
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work.
Chelsea (real name Christine) is a New York escort who specializes in offering the girlfriend experience. She finds that lately her clients are spending less and less on her services, and are troubled by the financial crisis, a topic they raise frequently in her company. She is also interviewed by a journalist, who quizzes her about her work and personal life. She goes from client to client performing her services.
Cast
- Sasha Grey as Christine, alias Chelsea
- Chris Santos as Chris
- Philip Eytan as Philip
- Timothy Davis as Tim
- Peter Zizzo as Zizzo
- Glenn Kenny as "The Erotic Connoisseur"
- Vincent Dellacera as Chelsea's Driver
- Kimberly Magness as Happy Hour
- Mark Jacobson as Interviewer
Reception
The film received a 64% on the critical summation site Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus being: "Steven Soderbergh's latest lo-fi production is strikingly crafted but emotionally vague".
Roger Ebert rated the film four out of four stars, saying "This film is true about human nature. It clearly sees needs and desires. It is not universal, but within its particular focus, it is unrelenting."[6]
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Kyle Smith of the New York Post awarded the film 1 star out of 4, saying "Time for another of Steven Soderbergh's 'experimental,' i.e., half-assed, films."[7] David Edelstein of New York Magazine complained that, "Most of the dialogue is listless, and no matter how much Soderbergh snips and stitches, the movie is a corpse with twitching limbs."[8] Luke Davies, critic for The Monthly, wrote that the film is "disposable and pretentious" and "is shot sombrely and austerely, in a style that might be described as 'vacuous chic'" and concluded that "as a film in which a porn star's presence is a fundamental marketing hook, it is masturbation."[9]
Television series
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In June 2014, Starz committed to a 13-episode order for a new television series, based on the film, with Soderbergh and Philip Fleishman as executive producers. Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz co-wrote and directed all 13 episodes. Sasha Grey and her character were not included though the main character uses the same name(s).[10] Riley Keough stars as the new lead described by Soderbergh as "a new character on a new trajectory".[11]
References
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- ↑ "Starz Orders 'Girlfriend Experience' Series from Steven Soderbergh, Philip Fleishman", Variety, June 23, 2014.
- ↑ "‘Magic Mike’ Star Riley Keough Joins ‘The Girlfriend Experience’ TV Series", /Film, September 23, 2014.
External links
- Official website
- The Girlfriend Experience at AllMovie
- The Girlfriend Experience at Box Office Mojo
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Girlfriend Experience at IMDb
- The Girlfriend Experience at Metacritic
- The Girlfriend Experience at Rotten Tomatoes
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- 2009 films
- English-language films
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- 2009 drama films
- American films
- American avant-garde and experimental films
- American drama films
- Films about prostitution
- Films directed by Steven Soderbergh
- Films produced by Gregory Jacobs
- Films set in 2008
- Films set in Manhattan