The Girlfriend Experience

"See it with someone you ****"

Jul 8 2009 R 1h 17m
Drama

Chelsea is an in-demand call girl whose $2,000 an hour price tag allows her to live in New York's lap of luxury. Besides her beauty and sexual skill, Chelsea offers her clients companionship and conversation, or, as she dubs it, "the girlfriend experience." With her successful business and a devoted, live-in boyfriend, Chelsea thinks she has it made... until a new client rocks her world.

Plot

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?

Written by

David Levien, Brian Koppelman

Directed by

Steven Soderbergh

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Extension 765, 2929 Productions, Magnolia Pictures

Languages

Français, English

Awards

2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
17,754
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
66
Popularity
NA