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Girlfriend Experience

Original title: The Girlfriend Experience
  • 2009
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
17K
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Sasha Grey in Girlfriend Experience (2009)
A drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl (Sasha Grey) meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work.
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A drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work.A drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work.A drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work.

  • Director
    • Steven Soderbergh
  • Writers
    • David Levien
    • Brian Koppelman
  • Stars
    • Sasha Grey
    • Chris Santos
    • Philip Eytan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    17K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Steven Soderbergh
    • Writers
      • David Levien
      • Brian Koppelman
    • Stars
      • Sasha Grey
      • Chris Santos
      • Philip Eytan
    • 110User reviews
    • 172Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Sasha Grey
    Sasha Grey
    • Chelsea…
    Chris Santos
    Chris Santos
    • Chris
    Philip Eytan
    • Phillip
    Colby Trane
    • Waiter
    • (as T. Colby Trane)
    Peter Zizzo
    Peter Zizzo
    • Zizzo
    Ron Stein
    Ron Stein
    • Vegas Buddy #1
    Marshall Gilman
    • Vegas Buddy #2
    Michael Roberts
    • Vegas Buddy #3
    Vincent Dellacera
    • Chelsea's Driver
    Jim Kempner
    • Art Gallery Owner
    David Levien
    • David
    Mark Jacobson
    • Interviewer
    Alan Milstein
    • Pete
    Sukhdev Singh
    • Chris & Chelsea's Super
    Ted Jessup
    • Chatty 'John'
    Stuart Levine
    • Sporting Goods Store President
    Marvin Stein
    • Sporting Goods Store Vice President
    Dennis Shields
    • Dennis
    • Director
      • Steven Soderbergh
    • Writers
      • David Levien
      • Brian Koppelman
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      "Girlfriend experience" is a form of sex work (paid-for female companionship) in which a female prostitute behaves like a male client's girlfriend or shows (artificial) emotional intimacy beyond the sex act.
    • Quotes

      Chelsea: [voice-over] I met with Phillipe on October 5th and 6th. I wore a Michael Kors dress and shoes with La Perla lingerie underneath, and diamond stud earrings. We met at 7:30 PM at the hotel, and had a drink downstairs. He liked my dress but didn't go into detail why, and didn't mention anything else about my appearance. We ate dinner at Blue Hill. Phillipe didn't ask for a menu and had the chef serve us a five-course meal, a different wine with each course. We went to the 9:40 PM showing of 'Man on Wire' at the Sunshine Cinema, and he liked the movie. We went back to the hotel and talked for half an hour. Mostly about a friend of his that keeps borrowing money from him and not paying it back. Then we had sex for about an hour. After that, we talked for about 15 minutes and he fell asleep. At breakfast, he briefly told me his worries regarding the economy, and he said I should invest my money in gold. He also mentioned a book about how the Federal Reserve works. He didn't make another appointment.

    • Crazy credits
      After the end credits, there's a brief scene of Chelsea washing a client's hair as he sits in a bathtub and talks about John McCain.
    • Connections
      Featured in 2010 AVN Awards Show (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Bad Timing
      Written and Produced by David Holmes

      Courtesy of Universal Songs of Polygram International Inc.

    User reviews110

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    4/10
    another film "nothing happens" style
    And don't get me wrong. I like those movies too: In the mood for love, from WKW. Genius!

    But here... nothing does really work. First of all: Sasha Grey - she might be good at moaning and stuff, but as a real actress: she looks bored out of her frickin mind the whole movie! And that was how i felt the whole movie! Once again, not much happens in the movie, what would be fine if you compensated it with character development, or beautiful shots, or even some nice editing not to mention soundtrack. But nothing of that is really there. Im a big fan of fragmented editing but it doesn't work if you have no story to tell! Also the excessive comments about elections and the economics moment in the movie, will just make it look outdated in a few years. hell, i just watched it and felt it a lil outdated.

    there's no commercial appeal in this movie, and no art appeal either. there were exactly 8 people in the theater besides me and my GF. And none of them seemed very enthusiastic when the lights were on again.
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    • Aug 28, 2009

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 8, 2009 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Girlfriend Experience
    • Filming locations
      • USA
    • Production companies
      • Magnolia Pictures
      • 2929 Productions
      • Extension 765
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,700,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $695,840
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $162,965
      • May 24, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,060,941
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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