
A man obsessed with prostitutes discovers that love is a lot more expensive than sex. An entertaining peek into the world of prostitution from the client's point of view. Movies often portray sex-workers, but their customers remain well hidden - faceless and nameless. Girlfriend Experience calls attention to this bias, at the same time as it shifts the cinematic gaze onto the client.... (Full plot summary below)
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A man obsessed with prostitutes discovers that love is a lot more expensive than sex. An entertaining peek into the world of prostitution from the client's point of view. Movies often portray sex-workers, but their customers remain well hidden - faceless and nameless. Girlfriend Experience calls attention to this bias, at the same time as it shifts the cinematic gaze onto the client.
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| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesIt's a modest success that makes one wish Soderbergh could find some happy middle ground between funky experiments and Ocean's Eleven. |
| Movie HabitMarty MapesThe nature of men and the business of relationships |
| The Film YapNick RogersLike a sneaky P.I. seeking weakness, Soderbergh places his camera behind everyday barriers. In half the time, "The Girlfriend Experience" offers as haunting, relentless, incisive and fierce a commentary on human interaction as "Fight Club." |
| Washington PostJan StuartThe film manages a career-spanning panache: Soderbergh taps into the nervy impulses of his earliest endeavor, "sex, lies and videotape" as well as "Ocean's Eleven." The Girlfriend Experience has something to elevate and exasperate fans of both. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasAn interesting character-based experiment by Soderbergh, one that's more fully-realized than some of his other recent ideas. |
| At the MoviesBen MankiewiczAs much as there is to admire about Soderbergh, his indifference to time sequencing hurts the story here. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsLike an X-ray, the focused power of sex, lies and hi-def video cuts to the bone. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary JohnsonYou don't know how much you miss actors until you watch a movie with so many neophytes, who are for the most part stiff and unreadable. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrFair warning: I had to see The Girlfriend Experience twice before its pieces settled into coherent shape. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekMay not plumb the emotional depths, but in its cool, detached way it's a sharply observed commentary on the parched, incomplete relationships that result from a merely capitalist mentality. |