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Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE is five days in the life of Chelsea (adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream film debut), an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl who offers more than sex to her clients, but companionship and conversation – “the girlfriend experience.” Chelsea thinks she has her life totally under control—she feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way, makes $2000 an hour, and has a devoted boyfriend (Chris Santos) who accepts her lifestyle. But when you're in the business of meeting people, you never know who you're going to meet...
The twentieth film from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE is a sexy, gorgeously shot time capsule from the not-too-distant past.
Directed by STEVEN SODERBERGH
Produced by GREGORY JACOBS
Executive Producers TODD WAGNER, MARK CUBAN
Written by DAVID LEVIEN & BRIAN KOPPELMAN
 
SASHA GREY - Chelsea / Christine
CHRIS SANTOS - Chris
GLENN KENNY - The Erotic Connoisseur
TIMOTHY DAVIS - Tim
MARK JACOBSON - Interviewer
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“****” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
“GRADE A. A mysterious and arresting look at how the culture of money turns love and desire into something you want to control.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
“***** THE FIRST IMPORTANT CINEMATIC STATEMENT ABOUT THE RECESSION. The smartest thing Soderbergh did was to cast Sasha Grey.” – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
“SCINTILATING! IT STRONGLY RECALLS THE GODARD FILMS OF THE 1960’s.” – Scott Foundas, Village voice/la weekly
“MESMERIZING.” – Christy Lemire, AP
“Soderbergh brings a fresh urgency to his nervy, successful conceit. Sasha Grey serves the film perfectly. ***1/2” - Ty Burr, Boston Globe
“AN ICICLE SHARP PORTRAIT. The film manages a career spanning panache.” – Jan Stuart, Washington Post
“IT CUTS TO THE BONE. A more successful dissection of human failings than ‘Sex, Lies and Videotape’ ***1/2.” – Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“SASHA GREY’S PERFORMANCE IS TOTALLY CAPTIVATING AND SODERBERGH MAKES HER PRETTINESS DEVASTATING.” – Ross McCammon, Esquire
“It’s a hall of mirrors. Sasha Grey isn’t the first porn actress to go straight, but she may be the first to allegorize her own situation.” – J. Hoberman, Village Voice
“EXCITING. As meticulously put together as cut jewels in casing.” – Chris Garcia, Austin American-Statesman
“I WASN”T BORED FOR A SECOND. It smacks of right-now verite, is smartly written and very well-made.” – Jeffrey Wells, Hollywood Elsewhere
“I GOT MY MONEY’S WORTH. An elegant piece. Once more Soderbergh demonstrates he’s a silky smooth craftsman.”- John P. McCarthy, Box Office
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