That film is The Girlfriend Experience starring pornstar Sasha Grey as sophisticated escort Chelsea and her struggles in a Depression-era NYC weeks before the Presidential election. I have not yet seen Bubble, but 2009 brings us his second feature under the HDMovies deal, bringing his films to theatre, DVD, and TV simultaneously. His artistic endeavors may not always work-see the disappointing Ché Parts 1 & 2-but they do consistently show an auteur trying something new, challenging himself and his viewers. I like the Ocean’s movies as much as the next guy, but something about Steven Soderbergh’s indie films show how much of a paycheck job those blockbusters are. Not much of an experience, this.“If they wanted you to be yourself, they wouldn’t be paying you”

This horrible sleazeball merely writes a nasty review of Chelsea's charms. There is a cameo for Glenn Kenny, the former film critic on Premiere magazine, here playing an online 'Erotic Connoisseur' who gets a freebie from Chelsea on the understanding that he will give her a great write-up and take her on a trip to Dubai where, at the time of filming, the real high-rollers were to be found. Is it love? Or is it an extended engagement, a kind of 'girlfriend experience', à la Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman? Who knows?Ĭertainly, the droningly wooden Grey doesn't have the acting ability to suggest anything as interesting as an interior conflict, and the persistent, desultory dialogue with her various clients about the credit crunch is never convincing. Chelsea is in a committed relationship with Chris (Chris Santos), a personal trainer who doesn't mind what she does, but is one day horrified when Chelsea announces that she has formed an attachment to one of her clients, and is going away with him for a few days. The Girlfriend Experience is a digital video picture about a high-class prostitute called Chelsea, played by real-life porn star Sasha Grey.

But I don't think Soderbergh has ever missed quite as badly as this: a shallow, negligent piece of work, badly acted and casually put together. W ith a film-maker as prolific and fluent as Steven Soderbergh, there are bound to be some misses to go with the hits.

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