The Girlfriend Experience Page #4

Synopsis: Chelsea (Sasha Grey) is a high-priced $2,000-an-hour call girl in Manhattan, offering a 'girlfriend experience': she'll dress with the client in mind, go to dinner and a movie, listen attentively to talk about work and finances, and she'll provide sex. It's October, 2008: a presidential election nears and the economy is in free fall. She has a boyfriend, Chris (Chris Santos), who's a personal trainer. We are shown five non-consecutive days in Chelsea's life. She's working on her Web page, talking to image consultants, and being interviewed by a reporter. She asks clients when their birthdays are and uses that for an astrological prediction. She's drawn to a new client, a writer from L.A. Should she break her rules for him? What if it risks her relationship with Chris? Should she invest in gold?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Steven Soderbergh
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
R
Year:
2009
77 min
$642,853
Website
675 Views


get it done?

I could only work

after hours here, so...

Can we sort

of start over here?

I am not trying

to tell you

how to run

your business.

I'm trying to help you

enhance your business.

And I think

I can do that.

If I didn't think

I could do that,

I wouldn't have taken

an interest in you.

You seem like

a pretty smart girl.

Are you familiar with

an escort named Tara?

I'm not.

Okay, well, you might

want to check out

Some of the stuff that's

been posted about this Tara

On "The Erotic

Connoisseur."

I don't usually like

checking out reviews.

Well, let me tell you

a little story

about what happened

to Tara.

Tara is 20 years old,

kind of came in here

just falling off the turnip

truck, doing her own thing.

And when I put up

the reviews,

her rate started going up.

Do you understand?

This is making you more

upscale than you've ever been.

You think you know

an idea of upscale,

but what I'm offering you

is upscale beyond.

So...

So anyhow,

do you have to develop

business skills?

Who does your books?

That's something

I'd rather not answer, actually.

Well, I'm not gonna--

let's just say, do you keep books?

I do. Let's just say I have

a few people that help me out.

I'd like to

keep it at that.

I think you want

to look at this time

As a time to actually

get more invested.

Personally, my wife and I have gotten

more aggressive with our family.

We set up a 529

for our young son.

We wanted to get

more involved here,

because you don't see these levels,

these opportunities very often.

If you sit back like

everyone else and sell,

you're actually going

against the grain

of what you should be doing-- investing.

It's important.

How's your wife?

How's Rachel?

She's well. She's better.

Thanks for asking.

Yeah, of course.

How's your son?

He's good too.

Everyone's well.

Every family right now feels stress.

We watch the news.

We watch this

Presidential election

and this campaigning.

And it's stressful

to wonder where

our country's going.

Definitely.

I think sometimes you

just gotta turn it off.

You just can't even

listen to it.

I think, more importantly, you

have to look at your career, really.

I see your ledger. I see your

numbers. You're good at what you do.

You could possibly be the best

at what you do. You're amazing.

But let's not rest

on our laurels here.

There's more things

you could be doing.

Like what?

It just seems like

everything changes.

A reflection point like this allows you

to look at it and see what's changed.

I asked you to meet with

Michael for that exact reason.

I think he has

a really good view

of what's going on

in your market

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David Levien

David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, director, and producer. Best known as the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, Levien has also produced films such as The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones. Levien frequently collaborates on projects with his writing partner Brian Koppelman. As a novelist, he has published City of the Sun, Where the Dead Lay, 13 Million Dollar Pop, and Signature Kill. Earlier works are often published under D. J. Levien. Levien studied at the University of Michigan. more…

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