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The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B+
Source Brief Review Grade*
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
"...serene, uninflected, unforgiving..." more... A-
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"This film is true about human nature. It clearly it sees needs and desires." more... A  
Chicago Tribune
Alexis L. Loinaz
"Sasha Grey as a top Manhattan escort, for whom sex is business...and a risky investment." more... B-
E! Online
Matt Stevens
"Pretty to look at, but emotionally unsatisfying..." more... C+
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
"Soderbergh has captured an America in which the line between selling out and selling yourself has never been thinner." more... A  
Filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin
"...casts the dilapidated economy and wavering faith in capitalism through the designer shades of a Manhattan escort." more... B+
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
"Provocative though ultimately shallow experimental film from Steven Soderbergh." more... B-
New York Times
A. O. Scott
"...less interested in sex than in money, which is shown to be a far more powerful and dangerous source of obsession, confusion, passion and calculation." more... B+
Reelviews
James Berardinelli
"This is a cold movie, as befits the subject matter - love, sex, and companionship are all commodities that can be sold and bought." more... B  
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"Soderbergh's technique is simplicity itself: long takes, just one or two set-ups per scene." more... B+
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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