The Girlfriend Experience (2009)
1h 17m | PG-13
Chelsea is an in-demand call girl whose $2,000 an hour price tag allows her to live in New York's lap of luxury. Besides her beauty and sexual skill, Chelsea offers her clients companionship and conversation, or, as she dubs it, "the girlfriend experience." With her successful business and a devoted, live-in boyfriend, Chelsea thinks she has it made... until a new client rocks her world.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Genre: Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Sasha Grey
as Chelsea / Christine
Chris Santos
as Chris
Philip Eytan
as Phillip
Peter Zizzo
as Zizzo
Ron Stein
as Vegas Buddy #1
Marshall Gilman
as Vegas Buddy #2
Reviews
Honestly, I think the disdain here is two-fold, it's certainly an experimental film and Sasha Grey was in porn. In fact, she was sort of the name in porn...I mean, Rolling Stone did a feature article about her. But the thing is, she can act. She's no Brando, but she does a decent enough job to not hate her and actually appreciate some of what she does. Some fine tuning, she might have something going for her...aside from the dubious reputation of Rolling Stones "Dirtiest Woman on Earth" And then "Soderbergh's Experimental Crap" label...kill a guy for trying something new? I get bored putting together little pieces of pottery and checking the crosses to guesstimate a date. Sometimes I long for an ancient bedpan or two just to shakes things up. I'm sure the same goes for Hollywood, and sure, when you try something new its hit or miss...but then I'm getting to the point in my old age where "The Girlfriend Experience" looks more entertaining than another "Oceans" movie and...really, if it strikes out I didn't spend my money to watch the same old film again. In this case he kind of struck out, but it is 2009, its not exactly like you have many choices at the box office these days. Do I want to go see more Aliens and Robots blowing things up, do I want to go see a remake, or do I just want to chill at home and watch "Dog Day Afternoon" again? Oh, wait, Soderbergh's got something that's not exactly like everything else, it's worth a shot.