The Girlfriend Experience

First of all, Sasha Grey, queen star of more than 80 porn films, is ironically the only professional actor in the movie, playing a character who is always acting. Grey was contacted through MySpace, but she really pulled her part off,... Full review

First of all, Sasha Grey, queen star of more than 80 porn films, is ironically the only professional actor in the movie, playing a character who is always acting. Grey was contacted through MySpace, but she really pulled her part off,... Full review

Hmm, can we still call an all-digital movie a "film"? The term "girlfriend experience" comes from escort advertisements, where they offer not just "companionship" (ie, sex) but also things a girlfriend would do -- hugs, kisses, conversation, dinner, etc. In other... Full review

This is the first movie of 2009 I've seen that actually feels like a postmodern novel. I have seen other works by this director and have not been as engaged as I was during the unfolding of this incredibly subtle statement.... Full review

Bottom line, this movie is unwatchable. I have no sympathy or connection to the lead actress in this movie and it is unbearable to watch a film where the main character has no personality. This movie was boring, treacherous to sit... Full review

The girlfriend experience has absolutely nothing to do with the genre of "Comedy" and will not catch you at all. I watched the first 30 minutes of this movie and just was so bored of it that I pressed the Shut... Full review

First of all, the editing was just AWFUL; the cinematography was almost as awful. Without going into much detail, there are about 10 or so actual "scenes" in the movie, and it keeps cutting between all of them in a random... Full review

A brilliant little film, economic in its resources and smart in its complex editing. However, this is not destined to be a box office hit. It is the kind of film that Soderbergh does once in a while in-between pop flicks... Full review

First of all, the editing was just AWFUL; the cinematography was almost as awful. Without going into much detail, there are about 10 or so actual "scenes" in the movie, and it keeps cutting between all of them in a random... Full review

I've been a fan of Soderbergh for a long time. The way he shoots his films, the subjects he finds interesting, the places he takes the characters; all these things appeal to me. Also, his movies always have diverse characters, ethnically... Full review

The movie looks absolutely beautiful on DVD.....These men may desire a GFE, but what they really want is a servant, not a girlfriend..... ... Full Review

This is a self-conscious film from a gifted director who has often been prepared to go where the mainstream doesn't flow.....this one gives us notorious casting instead of an effective screen presence.....To be honest, Sasha Grey is a face in search of an expression and the whole movie depends on her performance.....Whatever he has to say is obscured by Grey's glassy-eyed, uncommunicative performance..... ... Full Review

Steven Soderbergh, the eclectic director who launched the American indie film boom with his 1989 debut, sex, lies....This is one of the director's small, experimental, semi-improvised provocations.... ... Full Review

Sasha Grey recently provided The Rotten Tomatoes Show with a list of her five favourite films....Sasha Grey has not been productive over the last three years..... ... Full Review

nonetheless The Girlfriend Experience has a sleek, tailored look appropriate to its setting, which is the moneyed precincts of Manhattan at the height -.... ... Full Review

The Girlfriend Experience (2009) covers several days in the life of a high-end escort in Manhattan. Media coverage surrounding this independent effort from director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Erin Brockovich) highlighted his choice of adult film star, Sasha Grey, to portray... ... Full Article

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Steven Soderbergh and screenwriters Brian Koppelman and David Levien step out of the mainstream for this foray into the world of high-priced prostitutes. Adult film star Sasha Grey stars as the Manhattan call girl who offers "the girlfriend experience," a... ... Full Article

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